by LetsRun.com

January 30, 2016

Drew Hunter, a senior at Loudoun Valley (Va.) High School, has run the fastest 3000 in American high school history indoors or out as he ran 7:59.33 today to finish 5th in the men’s 3000 at the Camel City Elite Races at the JDL Fast Track in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The race was won by Garrett Heath in 7:48.48.

Hunter’s time of 7:59.33 crushed Gerry Lindgren‘s American HS indoor record of 8:06.3 which had stood since 1964 and just edged German Fernandez‘s American 3000 outdoor record of 7:59.83 from 2008. It also betters the best indoor high school time ever run in America, 8:05.46 by Kenya’s Edward Cheserek en route to a 8:39.15 two-mile at the Millrose Games in 2013.

The only significant HS times that Hunter failed to break today are the converted 3000 marks from the outdoor US and American 2-mile bests. The best outdoor 2-mile run by a high schooler in US history was Lithuanian Lukas Verzbicas’s 8:29.46 2-mile in 2011, which equates to 7:51.67 according to a Kellogg conversion. The outdoor American HS 2 mile mark belongs to German Fernandez at 8:34.40, which is equivalent to 7:56.24.

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of .9885 , Hunters 7:59.33 would convert to 7:53.82 for NCAA qualifying purposes.

This is a flash recap. More coverage coming soon from Winston-Salem.

Our full recap of the meet is here with an interview with Drew.

Talk about Hunter’s run on our fan forum: *Drew MF Hunter *Andrew Hunter Over/Under 8:05.46 this Saturday? *Official 2016 Camel City Elite Discussion Thread.

Results:

Men 3000 Meter Run Camel City E ================================================================================ Name Year School Seed Finals Points ================================================================================ 1 Heath, Garrett Brooks Beasts 7:45.00 7:48.48 30.792 (30.792) 1:02.140 (31.349) 1:33.868 (31.729) 2:05.895 (32.027) 2:37.822 (31.927) 3:09.882 (32.060) 3:41.806 (31.925) 4:13.761 (31.955) 5:18.394 (1:04.634) 5:50.471 (32.077) 6:21.721 (31.250) 6:52.595 (30.875) 7:21.203 (28.609) 7:48.473 (27.270) 2 Lalang, Lawi Nike 7:50.00 7:50.07 30.613 (30.613) 1:01.897 (31.284) 1:33.635 (31.739) 2:05.613 (31.979) 2:37.625 (32.012) 3:09.684 (32.060) 3:41.613 (31.929) 4:13.470 (31.858) 4:46.043 (32.574) 5:18.173 (32.130) 5:50.199 (32.026) 6:21.494 (31.295) 6:52.398 (30.904) 7:21.993 (29.595) 7:50.063 (28.070) 3 Vargas, Luis NC State 7:54.26 31.583 (31.583) 1:03.045 (31.462) 1:34.910 (31.865) 2:06.964 (32.055) 2:38.977 (32.013) 3:10.996 (32.020) 3:42.558 (31.563) 4:14.441 (31.883) 4:47.000 (32.560) 5:19.284 (32.285) 5:51.073 (31.790) 6:22.325 (31.252) 6:53.771 (31.446) 7:25.047 (31.276) 7:54.255 (29.209) 4 Fink, Willy Eastern Mich 7:57.14 7:56.04 30.821 (30.821) 1:02.391 (31.570) 1:34.153 (31.763) 2:06.221 (32.068) 2:38.066 (31.845) 3:10.127 (32.061) 3:42.069 (31.943) 4:14.019 (31.950) 4:46.533 (32.514) 5:18.641 (32.109) 5:50.803 (32.163) 6:22.044 (31.241) 6:53.234 (31.190) 7:24.743 (31.510) 7:56.039 (31.296) 5 Hunter, Drew Unattached 8:06.00 7:59.33 31.535 (31.535) 1:03.525 (31.990) 1:35.222 (31.697) 2:07.171 (31.950) 2:39.229 (32.059) 3:11.317 (32.088) 3:42.820 (31.504) 4:14.638 (31.819) 4:47.270 (32.632) 5:19.567 (32.297) 5:51.715 (32.149) 6:23.498 (31.783) 6:56.378 (32.881) 7:29.949 (33.571) 7:59.325 (29.376) 6 Thomson, Jacob Kentucky 8:03.39 8:05.07 31.382 (31.382) 1:02.880 (31.499) 1:34.723 (31.844) 2:06.823 (32.100) 2:38.787 (31.965) 3:11.032 (32.245) 3:43.175 (32.144) 4:15.992 (32.817) 4:48.951 (32.960) 5:22.816 (33.865) 5:56.386 (33.570) 6:29.598 (33.213) 7:02.472 (32.874) 7:33.025 (30.554) 8:05.068 (32.044) 7 Atchoo, Michael NJNY TC 7:54.75 8:16.20 31.078 (31.078) 1:02.520 (31.443) 1:34.344 (31.825) 2:06.423 (32.080) 2:38.282 (31.859) 3:10.323 (32.042) 3:42.264 (31.941) 4:14.238 (31.975) 4:46.296 (32.058) 5:19.124 (32.829) 5:51.974 (32.850) 6:26.281 (34.307) 7:02.548 (36.267) 7:39.227 (36.680) 8:16.199 (36.973) 8 Derrick, Mark North Carolina 8:06.76 8:19.39 31.278 (31.278) 1:03.288 (32.010) 1:35.362 (32.075) 2:07.447 (32.085) 2:39.769 (32.323) 3:12.713 (32.944) 3:46.325 (33.613) 4:20.595 (34.270) 4:54.658 (34.063) 5:29.232 (34.575) 6:04.095 (34.864) 6:38.974 (34.880) 7:13.427 (34.453) 7:46.354 (32.928) 8:19.384 (33.030) 9 Steagall, Austin Mount Olive 8:20.59 31.793 (31.793) 1:03.770 (31.978) 1:35.821 (32.051) 2:07.838 (32.018) 2:40.133 (32.295) 3:12.983 (32.850) 3:46.537 (33.555) 4:20.761 (34.225) 4:54.899 (34.139) 5:29.383 (34.485) 6:04.329 (34.946) 6:39.073 (34.745) 7:13.747 (34.674) 7:47.563 (33.817) 8:20.585 (33.022) -- Hammond, Michael VT Elite 7:59.99 DNF 30.361 (30.361) 1:01.538 (31.177) 1:33.273 (31.735) 2:05.118 (31.846) 2:37.431 (32.313) 3:09.440 (32.010) 3:41.379 (31.940) 4:13.322 (31.943)

After a 7:59.33 high school record, @drewhunter00 is all smiles. Will take aim at sub 4 next week at The Armory pic.twitter.com/fyZDysFUmz — Pat Price (@WritingAboutRun) January 30, 2016