Drew Hunter
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | Loudoun County, Virginia, United States |
| Height | 5' 11" |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track, Cross Country |
| Event(s) | 1500 meters, Mile, 5000 meters |
| College team | Oregon (intended) |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 800 meters: 1:48.64[1] 1500 meters: 3:42.42[1] Indoor mile: 3:57.81[1] |
| Updated on May 26, 2016. | |
Drew Hunter is an American distance runner from Purcellville, Virginia. He is the national indoor mile record holder for high school athletes, a feat he achieved in 2016 with a time of 3 minutes 57.81 seconds.[2] He was named Gatorade National Cross-Country Runner of the Year in 2016.[3] He committed to the University of Oregon on November 12, 2015.[4]
Biography
Personal life
Hunter is the fourth of nine children in his family. Five of his siblings are adopted; two from Haiti and 3 from China. His father and mother are both also runners. His father, Marc Hunter, was a national-class distance runner for Cleveland State University.[5] He competed in the 1980 Olympic Trials in the 5000-meter event and owned a personal best of 13:36 in the event. Joan Hunter ran at West Virginia University and has won multiple masters indoor national titles.[6] Marc and Joan coached Alan Webb during his freshman year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia.[7]
High school
Hunter won the High School Boys 3000-meter race as a high school sophomore at the Penn Relays Carnival in 2014.[8] He went on to set the national sophomore class record in the event at 8:16.31. In the fall of 2014, Hunter placed 4th at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Hunter won the New Balance National Indoor two-mile national title in a winning time of 8:48.22.[9] He started his outdoor season with a 4:07 victory at the Penn Relays, becoming the first high school athlete since Olympian Matt Centrowitz to own both the high school boys 3K and mile Penn Relays titles.[8] Hunter achieved a season best of 4:02.36 at the Adidas Dream Mile at the Adidas Grand Prix.[10] He broke Grant Fisher’s 2-year undefeated run at the Brooks PR 2-mile championship, where he set a personal best of 8:42.51 in the event.[11] He ended his 2015 track season with a 2nd place finish behind collegian Blake Haney in the junior boys 1500m at the USATF Outdoor Championships. He closed the last 400 meters of that race in 53.10 (seconds).[12] Hunter set a personal best of 14:20 in the 5000 meters at the Third Battle Invitational. He set a course record of 14:26 at the Foot Locker South regional meet before winning his first Foot Locker National title in 14:55.7.[13] In his indoor debut, Hunter broke the high school boys national indoor 3k record with a time of 7:59.33 at the Camel City Elite meet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[14] He followed up that performance with another national record in the high school boys indoor mile, running 3:58.25 at the Armory Track and Field Invitational.[15] Hunter then waited two weeks before resetting the record with a 3:57.81 performance at the Millrose Games, becoming the first high schooler to ever run exactly 3:57 for the mile.[2]
References
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