High School Boys' 3000m Championship

Event 341Friday 5:40 PM
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Records
NR Newbury Park (Newbury Park, CA) 7:56.97i 2020 Nico Young
PR Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, NY) 8:05.8 1986 John Trautmann
Like the mile championships, the early racing featured a lot of pack running, as boys jockeyed for position over the first 4 laps. During the fifth lap, three boys - Will Sheets (Covington Catholic KY), Trent Daniels (Gainesville VA), and Luke Pash (Ridgewood NJ) - broke away from the field. Sheets led the group going into the sixth lap, with Pash on his shoulder and Daniels steps behind. Push pulled even with Sheets with 600m to go, made his move to the lead with 500m to go. Daniels found another gear by the bell lap, passed Sheets, and then passed Pash with 300m to go. Sheets didn’t give up as he powered past Pash with 140m to go, aiming to run down Daniels. Daniels looked back with 100m to go to see Sheets charging, but Daniels was able to hold on to win in 8:10.43 over Sheets’ 8:11.60.

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