Drew Hunter

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
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking 1
Personal best(s) 800 meters: 1:48.64[1]
1500 meters: 3:42.42[1]
Mile: 3:57.15[1]
Updated on August 11, 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. He dedicates his many successes to a group of his biggest fans and best friends, the Lambda Squad.[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] However he signed a 10 year contract with Adidas on July 8, 2016 and will go pro instead of attending college.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] Marc and Joan coached Alan Webb during his freshman year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia.[8]

High school

Hunter won the High School Boys 3000-meter race as a high school sophomore at the Penn Relays Carnival in 2014.[9] 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.[10] 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.[9] Hunter achieved a season best of 4:02.36 at the Adidas Dream Mile at the Adidas Grand Prix.[11] 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.[12] 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).[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] Hunter then waited two weeks before resetting the record with a 3:57.81 performance at the Millrose Games.

Professional

On August 5, 2016, Hunter placed 6th overall in the men's mile race at the 2016 Sir Walter Miler, finishing in 3:57.15.[17] It was his first race since graduating from high school.

References

  1. 1 2 3 All-Athletics. "Profile of Andrew Hunter".
  2. ↑ Crouse, Lindsay (20 February 2016). "A Quick Turnaround as Drew Hunter Breaks High School Mile Mark". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Emert, Jacob (2016-02-24). "Loudoun Valley's Drew Hunter named Gatorade National Cross-Country Runner of the Year". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
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  5. ↑ Chavez, Chris (2016-07-08). "High School Star Drew Hunter Turns Professional, Signs with adidas". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  6. ↑ "2012 Legends Meet" (PDF). Maplewood High School. October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Meet The Elementary School PE Teacher Who Is The Mastermind Behind America's Greatest Prep Distance Runner - LetsRun.com". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  8. ↑ Chavez, Chris. "Drew Hunter breaks Alan Webb's indoor mile record". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  9. 1 2 "Virginia runner Andrew Hunter wins mile and pulls off rare career double at Penn Relays". USA Today High School Sports. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  10. ↑ Stevenson, Jimmy. "Champ Boys 2mile Section 2, Hunter & Thomet 8:48 - 2015 NBIN | New Balance Nationals Indoor". MileSplit United States. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  11. ↑ "Adidas Grand Prix - Adidas Dream Mile - Boys". MileSplit United States. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  12. ↑ "Brooks PR 2015 Boy's 2 Mile (Hunter Takes down Fisher 8:42.51 #9 All-Time!)". FloTrack. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  13. ↑ "Blake Haney Takes Down Andrew Hunter & Grant Fisher to Win USA Jr. 1500 Title - LetsRun.com". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  14. ↑ "Loudoun Valley's Drew Hunter named Gatorade National Cross-Country Runner of the Year". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  15. ↑ Young, Dennis. "Drew Hunter Runs 7:59 3K For New National Record!". MileSplit United States. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  16. ↑ "Hunter's 3:58.25 mile breaks indoor HS record". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  17. ↑ Sir Walter Miler Results - Meredith College. Friday, August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
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