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Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Boys Track & Field - Minnesota

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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

AJ Green

Middle distance
EASTVIEW HS
APPLE VALLEY , MINNESOTA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

1:49.83

800m

No. 3

2019 800m ranking
“Watching AJ race throughout the year, he took a conservative approach to many of his races to prepare for the championship and national races. We didn’t even see his true talents until he competed nationally.”
Adam Lippold
Head Coach - Head coach of Farmington High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year, the 5-foot-11, 147-pound senior was named the 2020 St. Paul Downtown Lions Club Male Amateur Athlete of the Year. Green took fourth in the 800-meter run at the USATF Under-20 National Championships last summer, a month after winning the 800 at the Brooks PR Invitational. Green also won the 2019 Class AA outdoor state title in the 800. His personal-best clocking of 1:49.83 in the event ranked as the nation’s No. 3 time among prep competitors in the 2019 outdoor season.

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Academic Achievement

Green has maintained a 3.97 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at the University of Kansas.

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Exemplary Character

Green has volunteered locally at a food bank and homeless shelter, and he has donated his time at a senior center and as a youth basketball coach.