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Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

Boys Track & Field - Utah

Gatorade Player of the year

Jackson Spencer

Distance
HERRIMAN HS
HERRIMAN, UTAH
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

6th

HOKA Festival of Miles - 1 mile
“It is rare that a junior competes so successfully in the national context across an array of distances. Jackson Spencer mastered the challenge this year and showed his range as a sub-8:52 3200-meter man by anchoring a national record in the 4x800 relay at New Balance.”
Rich Gonzalez
Editor - PrepCalTrack.com

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11, 135-pound junior distance talent ran the anchor leg on the Mustangs’ 4x800-meter relay quartet that set a national record of 7:26.12 at New Balance Nationals Outdoor this past season. Spencer finished sixth in the mile at the HOKA Festival of Miles, and his time of 4:02.56 ranked No. 9 nationally among prep boys competitors this spring. His personal-best 3200-meter run time of 8:51.26 ranked No. 27 nationally and his PR in the 1600 of 4:07.06 ranked No. 31.

Academic Achievement

Spencer has maintained a 3.91 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

Exemplary Character

Spencer has volunteered locally on multiple community service initiatives through his church.