2022 - 2023 CALIFORNIA
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
LEO
YOUNG
RUNNER
NEWBURY PARK HS
NEWBURY PARK, CALIFORNIA
SENIOR
HEIGHT: 5-FOOT-10
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HIGHLIGHTED STATS
1ST
NIKE CROSS NATIONALS (TEAM)
1ST
CLOVIS INVITATIONAL
11TH
NIKE CROSS NATIONALS
1ST
USATF U20 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
“Posting the second-fastest time in history on a well-tested Woodward Park state meet course was a tremendous season highlight for Leo. But his victory at the USATF U20 Championships in 23:47.0 over 8K stamped him as a high-achieving leader in the sport.”
Rich Gonzalez
PrepCalTrack editor

Athletic Excellence


The 5-foot-10, 145-pound senior raced to the second-fastest time ever on the venerable Woodward Park state meet course this past season and anchored the Panthers to a team title at the Nike Cross Nationals. Young broke the tape at the Clovis Invitational, took second at the Division 1 state meet and crossed the line 11th at Nike nationals last fall. His victory at the USATF U20 Cross Country Championships in January earned him a berth at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Australia on February 18.

Academic Achievement


Young has maintained a 3.95 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Stanford University this fall.

Exemplary Character


Young has volunteered locally as a board member in the school’s chapter of Doctors of the World, helping to organize a Ukraine Drive, which resulted in the donation of thousands of pairs of gloves, bandages and other medical supplies.