Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year

Boys Track & Field - Oregon

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BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Mateo Althouse

Distance
LINCOLN HS
PORTLAND, OREGON
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

3:51.16

1500m (State)

8:17.54

3000m (State)
“Mateo is the type of athlete that everybody—regardless of what school they’re from—cheers for. His work ethic is second to none and he is phenomenally humble and kind.”
Eric Dettman
Head Coach - Lincoln coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-9, 125-pound senior won the 1500-meter run at the Class 6A championships this past season with a time of 3:51.16. Althouse also took second in the 3000 in 8:17.54, which ranked as the nation’s No. 2 performance among 2021 prep competitors. In addition, he broke the tape in the 1500 at the Portland Track Festival with a time of 3:48.59, which ranked No. 3 nationally.

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Academic Achievement

Althouse has maintained a weighted 4.36 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Georgetown University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society and the Latino Student Action Committee, Althouse has volunteered locally on behalf of Hacienda Community Development Corporation and a children’s book bank.