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2019 - 2020 Player of the Year

National Boys Cross Country

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a picture of Nico Young
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Nico Young

Distance Runner
NEWBURY PARK HS
NEWBURY PARK, CALIFORNIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-11
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st-14:52.3

NXN Final

1st-14:26.5

Division 2 State Championship

13:39.7

Three-mile record

1st

Clovis Invitational
“I don’t know when I will ever see another athlete with Nico’s talent or ability to push himself beyond his limits along with the curiosity to see how truly great he can be. He’s a once-in-a-lifetime athlete who has broken the three-mile cross country national record, and he’s preparing to set more records throughout the track season.”
Sean Brosnan
Head Coach - Newbury Park coach
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11, 135-pound senior raced to the national championship this past season, breaking the tape at the Nike Cross Nationals Final with a course-record time of 14:52.3 and leading the Panthers to the national title as a team. Young also won the Division 2 CIF state championship in 14:26.5. He also set a U.S. prep three-mile record of 13:39.7 last fall in winning the Woodbridge Classic, and he broke the tape at the Southern Section finals, the Marmonte League finals and the Clovis Invitational.

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Academic Achievement

Young has maintained a weighted 4.68 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at Northern Arizona University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Young has volunteered locally for three summers in a row as a camp assistant at Many Mansions for underprivileged youth.