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2019 - 2020 Player of the Year

National Boys Track & Field

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a picture of Nico Young
BOYS TRACK & FIELD

Nico Young

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

Peak Performance

13:50.55

5000m

7:56.97

3000m

No. 4

5000m ranking
“Nico has proven to our team at Newbury Park that if you set your standards high and work hard, anything is possible. He continued to train hard after winning Nike Cross Nationals in order to go after the High School 3000-meter indoor track record. Then he flew out to New York and accomplished his goal.”
Sean Brosnan
Head Coach - Newbury Park coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-11, 135-pound senior raced to a time of 13:50.55 in the 5000-meter run this spring, which shattered the 34-year-old state record by 11 seconds and ranked as the nation’s No. 4 clocking in history among prep competitors. The 2019-20 Gatorade National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Young also set a national record of 7:56.97 in the 3000 in his only race of the 2020 indoor track season. Winner of the Nike Cross Nationals Final in December, he also won a 2019 outdoor track state championship in the 3200.

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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 run on scholarship at Northern Arizona University.

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Exemplary Character

Young has volunteered for the past three summers as part of the Team Leadership program at Camp Many Mansions, a seven-week residential enrichment opportunity for youth from under-resourced communities.