Drew Hunter (born September 5, 1997) is an American distance runner from Purcellville, Virginia. He is the national indoor mile record holder for high school athletes, a feat he achieved in 2016 with a time of 3 minutes 57.81 seconds. He dedicates his many successes to a group of his biggest fans and best friends, the Lambda Squad. He was named Gatorade National Cross-Country Runner of the Year in 2016. He committed to the University of Oregon on November 12, 2015. However he signed a 10-year contract with Adidas on July 8, 2016 and will go pro instead of running in a collegiate program.
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Biography
Personal life
Hunter is the fourth of nine children in his family. Five of his siblings are adopted; two from Haiti and 3 from China. His father and mother are both also runners. His father, Marc Hunter, was a national-class distance runner for Cleveland State University. He competed in the 1980 Olympic Trials in the 5000-meter event and owned a personal best of 13:36 in the event. Joan Hunter ran at West Virginia University and has won multiple masters indoor national titles. Marc and Joan coached Alan Webb during his freshman year at South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia. Drew Hunter stands 5ft11in and weighs 141lbs.
High school
Hunter won the High School Boys 3000-meter race as a high school sophomore at the Penn Relays Carnival in 2014. He went on to set the national sophomore class record in the 3000 metres event at 8:16.31. In the fall of 2014, Hunter placed 4th at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Hunter won the New Balance National Indoor two-mile national title in a winning time of 8:48.22. He started his outdoor season with a 4:07 victory at the Penn Relays, becoming the first high school athlete since Olympian Matt Centrowitz to own both the high school boys 3K and mile Penn Relays titles. Hunter achieved a season best of 4:02.36 at the Adidas Dream Mile at the Adidas Grand Prix. He broke Grant Fisher's 2-year undefeated run at the Brooks PR 2-mile championship, where he set a personal best of 8:42.51 in the event. He ended his 2015 track season with a 2nd-place finish behind collegian Blake Haney in the junior boys 1500m at the USATF Outdoor Championships. He closed the last 400 meters of that race in 53.10 (seconds). Hunter set a personal best of 14:20 in the 5000 meters at the Third Battle Invitational. He set a course record of 14:26 at the Foot Locker South regional meet before winning his first Foot Locker National title in 14:55.7. In his indoor debut, Hunter broke the high school boys national indoor 3k record with a time of 7:59.33 at the Camel City Elite meet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He followed up that performance with another national record in the high school boys indoor mile, running 3:58.25 at the Armory Track and Field Invitational. By doing this he became the 8th High School Athlete to break 4 minutes in the mile. He was also the second High School Athlete to break 4 in the mile indoors. Hunter then waited two weeks before resetting the record with a 3:57.81 performance at the Millrose Games. Hunter's 2016 outdoor season was also successful. He ran a 4:02 split in the 1600m to bring the Loudoun Valley boys the win in the DMR at the Penn Relays in 10:00.01. He returned to his best event, breaking 4 minutes again with a 3:58.86 at the Pre Classic. He ran 3:41.6 for a U.S #3 all time.
Professional
On August 5, 2016, Hunter placed 6th overall in the men's mile race at the 2016 Sir Walter Miler, finishing in 3:57.15. It was his first race since graduating from high school. On February 11, 2017, Hunter participated in the NYRR Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile, where he placed seventh in 3:56.80.
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References
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