Nico Young
Newbury Park High School
Impact Statement
Young set a national 3-mile record this past fall with a time of 13-minutes-39.70-seconds.
Biography
Young’s final scholastic season was outstanding as he defended the three California titles that he won as a senior.
This past fall he won his second straight Marmonte League, CIF-Southern Section Division 2 and CIF State Division II championships. Young then went to the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon where he set a course record and won the individual national championship with a time of 14-minutes-52-seconds. Newbury Park also won the Nike team championship.
Young, who will attend Northern Arizona University on a scholarship, also set a national 3-mile record this past fall with a time of 13-minutes-39.70-seconds at the Woodbridge Cross Country Classic. At the state championships in November, he was just four seconds off the state meet record.
Last spring during the track & field season, Young, who was the Ventura County Star Runner-of-the-Year, captured gold at the state championships.
Young is the third California runner to win the NHSCA Senior Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year Award. Chad Hall from Big Bear High School won the award during the 2006-07 school year. A.J. Acosta of El Camino High School was our honoree for the 2005-06 sports season.
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