Happy Birthday, Molly Huddle! Which High Schoolers Have Run Faster?

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Happy birthday, Molly Huddle!

The American record holder for 5K and 10K turns 32 today. The New Yorker ran 14:42.64 for 5K at the 2014 Diamond League meet in Monaco and added the 10K record to her resume this summer, when she ran 30:13.17 for sixth place at the Olympic Games in Rio.

She's the fastest-ever American in distance events on the track. That feat made us wonder: who ran faster in high school? As a senior at Elmira Notre Dame, Huddle ran PBs of 4:22.1 for 1500m, 4:46.42 for the mile, 9:21.37 for 3K and 10:01 for two miles.

Check out the charts below to see which preps ran faster than Huddle in high school.

1500m (indoor)

RANKTIMEATHLETE/TEAMGRADEMEET DATEPLACE
14:11.722014
24:15.652015
34:17.682016
44:18.901986