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

Aug 31, 2016

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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)

RANK	TIME	ATHLETE/TEAM	GRADE	MEET DATEPLACE
1	4:11.72	MARY CAIN NY Unattached	2014	Millrose Games Feb 16, 2013
2	4:15.65	ALEXA EFRAIMSON WA Camas High School	2015	Millrose Games7th Feb 15, 2014
3	4:17.68	KATIE RAINSBERGER CO Air Academy High School	2016	New Balance Nationals Indoor1st Mar 11, 2016 - Mar 13, 2016
4	4:18.90	LYNN JENNINGS DC Bromfield School	1986	Archived Performance1st Feb 10, 1978