Comparing The Futures Of Cole Sprout And Nico Young

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By Denise Spann - MileSplit Correspondent

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Two athletes in different parts of the country, running almost identical times in their events?

What gives? 

Well first, Nico Young and Cole Sprout are turning into two of the best distance runners in the Class of 2020. But secondly, with times so close, it's easy to see just how talented and how similar these two runners are.

And as they rise together on the national leaderboard, we're going to dig into the numbers to figure out how Young, a junior at Newbury Park (CA) High School, and Sprout, a junior at Valor Christian (CO) who owns sophomore class records in the 3K and 2-Mile, compare.

While Sprout was an early bloomer as a freshman and sophomore -- he was faster than Young in every single category from his 8th grade year until his sophomore season -- Young is catching up.

This fall, Sprout was third at Nike Cross Nationals. Young was fourth. 

In April, the pair went head-to-head in the 3200m run at the Arcadia Invitational. Young used ...