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No. 11: Kevin Sanchez
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School: Austin Vandegrift (TX)
Year: Senior, Class of 2023
2021-22 Notable Finishes: 11th at the Eastbay Cross Country Championships in 15:30.10; Fifth at the Woodbridge Classic in 14:06.00 for three miles; Ran a 5k personal best of 14:44.80 at the FEAST Patriot 19th Annual Invitational. Also won the 3,200m at RunningLane Track Championships in 8:50.00.
Analysis: He made his first appearance on the national stage last year as a junior, and now with just one year left running for Austin Vandegrift, Kevin Sanchez will look to capitalize on that key racing experience.
The highlight of his 2021 cross country season came on a lucrative trip to the Eastbay Cross Country Championships in December where he finished an impressive 11th-place in a competitive field. But that wasn't Sanchez's first time making a name for himself at a high profile meet that season. A top-five finish at the Woodbridge Classic last September - a placement that came with running the sixth-fastest three-mile time of 2021 of 14:06.00 - earned Sanchez national attention and put him up there with the likes of racers that have been in the spotlight for quite some time, namely the boys of Newbury Park. He also won a coveted Texas 6A state cross country title last November with his 14:53.40 performance.
Since those pivotal races at Eastbay, Woodbridge and states, Sanchez hasn't looked back.
He lined up against national competition yet again during the track season, this time coming away with a championship win and new personal best in the 3,200m at the RunningLane Track Championships with a time of 8:50.00. Sanchez also won his first individual Texas 6A state championships in the same event to add to his cross country individual title from the fall.
That's quite the resume-building junior year, and Sanchez will look to improve upon that growth in cross country for 2022.
MileSplit50 Boys Individual National Rankings Countdown
RANK | DATE-NAME |
|---|---|
| 25 | Aug. 25 -- Noah Breker (Robbinsdale Armstrong, MN) -- Page 2 |
| 24 | Aug. 25 -- Aidan Ross (Uxbridge, MA) -- Page 3 |
| 23 | Aug. 25 -- Connor Ackley (Hilliard Davidson, OH) -- Page 4 |
| 22 | Aug. 25 -- Wesley Shipsey (Central Catholic, OR) -- Page 5 |
| 21 | Aug. 25 -- Jacob Nenow (Jesuit, OR) -- Page 6 |
| 20 | Aug. 26 -- Hunter Jones (Benzie Central, MI) - Page 7 |
| 19 | Aug. 27 -- Andrew Hauser (Rock Bridge, MO) -- Page 8 |
| 18 | Aug. 28 -- William Schneider (Bishop Blanchet, WA) -- Page 9 |
| 17 | Aug. 29 -- Rendon Kuykendall (Hope Christian, NM) -- Page 10 |
| 16 | Aug. 30 -- Zack Munson (Sehome, WA) -- Page 11 |
| 15 | Aug. 31 -- Keegan Smith (Knoxville Catholic, TN) -- Page 12 |
| 14 | Sept. 1 -- Jimmy Wischusen (Union Catholic, NJ) -- Page 13 |
| 13 | Sept. 2 -- Devan Kipyego (St. Raphael Academy, RI) -- Page 14 |
| 12 | Sept. 3 -- Simeon Birnbaum (Rapid City Stevens, SD) -- Page 15 |
| 11 | Sept. 4 -- Kevin Sanchez (Austin Vandegrift, TX) -- Page 16 |
| 10 | Sept. 5 -- Tayson Echohawk (Orem, UT) -- Page 17 |
| 9 | Sept. 6 -- Christopher Caudillo (Clovis, CA) -- Page 18 |
| 8 | Sept. 7 -- Rocky Hansen (Christ School, NC) -- Page 19 |
| 7 | Sept. 8 -- Connor Burns (Southern Boone County, MO) -- Page 20 |
| 6 | Sept. 9 -- Aidan Cox (Coe Brown Academy, NH) -- Page 21 |
| 5 | Sept. 9 -- Kole Mathison (Carmel, IN) -- Page 22 |
| 4 | Sept. 9 -- Tyrone Gorze (Crater, OR) -- Page 23 |
| 3 | Sept. 9 -- Aaron Sahlman (Newbury Park, CA) -- Page 24 |
| 2 | Sept. 9 -- Leo Young (Newbury Park, CA) -- Page 25 |
| 1 | Sept. 9 -- Lex Young (Newbury Park, CA) -- Page 26 |