Most Improved: Top Boys In The 3-Mile Compared To Last Year

Nov 19, 2024

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While states continue to wrap up their respective in-state seasons, even more athletes are hitting their stride and throwing down impressive times.

While we've seen quite a bit of athletes show vast improvement in the 5k, hundreds of boys have lowered their times over three miles.

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San Leandro's (Calif.) Randolph St. James and Jmel Tesfai stand alone as the top two improvers so far this season in the 3-Mile.

St. James has gone as fast as 16:20.81 this fall, taking off nearly 14 minutes off of his 2023 mark of 30:17.

Tesfai hasn't shaved as much time off as St. James, but his jump from 23:58.89 to 15:28.95 was still an 8:29.94 improvement, the second-best in the country this season.

Mercer Island's (Wash.) Owen Powell and Crater's (Ore.) Josiah Tostenson both posted the two fastest times this season in their 1-2 finish at the 43rd Annual Woodbridge Classic.

The duo clocked ...