We caught up Nico__Young__ after he set the 3K record at the 2020 MillroseGames.
Young’s goal heading into the race was to break the high school indoor 3K record, 7:59.33, which was set byin 2016. To do that, though, meant staying composed while going deep into the well, considering the field was aiming for finish times 15 seconds faster.Runner’s World
after the race. “It started feeling hard after a mile. I told myself, ‘This is what I came here to do, I just have to focus my eyes on the next guy in front of me and chase him down.’” Despite the challenging pace, the high school senior proved that he could hang with the big kids. Knight won the race in 7:46.36, and Young finished in 7:56.97—even though he crossed the line last, he ran a new high-school record by more than two seconds. His 1000-meter splits were almost exactly even: 2:39.20, 2:38.69, and 2:39.09.
“I knew I was on pace at the mile, but after that point, I didn’t know my pace. It started feeling hard after a mile,” he said. “That was the deepest I’ve ever dug in a race. I didn’t know what time I was at with 200 to go. I was just thinking,Because there is no indoor track season sanctioned by the CIF-Southern Section for his high school, Millrose was just the second indoor race ever in which Young has raced.
After Nike Cross Nationals, Young said that he and his coaches decided to chase the 3K record at The Armory in 2020. With a talented field to set the pace, Millrose promised a good shot at attempting the record.
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