Birthday: 09/05/97 Mile PR: 3:54.80 - 2022
Metric Mile (1500m) PR: 3:34.86 - 2022
High School: Loudoun Valley (VA) '16
Hometown: Purcellville, VA
Current Residence: Boulder, CO
Drew Hunter, in June, finished 4th at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000m (27:53.35) in his second 10,000.
At the 2023 Dr. Sander Invite Columbia Challenge, Hunter won the Mile in 3:55.57, running an indoor personal record, and two weeks later, bettered that with a 3:55.52 to finish 10th at the Wanamaker Mile.
In 2022, he won the 2022 Sunset Tour #2's -Under Armour Mile, setting a PR of 3:54.80.
Drew earned the 2021 USA 5K road title in November, edging Matthew Centrowitz and Sydney Gidabuday, all timed in 13:53 in New York City, and In late 2019 February, he won the USA Indoor 2 Mile title, his first national crown as a pro, clocking 8:29.25 from the first heat of two heats.
In 2018, Hunter, under gusty conditions, won the B.A.A. Invitational Mile, breaking the beam in 4:08.2 at the 10th edition, and later in May, Hunter returned to Boston to take the adidas Boost Games Mile, clocking a personal record of 3:56.72. In 2017, he also won the Sir Walter Miler, edging fellow rising U.S. star Craig Engels, 3:57.32 to 3:57.67 in Raleigh, NC.
On February 6, 2016 at the Armory Track Invitational Hunter became the second prep to run a sub-4 minute Mile indoors, breaking Mile legend Alan Webb’s previous record of 3:59.86 with a 3:58.25 performance. Two weeks later at the famed Millrose Games, Hunter ran another sub-4, 3:57.81 (4th overall and U.S. HS indoor record), to become the first U.S. high school boy with two sub-4s indoors. In late May, Drew also recorded a sub-4 outdoors at the Prefontaine Classic's Bowerman Mile, 3:58.86, his third of the year, only legend Jim Ryun, with 5 sub-4s, has more by a U.S. HSer in the same year.
At Loudoun Valley High School, Hunter also had several other accolades under his belt, including a Foot Locker Cross Country Championship and Penn Relays titles as well as several Virginia state titles. Drew had committed to run at the University of Oregon, but signed a professional contract with adidas in July 2016, and in August at the Sir Walter Miler, his first race as a pro, he recorded his Mile PR of 3:57.15.
In his professional indoor debut at the New Balance Games on January 21, 2017, teen phenom Hunter won the Mile, breaking the beam in 3:58.92.
FUN FACT I: Running is in Hunter’s blood. His parents: Marc Hunter was a two-time USA World Cross Country team member while Joan was a state champion in Virginia. In 1999 Hunter’s parents coached Alan Webb who later became the American record holder at the distance, the fourth prep runner to break 4 minutes in the Mile outdoors and at that time the only prep to run sub-4 indoors.
FUN FACT II: Hunter is one of 9 children, five of whom were adopted from Haiti and China.
Whoever shows up on the starting line at Hayward Field, rest assured the guys will put on a great show at the U.S. Olympic Trials
By Jeff Hollobaugh, Track & Field News
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"I had setbacks, but my love for the sport of running hasn’t changed. It’s in a new light now and I don’t take it for granted."
By Jeff Hollobaugh, Track & Field News
It was just over 4 years ago that Drew Hunter—a high school superstar with three sub-4:00s to his credit—shocked the running...
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Now a professional, Hunter to give insights of his great feats to high school student-athletes at The Armory Indoor Track & Field Camp
From The Armory Foundation
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Drew Hunter’s return to The Armory on Saturday, November 16 will be especially gratifying for two reasons.
For...
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High schooler and future Oregon Duck Brodey Hasty eyes first sub-4 minute Mile against young talented competition
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“I knew 3:36 was fast and obviously really good for my age. …It shows I’m off to a good start…and it’s a good club to be in for sure. It’s exciting to know I’m on the right path.”
By Kelyn Soong, The Washington Post
This was hardly the life Drew Hunter envisioned for himself when he was...
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Rising star and high school indoor Mile record holder to run storied distance again at The Armory in New York City
NEW YORK – Drew Hunter will make his professional indoor debut at the New Balance Games on Saturday, January 21 at The Armory’s New Balance Track & Field Center.
The New Balance...
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“He’s fairly capable already, but the practice will be good for him. Hopefully he will leave home able to prepare a variety of healthy meals for himself.” - Joan Hunter
By Sarah Lorge Butler, Runner's World
Joan Hunter has a lot of mouths to feed—11 of them at times. That tally includes her...
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"The most important thing is not rushing anything and I’m grateful that adidas understands that process for me to grow as an athlete.”
By Chris Chavez, Sports Illustrated
EUGENE, Ore. — When Loudoun Valley senior Drew Hunter ran 3:58.25 to break Alan Webb’s 3:59.86 high school indoor Mile...
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Back to full-tilt training, the #8 sub-4 U.S. HSer and Oregon bound athlete is feeling great and has gotten green lights from his doctors.
By Jeff Hollobaugh for Track & Field News
Where is Drew Hunter? The drumbeat is starting to sound on the Internet about the nation’s top prep distance...
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The latest HSer sub-4 does credit Maton and Fisher for lighting a fire: “It was really inspiring. After I saw that, I thought ‘OK. I’ve got one goal for next year and hopefully I can join the club.'”
By Parker West, Dyestat
In the span of 10 months, the number of all-time sub-4 high school...
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“He’s not afraid of anything, and he’s just a ferocious competitor. I think his mental strength is extraordinary.”
By Lindsay Crouse, New York Times
Drew Hunter broke his national high school indoor Mile record at the Millrose Games on Saturday in an event that proved to be as much a...
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“I think it’s something that’s not ironic but unique and special. I think everything happens for a reason. I think this is the beginning.”
By Christopher Chavez, Sports Illustrated
As a freshman at South Lakes High School in Reston, Va., Alan Webb was a swimmer who thrived in running despite...
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"It was so loud the last lap that I just, kind of adrenaline kicked in." - Drew Hunter, 8th U.S. high school boy to break 4 minutes, now third fastest all-time behind legends Alan Webb and Jim Ryun
By David Monti, RRW
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“Alan Webb is the first guy I looked up to as a runner. To know he was the first one to break four (indoors) -- and I hope to do it this year -- is special.”
From Armory Track
Drew Hunter, of Purcellville, Va., has his sights set on becoming the second high school boy to break the 4-minute...
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"I want to be a part of special and there's no program out there that has the richness of tradition. All the names of the school record holders... it's incredible.”
By Andrew Nemec, The Oregonian
While most Oregon Ducks fans spent Thursday anxiously awaiting the announcements of Ryan Kelley,...
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In the coming year he might even become the 8th U.S. high schooler to break 4 minutes in the Mile. Or the first boy from Northern Virginia to win the Foot Locker Cross Country Championship.
By Dickson Mercer, Run Washington
Marc and Joan Hunter, the head coaches at South Lakes High School,...
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Athleticism and track speed make the Virginia senior a threat in cross country and as the next sub-4 minute HS Miler
By Hailey Middlebrook, Running Times
Andrew Hunter didn't run in middle school, but the senior at Loudon Valley High School in Purcellville, Virginia, had plenty of background...
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“That’s the goal of any high school runner — to go under 4 minutes.”
By Jason Butt, The Washington Post
Halfway through Saturday’s adidas Grand Prix Boys Dream Mile in New York, Loudoun Valley junior Andrew Hunter figured a four-minute pace was out of the question. The field wasn’t moving...
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A year after winning the 3000 meter race, Hunter wins the Mile in 4:07.15 seconds to become only the second boy to do so after Matthew Centrowitz.
By Jason Butt, The Washington Post
Loudoun Valley junior Andrew Hunter could have attempted to defend the 3000 meter title he won a year ago. But...
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