Leo Young_20240512 PAC-12 TRACK KL371

TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

  • NCAA West Region XC team champions (2023)
  • Pac-12 XC team champions (2023)
  • U.S. under-20 XC champion (2023)

Personal Bests (thru 2023 outdoors)

  • Mile: 4:00.77
  • 1,500: 3:39.39
  • 1,600: 3:59.32
  • 3,200: 8:39.57
  • Three-mile: 13:38.1 (xc)
  • 5,000: 14:05.1 (xc)

As a Freshman (2023-24)
Cross Country * Pac-12 Champions * NCAA West Region Champions

  • Made collegiate debut at the Virginia Invitational, placing 46th
  • Stanford's No. 4 runner at NCAA West Regionals, placing 26th
  • Stanford's No. 6 runner at NCAA Championships

International/National Competition

  • 16th at World Under-20 Cross Country Championships in Australia
  • U.S. U20 champ in 2023

Prior to Stanford

  • Ran lifetime 1,500 best of 3:39.39 at the 2023 Bryan Clay Invitational
  • The time placed him No. 7 on the all-time high school list with the No. 7 performance ever
  • It was second-fastest among high school runners in 2023
  • Leo and twin Lex were part of the Newbury Park cross country team that won the 2022 Nike Cross Nationals
  • 11th at the Nike Cross Nationals, second in the California Division II race, and second in the CIF-Southern Section Division II final
  • At the 2021 Woodbridge Invite in Irvine, Leo clocked 13:38.1, the fastest three-mile high school cross country time in history
  • At the 2021 RunningLane Cross Country Nationals, Leo was second in 14:05.1, the second-fastest cross-country 5K of all-time 
  • Second in the mile at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in 4:02.58, the No. 8 time among high schoolers in 2023 
  • Ran his mile PB of 4:00.77 at the 2022 Azusa Pacific Meet of Champions Distance Classic

Personal

  • Parents are Lynne and Andrew Young
  • Brothers are Nico, who runs for Northern Arizona and is among the nation's top collegiate distance runners, and twin Lex, a Stanford teammate
  • Leo and Lex have their own YouTube channel, "L&L", where they share their running careers and seek to inspire young runners
  • Board member of Doctors of the World, an international humanitarian organization which seeks to provide emergency and long-term medical care to the world's most vulnerable people

Career Results

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf.RegionNCAA
2023-24Cross Country (3)8K23:58.8------
10K31:31.6--26 (29:49.1)185 (31:31.6)
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