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The New Standard in High School Distance Running: How Oliver Horton Is Pushing the Limits of What’s Possible at 17
Enter Oliver Horton, the high school Colorado phenom everyone will be talking about this season.
At just 17 years old and a high school junior at Coronado High School (in Colorado Springs), he is already a state champion, a sub-14:30 performer, and a name climbing the national rankings, having just become the 2025 Colorado 4A state XC champion.
He didn’t just become the first Colorado runner to break 15 minutes on the tough Norris Penrose course in Colorado, he obliterated the previous course record, clocking 14:48. (For comparison, 2024 NCAA 5,000 National Champion Parker Wolfe ran 15:10 in…
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