All-Time Boys High School Indoor Top 5 Lists
+=converted mark; (A)=altitude over 1000m (in affected events only)' '=distance mark made on oversized track (oversized tracks are those larger than 220y in circumference); *=junior; **=soph; ***=frosh; those athletes without asterisks are seniors.
For far deeper lists (top 20 performers, top 10 performances) including non-standard distances not given here, you should buy a copy of High School Track from Jack Shepard.
| Track Events |
| 60 | | 6.57 | Casey Combest (Owensboro, Ky) | 1999 | | 6.62 | Deworski Odom (Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pa) | 1995 | | 6.63 | Brendan Christian (Reagan, Austin, Tx) | 2002 |
| 6.64 |
Trindon Holliday (Northeastern, Zachary, La) |
2005 |
| 6.67 | *Mike Newell (Potomac, Dumfries, Va) | 1998 | | | | 200 | | 20.69 | Xavier Carter (Palm Bay, Melbourne, Fl) | 2004 | | 21.02 | *Brendan Christian (Reagan, Austin, Tx) | 2001 | | 21.05 | Glenn McFadden (Hillhouse, New Haven, Ct) | 2001 |
| 21.14 |
Reggie Witherspoon (Wheeler, Marietta, Ga) |
2003 |
| 21.22 |
J-Mee Samuels (Mt Tabor, Winson-Salem, NC) |
2005 |
| |
| 300 |
| 33.19 | **William Reed (Central, Philadelphia, Pa) | 1986 | | 33.27 | Anthony Ewers (Lawrence, Cedarhurst, NY) | 1999 | | 33.28 | Elzie Coleman (Free Academy, Newburgh, NY) | 2004 | | 33.31 | Reggie Witherspoon (Wheeler, Marietta, Ga) | 2003 | | 33.51 | Lashawn Merritt (Wilson, Portsmouth, Va) | 2004 | | | | 400 | | 45.92(A) | Elzie Coleman (Free Academy, Newburgh, NY) | 2004 | | 46.11 | Reggie Witherspoon (Wheeler, Marietta, Ga) | 2003 | | 46.84 | **William Reed (Central, Philadelphia, Pa) | 1986 | | 46.94+ | Jerome Young' (Prince Tech, Hartford, Ct) | 1995 | | 47.07(A) | Milton Campbell (Douglass, Atlanta, Ga) | 1994 | | | | 500 | | 1:02.40 | Mike Greene (Boston College, Dorchester, Ma) | 1984 | | 1:03.01 | Kerry Wooden (Warwick, Newport News, Va) | 1988 | | 1:03.03 | **William Reed (Central, Philadelphia, Pa) | 1986 | | 1:03.20 | Jerome Young' (Prince Tech, Hartford, Ct) | 1995 | | 1:03.32 | Patrick Mann (Gar-Field, Woodbridge, Va) | 1984 | | Oversized track: | | 1:02.72 | Charles Fondren (Deaf, Knoxville, Tn) | 1986 | | | | 600 |
| 1:17.9 |
*Shaquan Brown (Kennedy, Paterson, NJ) |
2005 |
| 1:18.80 | Damion Drummond' (Robeson, Brooklyn, NY) | 2000 | | 1:19.41 | Russell Brown (Hanover, NH) | 2003 | | 1:19.56 | Brad Sumner (McQuaid Jesuit, Rochester, NY) | 1989 |
| 1:19.68 |
**Lionel Williams (St Peters, Staten Island, NY) |
2005 |
| | | 800 | | 1:50.55 | *Michael Granville (Bell Gardens, Ca) | 1995 | | 1:50.62+ | George Kersh (Pearl, Ms) | 1987 | | 1:50.7 | John Marshall (Plainfield, NJ) | 1981 |
| 1:51.36 |
Justin Craddock (Kenmore East, Tonawanda, NY) |
2005 |
| 1:51.4+ | Larry Kelly (Maine South, Park Ridge, Il) | 1965 | | Oversized track: | | 1:50.09 | Mike McGrath (Lincoln, Portland, Or) | 2003 | | | | 1000 | | 2:23.68 | Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Va) | 2001 | | 2:23.85 | George Kersh (Pearl, Ms) | 1987 | | 2:24.1 | Miles Irish (BH-Ballston Lake, Burnt Hills, NY) | 1983 | | 2:24.2 | Mike Stahr (Carmel, NY) | 1983 | | 2:24.42 | Paul Vandegrift (Kennedy, Conshohocken, Pa) | 1987 | | | | 1500 | | 3:43.27 | Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Va) | 2001 | | 3:46.6 | Thom Hunt (Henry, San Diego, Ca) | 1976 | | 3:49.9 | Mark Deady (Stevenson, Prairie View, Il) | 1985 | | 3:50.0 | Richard Kimball (DeLaSalle, Concord, Ca) | 1974 | | 3:50.2 | Jim White (York, Elmhurst, Il) | 1985 | | | | Mile | | 3:59.86 | Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Va) | 2001 | | 4:02.7 | Thom Hunt (Henry, San Diego, Ca) | 1976 | | 4:05.4' | Dave Merrick (Lincoln-Way, New Lenox, Il) | 1971 | | 4:06.6 | Vince Cartier (SP-Fanwood,Scotch Plains, NJ) | 1972 | | 4:07.10 | Michael Stember (Jesuit, Carmichael, Ca) | 1996 | | | | 3000 | | 8:06.3 | Gerry Lindgren (Rogers, Spokane, Wa) | 1964 | | 8:07.6 | Jeff Nelson (Burbank, Ca) | 1979 | | 8:10.98 | Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Va) | 2001 | | 8:12.30' | *Galen Rupp (Central Catholic, Portland, Or) | 2003 | | 8:13.1 | Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford, Mi) | 2001 | | | | 2 Miles | | 8:40.0 | Gerry Lindgren (Rogers, Spokane, Wa) | 1964 | | 8:42.7 | Jeff Nelson (Burbank, Ca) | 1979 | | 8:43.2' | Dave Merrick (Lincoln-Way, New Lenox, Il) | 1971 | | 8:45.19 | Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Va) | 2001 | | 8:45.6' | Craig Virgin (Lebanon, Il) | 1973 | | | | 60H | | 7.62 | Deworski Odom (Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pa) | 1995 | | Terrance Trammell (Southwest DeKalb, Decatur, Ga) | 1997 | | Rickey Harris (Centreville, Clifton, Va) | 2000 | | 7.68 | Thavius Nelson (Troup County, La Grange, Ga) | 1996 | | 7.72 | Jermaine Cooper (Giddings, Tx) | 1999 | | | | Relay Events |
| 4 x 200 |
| 1:26.09 |
Poly, Long Beach, Ca |
2005 |
| 1:26.90 | Camden, NJ | 2004 | | 1:27.09 | Deep Creek, Chesapeake, Va | 2002 |
| 1:27.13 |
Gratz, Philadelphia, Pa
|
2005 |
| 1:27.21 |
St. Augustine, New Orleans, La |
2005 |
| | | 4 x 400 | | 3:13.34 | Muir, Pasadena, Ca | 1996 | | 3:13.68 | Muir, Pasadena, Ca | 1997 | | 3:15.78 | Camden, NJ | 2001 | | 3:16.40 | Lenape, Medford, NJ | 2000 | | 3:16.5 | Vineland, NJ | 2003 | | Oversized track: | | 3:11.7+ | Lincoln, Dallas, Tx | 1970 | | 3:14.5+ | Wheatley, Houston, Tx | 1969 | | | | 4 x 800 |
| 7:42.22 |
Syosset, NY
|
2005 |
| 7:42.67 | York, Elmhurst, Il | 2000 |
| 7:42.84 |
Shaker, Latham, NY |
2005 |
| 7:44.6+ | Catholic, Roselle, NJ | 1969 | | 7:45.55 | Boys & Girls, Brooklyn, NY | 1998 | | 7:45.78 | West Springfield, Springfield, Va | 1998 | | 7:46.00 | Bingham, South Jordan, Ut | 1998 | | | | Sprint Medley | | 3:24.69 | Muir, Pasadena, Ca | 1997 | | 3:25.51 | East New York Transit Tech, Brooklyn, NY | 2003 | | 3:25.74 | Deep Creek, Chesapeake, Va | 2003 | | 3:25.90 | Muir, Pasadena, Ca | 1996 | | 3:26.62 | Mumford, Detroit, Mi | 2003 | | | | Distance Medley | | 9:59.94 | Gloucester, Ma | 2000 | | 10:03.70 | Atlantic, Delray Beach, Fl | 2001 | | 10:05.72 | South Lakes, Reston, Va | 2001 | | 10:09.31 | Jay-East Fishkill, Hopewell Junction, NY | 2004 | | 10:10.30 | West, Springfield, Va | 1998 | | | | Field Events |
| High Jump | | 7-5.25 | Scott Sellers (Cinco Ranch, Katy, Tx) | 2004 | | 7-5 | Gail Olson (Sycamore, Il) | 1978 | | 7-4.5 | Dothel Edwards (Cedar Shoals, Athens, Ga) | 1984 | | 7-4.25 | Eric Bishop (Murray County, Chatsworth, Ga) | 1994 | | Mike Morrison (Willingboro, NJ) | 2003 | | | | Pole Vault | | 17-6.5(A) | Pat Manson (Aurora Central, Aurora, Co) | 1986 | | 17-6 | Brandon Richards (San Marcos, Santa Barbara, Ca) | 1985 | | 17-4.5 | Joe Dial (Marlow, Ok) | 1981 | | 17-3.75 | Tommy Skipper (Sandy, Or) | 2003 | | 17-3 | *Jacob Davis (Orangefield, Tx) | 1995 | | | | Long Jump | | 26-6.5 | Dion Bentley (Penn Hills, Pittsburgh, Pa) | 1989 | | 26-2(A) | Jerry Proctor (Muir, Pasadena, Ca) | 1967 | | 25-9.25 | *Mike Newell (Potomac, Dumfries, Va) | 1998 | | 25-7.75 | Marvin Forde (Uniondale, NY) | 1993 | | 25-5.75 | Keith Holley (Bayside, Virginia Beach, Va) | 1988 | | | | Triple Jump | | 52-7.5 | Keith Holley (Bayside, Virginia Beach, Va) | 1988 | | 52-2.75 | Greg Yeldell (North Rowan, Spencer, NC) | 1998 | | 51-11.75 | Len Herring (Eastside, Gainesville, Fl) | 1997 | | 51-10.75 | Jason Ward (Tilghman, Paducah, Ky) | 1999 | | 51-9.75(A) | Ken McClendon (Washington, Denver, Co) | 1974 | | | | Shot | | 74-11 | Brent Noon (Fallbrook, Ca) | 1990 | | 71-11 | Jesse Stuart (Glasgow, Ky) | 1970 | | 70-11.5 | Arnold Campbell (Airline, Bossier City, La) | 1984 |
| 68-11.25 |
Ryan Whiting (Central Dauphin, Harrisburg, Pa) |
2005 |
| 68-5.75 | Dennis Black (Great Falls, Mt) | 1991 | | | | Weight | | 82-10 | Leif Arrhenius (Mountain View, Orem, Ut) | 2004 | | 81-8.75 | Josh McCaughey (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) | 2000 | | 77-2 | Jacob Freeman (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, RI) | 1999 | | 75-9 | Mark McGehearty (Classical, Providence, RI) | 1993 | | 75-1.25 | Lucais MacKay (Hughson, Ca) | 1999 | | |
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