RECORD-BREAKERS!: Leo & Lex Young & Newbury Park break Woodward Park team time record + U.S. 5k best

Newbury Park High School juniors and twins Leo and Lex Young finished second and third overall in the Boys Championship race at the 2021 Clovis Invitational, helping complete a stunning 1-2-3-4 individual finish for the Panthers en route to a remarkable 19-point performance!

The cumulative team time of 73:39 (when rounding up to full seconds, as used for the all-time lists) broke the Woodward Park team time record by 109 seconds, taking down the previous standard of 75:28 set by the 2019 Newbury Park team that won the Nike Cross Nationals title that year.

It was also the fastest 5k team time ever in national history at the high school level!

In this race, both Leo and Lex (as well as teammate Aaron Sahlman) broke the Woodward Park junior class course record previous held by Buchanan's C.J. Albertson (14:51 at the 2010 state meet).

Below are the results from the race, as listed for historical purposes.

Here is our PrepCalTrack.com post-race interview with Leo and Lex Young.

LEADING RESULTS

TEAM:
1. Newbury Park 19 points (meet championship race scoring record)
73:39 team time record when rounded up (previous, 75:28, 2019 Newbury Park
2. Great Oak 154
3. West Torrance 249
4. Crescenta Valley 255
5. San Clemente 268
6. Dublin 275
7. Bellarmine Prep 287
8. Clovis West 287
9. San Luis Obispo 299
10. Vacaville 312

INDIVIDUAL
1. Colin Sahlman (Newbury Park) 14:30
2. Leo Young (Newbury Park) 14:34 (junior class course record)
3. Lex Young (Newbury Park) 14:35 (also faster than previous junior class course record)
4. Aaron Sahlman (Newbury Park, 14:44 (also faster than previous junior class course record)
5. Zachary Ayers (Davis) 15:00
6. Christopher Caudillo (Clovis) 15:00
7. Alex Mader (Lick-Wilmerding) 15:05
8. Mark Trammell (Santa Fe Christian) 15:09
9. Adin Dibble (Sonora/sj) 15:11
10. Jeremy Kain (Scotts Valley) 15:12

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