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Just Weeks Later, High School Senior Breaks Own Indoor Mile Mark

When Drew Hunter broke his national high school indoor mile record at the Millrose Games on Saturday, the event proved as much a coronation ceremony as a race. He is now indisputably the top young distance runner in the United States, and one of the fastest in history.

Facing off against a field of collegiate and professional runners in the Armory Invitational Mile, the undercard to the featured Wanamaker Mile, Hunter, 18, a senior at Loudoun Valley High School in Virginia, finished fourth in 3 minutes 57.81 seconds. Johnny Gregorek won the race in 3:56.57.

Hunter is familiar with the track.