Smith Takes It At The Line
Fellow grad year counterpart Keegan Smith also made a splash in the national rankings on Saturday with this come from behind effort to narrowly take the victory at the line in the 800m run. His 1:53.50, which set a facility and meet record, just narrowly edged Colin Lakomek from Indiana by just .1 seconds and ranks US #11 across all grades and US #1 for the Class of 2025.
Overall US Boys Indoor 800m Rankings
He would then take back to the track about an hour later in the 2 mile where he would square off against Cleveland's Owen Clemons.
The freshman Clemons would hang with the leader and be pulled to a US #12 overall with a 9:11.07 but rise to the top of the rankings in the event for the Class of 2026 a full 25 seconds better than the next best in the country. Smith would finish 4th with a 9:15.76 with Joshua Pote of Signal Mountain placing 8th in 9:26.