Owen Powell (runner)
| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800 m: 1:46.63 (Seattle, 2025) 1500 m: 3:36.49 (Portland, 2025) Mile: 3:56.66 (Boston, 2025) Indoors 1500 m: 3:40.62 (Boston, 2025) AU20R Mile: 3:56.66 (Boston, 2025) 3000m: 8:04.83 (Seattle, 2025) |
Owen Powell is an American middle-distance runner.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]He grew up in Eugene, Oregon until he was eleven years-old. His parents Maurica and Andy Powell both ran collegiately at Stanford University and later became coaches at the University of Oregon and then the University of Washington. He has a younger brother, Jake.[2][3] He attended Mercer Island High School in Washington and only started running seriously late in his freshman year at high school, before later committing to attend the University of Washington in 2025.[4][5][6]
Career
[edit]He ran a 4:02.04 outdoor mile personal best in 2024 and was named the 2023-24 Gatorade Washington Boys Track & Field Player of the Year.[7][8]
He broke Gerry Lindgren's Washington state high school mile record that had been held for 61 years until Powell ran 4:01.14 at the 2025 New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on February 2, 2025.[9] He then ran a 3:57.74 indoor mile on February 15, 2025 at the Husky Invitational in Washington, before running a second under Hobbs Kessler's indoor American high school record in running 3:56.66 a week later in Boston, Massachusetts.[8][10] His split time for the 1500 metres in the race was 3:40.62.[11]
He lowered his personal best in the 800 meters to 1:46.63 in finishing runner-up to Cooper Lutkenhaus at the Brooks PR Invitational on June 8, 2025. He ran 3:36.49 in a professional 1500 metres race at the Portland Track Festival on June 15, 2025 in Portland, Oregon, for the second fastest American high school time in history, behind only the national high school record of Hobbs Kessler.[8] He was invited to race in the International Mile at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon in June 2025.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Owen Powell". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Owen Powell". Runnerspace. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "OWEN POWELL - GET TO KNOW - NIKE ELITE 2023". Runnerspace. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Mercer Island's Owen Powell sets records at WA track-and-field state meet". Seattle Times. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "How future Husky Owen Powell became first WA high schooler to run mile under ..." Seattle Times. 4 Mar 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Hollobaugh, Jeff (March 2025). "Mile HSR Far Surpassed Powell's Seasonal Goal". Track and Field News. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Nystrom, Andy (27 Feb 2025). "Powell breaks national high school indoor mile record". mi-reporter. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Metzler, Brian (2 July 2025). "Alan Webb's Legendary High School Mile Record Has Stood for 24 Years. Does It Finally Go Down This Weekend?". Runners World. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "OWEN POWELL RUNS SECOND-FASTEST HIGH SCHOOL INDOOR MILE AT HUSKY CLASSIC". Runnerspace. 16 Feb 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Davern, John (21 Feb 2025). "Owen Powell Runs HS National Mile Record, Three High Schoolers Break 4". Flotrack. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ "Boston University DMR Challenge". World Athletics. 21 Feb 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "OWEN POWELL - DYESTAT SHORTS - EUGENE DIAMOND LEAGUE - NIKE PREFONTAINE CLASSIC 2025". Dye Stat. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.