High School Records are those ratified by the T&FN Records Committee
We consider the season to go through August 31 of an athlete’s senior year or until they begin college, whichever comes first. We have also appended a section noting the best marks made in high school-only competition.
| Track Events | ||||
| 100 | 10.00 | Trentavis Friday (Cherryville, North Carolina) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/05/14 |
| 9.89p | Issam Asinga’ (Academy, Montverde, Florida) | São Paulo, Brazil | 7/28/23 | |
| 200 | 19.97 | Issam Asinga’ (Academy, Montverde, Florida) | Lubbock, Texas | 4/29/23 |
| 400 | 44.69 | Darrell Robinson (Wilson, Tacoma, Washington) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 7/24/82 |
| 800 | 1:46.45 | Michael Granville (Bell Gardens, California) | Norwalk, California | 5/31/96 |
| 1000 | 2:24.79 | Bobby Curtis (St Xavier, Louisville, Kentucky) | Raleigh, North Carolina | 6/07/03 |
| 1500 | 3:34.36 | Hobbs Kessler (Skyline, Ann Arbor, Michigan) | Portland, Oregon | 5/29/21 |
| Mile | 3:53.43 | Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Virginia) | Eugene, Oregon | 5/27/01 |
| 2000 | 5:18.5 | Galen Rupp (Central Catholic, Portland, Oregon) | Richmond, British Columbia | 6/23/04 |
| 2000 Steeple | 5:40.71 | Nathan Mountain (St. Xavier, Cincinnati, Ohio) | Cincinnati, Ohio | 6/16/21 |
| Steeplechase | 8:47.04 | Bailey Roth (Coronado, Colorado Springs, Colorado) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/27/14 |
| 3000 | 7:56.97i | Nico Young (Newbury Park, California) | New York, New York | 2/08/20 |
| 2 Miles | 8:29.46 | Lukas Verzbicas (Sandburg, Orland Park, Illinois) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/04/11 |
| 5000 | 13:34.96 | Lex Young (Newbury Park, California) | Westwood, California | 5/26/23 |
| 10,000 | 28:32.7 | Rudy Chapa (Hammond, Indiana) | Des Moines, Iowa | 4/24/76 |
| 110 Hurdles | 13.08 | Wayne Davis (Southeast, Raleigh, North Carolina) | Port-of-Spain, Trinidad | 7/31/09 |
| Int’l 110 Hurdles | 13.74 | Kevin Craddock (Logan, Union City, California) | Grosseto, Italy | 7/17/04 |
| 300 Hurdles | 35.02 | Reggie Wyatt (La Sierra, Riverside, California) | Clovis, California | 6/05/09 |
| 400 Hurdles | 49.38 | Kenneth Ferguson (Mumford, Detroit, Michigan) | Kingston, Jamaica | 7/19/02 |
| Relay Events | ||||
| 4 x 100 | 39.76 | Wyatt, Ft. Worth, Texas | Austin, Texas | 5/16/98 |
| (Milton Wesley, Monte Clopton, Michael Franklin, DeMario Wesley) | ||||
| 4 x 200 | 1:23.25 | The Woodlands, Texas | Austin, Texas | 5/12/18 |
| (Ethan Bonner, Jake Lanier, DeAngelo Alexander, Kesean Carter) | ||||
| 4 x 400 | 3:07.40 | Hawthorne, California | Austin, Texas | 4/06/85 |
| (Mike Marsh 47.9, Michael Graham 47.8, Sean Kelly 47.2, Henry Thomas 44.5) | ||||
| 4 x 800 | 7:28.75 | Poly, Long Beach, California | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6/17/11 |
| (Christopher Hall 1:53.00, Aaron Harris 1:52.29, Christian Penn 1:55.26, Myles Andrews 1:47.70) | ||||
| 4 x 1500 | 16:03.7 | South, Eugene, Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | 4/30/82 |
| (Eric Mason 4:05.6, John Chambers 4:05.1, Will Kimball 3:58.5, Matt McGuirk 3:54.5) | ||||
| 4 x 1600 | 16:41.30 | American Fork, Utah | Arcadia, California | 4/07/17 |
| (Carson Clinger 4:25.51, McKay Johns 4:08.23, Patrick Parker 4:05.43, Casey Clinger 4:02.13) | ||||
| 4 x Mile | 16:29.31i | Newbury Park, California | New York, New York | 3/12/22 |
| (Aaron Sahlman 4:11.37, Leo Young 4:06.86, Lex Young 4:07.34, Colin Sahlman 4:03.74) | ||||
| 800 Medley | 1:28.20 | New Bern, North Carolina | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6/20/09 |
| (Daishawn Styron, Fuquawn Greene, Andrew Hendrix, Anthony Hendrix 46.39) | ||||
| 1000 Medley | 1:52.39 | Parkview, Lilburn, Georgia | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6/16/17 |
| (Malik Washington, Demarius Smith, Amir Harris, Justin Long 46.60) | ||||
| Sprint Medley | 3:19.58 | New Bern, North Carolina | Raleigh, North Carolina | 3/27/09 |
| (Fuquawn Greene 21.5, Miles Sparks 21.8, Andrew Hendrix 46.6, Anthony Hendrix 1:49.7) | ||||
| Distance Medley | 9:49.78 | South Lakes, Reston, Virginia | Raleigh, North Carolina | 6/17/01 |
| (Richard Smith 3:03.2, Justin Smyser 50.2, Kanda Karmo 1:56.6, Alan Webb 3:59.80) | ||||
| 4 x 110H | 56.32 | Westside, Anderson, South Carolina | Willingboro, New Jersey | 5/17/04 |
| (Dennis Martin 13.9, Brandon Brown 13.8, Martez Brown 14.2, Mauricus Brown 14.4) | ||||
| Field Events | ||||
| High Jump | 2.31 | 7-7 | Andra Manson (Brenham, Texas) | Kingston, Jamaica | 7/18/02 |
| Pole Vault | 6.05 | 19-10¼ | Mondo Duplantis’ (Lafayette, Louisiana) | Berlin, Germany | 8/12/18 |
| Long Jump | 8.18 | 26-10 | Marquis Goodwin (Rowlett, Texas) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/27/09 |
| Triple Jump | 16.72 | 54-10¼ | Kenny Hall (Tara, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/29/04 |
| Shot | 24.77 | 81-3½ | Michael Carter (Jefferson, Dallas, Texas) | Sacramento, California | 6/16/79 |
| Junior Shot | 22.02 | 72-3 | Jordan Geist (Knoch, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania) | Trujillo, Peru | 7/23/17 |
| Senior Shot | 20.65 | 67-9 | Michael Carter (Jefferson, Dallas, Texas) | Boston, Massachussets | 7/04/79 |
| Discus | 72.40 | 237-6 | Ryan Crouser (Barlow, Gresham, Oregon) | Portland, Oregon | 7/09/11 |
| Junior Discus | 62.26 | 204-3 | Mason Finley (Buena Vista, Colorado) | Eugene, Oregon | 6/27/09 |
| Senior Discus | 61.38 | 201-4 | Gregg Hart (Homestead, Ft. Wayne, Indiana) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 7/18/90 |
| Hammer | 79.73 | 261-7 | Trey Knight (Ridgefield, Washington) | Oregon City, Oregon | 6/27/20 |
| Junior Hammer | 75.91 | 249-0 | Rudy Winkler (Averill Park, New York) | West Point, New York | 7/02/13 |
| Senior Hammer | 66.92 | 219-7 | Conor McCullough (Chaminade, West Hills, California) | Chula Vista, California | 7/22/09 |
| Javelin | 77.84 | 255-4 | Sam Crouser (Gresham, Oregon) | Portland, Oregon | 6/12/10 |
| Multi Events | ||||
| Decathlon | 8035(A) | Gunnar Nixon (Santa Fe, Edmond, Oklahoma) | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 6/02-03/11 |
| (10.89, 7.45/24-5½w, 15.21/49-11, 2.15/7-½, 49.66 [4143], 14.16, 43.32/142-1/, 4.55/14-11, 53.46/175-5, 5:01.74 [3892]) | ||||
| Junior Decathlon | 7760 | Harrison Williams (University, Memphis, Tennessee) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/22-23/14 |
| (10.75 ,6.80/22-3¾, 13.53/44-4¾, 1.94/6-4¼, 48.21 [4032], 14.37, 35.09/115-1, 4.90/16-¾, 56.31/184-9, 4:41.01 [3728]) | ||||
| Senior Decathlon | 7524 | Gunnar Nixon (Santa Fe, Edmond, Oklahoma) | Arcadia, California | 4/08-09/11 |
| (11.06, 7.14/23-5¼, 12.14/39-10, 2.02/6-7½, 48.37 [4022], 14.60, 35.38/116-1, 4.40/14-5¼, 52.00/170-7, 4:39.64 [3502]) | ||||
| Road Events | ||||
| Marathon | 2:22:51p | Tim Synowiec (Bennett, Salisbury, Maryland) | Salisbury, Maryland | 4/02/22 |
Best Marks in HS-Only Competition
| (if an event is not listed here, then the main record was in HS competition) | ||||
| 100 | 10.09(A) | Anthony Schwartz (American Heritage, Plantation, Florida) | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 6/02/18 |
| (low-altitude) | 10.13 | Anthony Schwartz (American Heritage, Plantation, Florida) | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | 4/25/18 |
| 10.13 | Matthew Boling (Strake, Houston, Texas) | Austin, Texas | 5/11/19 | |
| 200 | 20.13 | Roy Martin (Roosevelt, Dallas, Texas) | Austin, Texas | 5/11/85 |
| 400 | 45.19 | Aldrich Bailey (Timberview, Arlington, Texas) | Lubbock, Texas | 4/28/12 |
| 1500 | 3:44.0 | Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kansas) | Wichita, Kansas | 5/15/65 |
| Mile | 3:58.3 | Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kansas) | Wichita, Kansas | 5/15/65 |
| Steeplechase | 9:02.56 | Noel Bateman (Aquinas, Rochester, New York) | Canton, New York | 6/10/06 |
| 3000 | 7:59.83 | German Fernandez (Riverbank, California) | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6/20/08 |
| 2M | 8:34.40 | German Fernandez (Riverbank, California) | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6/20/08 |
| 5000 | 13:55.96 | Chris Derrick (Neuqua Valley, Naperville, Illinois) | Arcadia, California | 4/12/08 |
| 10,000 | 30:30.2 | Jack Cuvo (Easton, Pennsylvania) | Annandale, New Jersey | 7/12/85 |
| 110 Hurdles | 13.30 | Chris Nelloms (Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio) | Dayton, Ohio | 5/26/90 |
| Senior 110H | 14.39 | Arthur Blake (Haines City, Florida) | Winter Park, Florida | 5/26/84 |
| 400 Hurdles | 49.56 | Robert Griffin (Copperas Cove, Texas) | Knoxville, Tennessee | 8/01/07 |
| Sprint Medley | 3:21.1 | Berkeley, California | Sacramento, California | 4/25/81 |
| (Charles Clewis 21.8, Walter Murray 21.1, Kenny Robinson 47.5, Pete Richardson 1:50.7) | ||||
| High Jump | 2.29 | 7-6 | Dothel Edwards (Cedar Shoals, Athens, Georgia) | Athens, Georgia | 7/09/83 |
| Pole Vault | 5.82 | 19-1i | Mondo Duplantis (Lafayette, Louisiana) | New York, New York | 3/11/17 |
| Long Jump | 8.06 | 26-6 | Carl Lewis (Willingboro, New Jersey) | Naperville, Illinois | 6/09/79 |
| Senior Shot | 20.21 |66-4 | Michael Carter (Jefferson, Dallas, Texas) | Abilene, Texas | 5/05/79 |
| Senior Discus | 54.96 |180-4 | Charles Moye (Ellet, Akron, Ohio) | Kent, Ohio | 6/13/87 |
| Junior Hammer | 71.63 | 235-0 | Walter Henning (St Anthony’s, South Huntington, New York) | Providence, Rhode Island | 4/07/07 |
| Senior Hammer | 56.46 | 185-3 | Adam Connolly (Springbrook, Silver Spring, Maryland) | Raleigh, North Carolina | 6/19/94 |
| Junior Decathlon | 7524 | Gunnar Nixon (Santa Fe, Edmond, Oklahoma) | Arcadia, California | 4/08-09/11 |
| (11.06, 7.14/23-5¼, 12.14/39-10, 2.02/6-7½, 48.37 [4022], 14.60, 35.38/116-1, 4.40/14-5¼, 52.00/170-7, 4:39.64 [3502]) | ||||
as of July 28, 2023