America's Greatest Runnig Legend

Steve Prefontaine was without a doubt the best long distance runner America has ever had. In high school he began running cross country as a freshman. He went from 7th man on the varsity team to 2nd man. His sophomore was quite different, he was the number one man on the team and finished sixth at state. In his junior year he went undefeated, he won state with ease and he also won the state track two mile and had a state record of 9:01.3. Pre's Senior year was phenomenal eh was undefeated in every single cross country race and won state for the second time in his high school career. In track he was equally amazing and won every race until he got to international competition in the summer.

He made team USA in the summer after his senior year. The AAU championship was the first race he had lost in over a year and a half. He went on the European tour and finished between fifth and second which is absolutely amazing

(Pre is just winning another high school race with no one in site.) since distance runners don't hit their prime until their mid to late twenties. Pre ended up going to the University of Oregon which is one the greatest long distance running schools of all time.