Inside The Historic Stretch Of Races For Tavyon Kitchen: How The High School Star Ran 7:55 In The 3k (National Record) & A Sub 4:00 Minute Mile In The SAME Week

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The fastest high school 3,000m runner in history, Tayvon Kitchen, is on the show today for the first time, ready to break down his record-shattering senior season and what's next for him.

Tayvon clocked a 3:59.61 at the BU Terrier DMR Challenge this past February 21, cementing himself as the seventh-fastest indoor high school miler ever.

The senior from Crater High School in Central Point, Oregon, has been on a heater as of late, putting himself in the same conversation with the best 18 year olds in the nation.

He ran the fifth-fastest indoor 2-mile in US history with a time of 8:41.21 at Chicago's Gately Park on January 31 of this year. He also broke Nico Young's aforementioned high school 3,000 meter record with a time of 7:55.48 at the 2025 Husky Classic in Washington. He also owns a 5,000m PR of 14:18.75.

Tayvon won the 2023–2024 Gatorade Player of the Year award for boys cross country in Oregon; he came in fourth at the Nike Cross Northwest Regionals that year. He is also a National Honor Society member, and has volunteered locally as part of his church's Welfare Farm program.

This Coros-affiliated stud is also well-known for doubling at the 2024 Nike U20 Championships by running a 14:24 in the morning and then a 14:31 in the evening.

In today's conversation, we go into Tayvon's 3k HS record, him breaking 4:00 minutes in the Mile, his ambitions for the outdoor season, what makes Crater so special, and what his training looks like.

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0:00.0	So it's not like we have a wealth of talent that we're getting necessarily.
0:03.9	It's just we have really good culture on our team and a really good coach who knows how to build
0:09.8	that culture. And me and Josiah push each other every day. So just having people around you that
0:14.4	want to be the best makes you better.
0:20.5	That was Taven Kitchen today on the Running Effect podcast, and Taven is honestly
0:24.9	cementing himself as one of, if not the best runner of the class of 2025.
0:30.4	Recently, he ran 755 in the 3K, which broke Nico Young's 3K indoor national record,
0:36.6	and then he backed it up, followed it up a week later,
0:39.0	by breaking four minutes in the mile.
0:40.5	As a guy who's not really a miler, he ran 359 at Boston University.
0:44.7	Taven has a really cool story, really inspirational.
0:48.0	He's a grinder.
0:48.8	He wants to win.
0:49.6	He wants to be successful.
0:51.2	And that bleeds through in this conversation.
0:52.8	His work ethic, his mindset, his desire to be successful. And that bleeds through in this conversation. His work ethic, his mindset, his desire
0:55.3	to be great. We break down both the 359 performance as well as the 755 performance, as well as just
1:01.6	his journey and progression overall. Thoroughly enjoy this one. I know you guys are going to enjoy it as
1:06.4	well. If you do, please share it with a friend, a family member, a teammate, someone who you think
1:10.3	would find value and benefit from it.
1:12.0	And then the cherry on top, hit the follow or subscribe button.
1:14.6	So you never miss another episode and give us a five-star review.
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