Owen Powell On His Pursuit Of The 4 Minute Mile In HS & Enjoying The Little Moments Along The Way

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Today on "The Call Room: Road To Seattle" is the fastest junior in the country, Owen Powell!

Owen is one of the fastest high school boys in the country, and he's only a junior. He holds PRs of 49.38 (400m), 1:50.72 (800m), 2:23.22 (1000), 4:02.04 (Mile), 8:41.03 (3200m), and 14:46 on the grass.

He's the Washington 3A XC State Champion as well as the reigning State Champion in the 1600m. Owen won his first national title this winter in the 800m at Nike Indoor Nationals.

Owen also holds the Outdoor National Record in the 1000m run, by running 2:23.22.

Owen is entered into the 2024 Brooks PR Mile where he'll look to be a part of a historic race.

In today's conversation, Owen takes me through his historic junior year, his chase of the sub-4-minute mile, his national record in the 1k, growing up in the sport with parents who are legendary NCAA coaches, his ambitions for the 2024 Brooks PR meet, and so much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of the Call Room Road to Seattle.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Dominic Schleader.
0:07.7	And for some context on this series, this spring we've been looking to bring unprecedented coverage leading into the 2024 Brooks PR meet in partnership with Brooks.
0:16.7	If you're not familiar with the meet, the Brooks PR meet brings together the fastest of the fastest from around the country.
0:21.4	And in this series, we'll be documenting the stories of the top athletes.
0:25.0	You can expect to see Towing the Line in Seattle on June 12th at Renton Memorial Stadium.
0:29.8	Brooks' dedication to the next generation through this event has been something that I've personally admired since I got into the sport.
0:36.0	And so it's been so much fun to be doing this series with them over the past few weeks. And I can't wait to continue doing
0:41.3	this series in the weeks to come leading into the meet. In the final few weeks, you can expect to
0:45.4	see the biggest names on this series, including the top seat in the mile, Joe Joe Jordan, who has
0:49.8	already broken four minutes in the mile. Bethany Mahaluk is also entered in the mile on the girl's side.
0:54.9	We also have Owen Powell coming on the podcast. He's the national record holder in the 1K.
0:58.9	Branding Arrington, I believe he's the number one seed in the 200 meter and he's also a five-star
1:03.5	recruit in football, which is amazing. And many other top athletes you can expect to see on the podcast
1:08.6	before the Brooks PR meet. Stay tuned for a new episode or sometimes two per week and make sure you're following the
1:13.7	podcast wherever you listen to podcasts so you never miss an episode of this series.
1:25.1	Owen Powell, welcome to the Running Effect Podcast. How are you doing this afternoon? Good. How are you? Doing really good, man. I think we were talking about this when we were trying to schedule the podcast. You had a, you had a meet yesterday maybe? Tell me about the meet. How'd it go? Oh, it went well. It was just like our district meet. Our state meets next week. So I was just trying to get through and actually i did end up
1:44.6	running 150 though for the 800 dang so i was pretty happy with that i i was like uh less than 0.1
1:51.5	seconds off my PR and i was just off of like a solo race i was i was really happy with that actually
1:56.0	and these qualification races leading up to the state meet, like, I know you're a humble guy,
2:01.0	but they're kind of a joke in terms of competition.
2:03.4	Like, you're probably going to win without trying too, too hard.
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