The Call Room Rising Stars: Drew Griffith On Winning His First NATIONAL TITLE + The Race Breakdwon, Season Recap, & More

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Dominic Schlueter

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🗓️ 16 December 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Back on The Call Room Rising Stars, to close out this series, is the champ himself, Drew Griffith!

Drew won the 2023 HOKA Foot Locker National Meet in dominate fashion, winning by over six seconds in a time of 15:06.90. This comes after placing 8th at the meet the year prior.

Drew has also had an incredible season winning his first XC State Title in the great state of Pennsylvania. He also ran 14:21 on the grass making him the 11th fastest ever at the distance. Drew currently holds PRs of 4:07 in the Mile, 8:48 in the 2-Mile, and is committed to run for The University of Notre Dame next year.

In today's episode, Drew goes through his National Championship performance, his season as a whole, the performance of his future Notre Dame Teammates, what this race does for the expectations for the rest of his career, where the trophy is going, and so much more!

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0:00.0	Today on the final episode of the Call Room, Rising Stars, edition, is the champ himself, Drew Griffith from the great state of Pennsylvania.
0:10.2	I have a special affection for Pennsylvania. I was born there. It was awesome to see Drew win the Foot Locker national title this past Saturday.
0:17.9	This comes out on a Saturday, so literally a week ago, as of saying this,
0:21.9	he won in stunning fashion. He won in a time of 15.06, if I'm not mistaken. And I think second
0:27.5	placer, former podcast guest Ryan Payjack, was second in 1512. So Drew almost won by six seconds,
0:34.1	which was awesome to see in the race kind of unfolded in a really cool way.
0:37.9	And Drew really commanded the hill the second time to break away.
0:40.7	I don't need to go through the race.
0:41.7	You guys will hear all about it in today's conversation.
0:44.4	And that was a really cool thing to kind of get Drew's reflection a few days removed from
0:48.7	the meet.
0:49.2	So not right after, but a few days after he's had some time to kind of sit with the thoughts of the race,
0:55.4	you know, recap his season. And today's conversation was just a big reflection on this past
1:00.5	weekend, his season as a whole, his ambitions moving forward and so much more. I thoroughly
1:05.3	enjoyed today's conversation and know you will too. She's a fantastic individual. I had the
1:10.0	pleasure of spending some time with
1:11.4	him. And so even off the course, Drew is an awesome person to root for just a great, very kind
1:17.0	individual. My only note for you before we hop into it is that the Call Room Rising Stars edition
1:21.8	has been presented by Hoka. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Hoka. And it was particularly
1:27.0	cool to see them put on their first ever national high school meet in San Diego. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Hoka, and it was particularly cool to see them put on
1:28.2	their first ever national high school meet in San Diego. I think they crushed it, and it was super
1:33.1	cool to see, and is super cool to see all they're doing to kind of take youth prep sport and the sport
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