The Rise of Jackson Spencer: Inside the Mind of America’s Next Great High School Star
THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST
Dominic Schlueter
4.9 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In 2025, Herriman High’s Jackson Spencer became the name every prep distance fan had to know.
The Utah standout, who is headed to BYU next year, opened his season with a victory at the Simplot Games 3200m (8:56.03), then surged into spring with a breakthrough 8:51.26 at the Arcadia Invitational.
His momentum carried into June, where he unleashed a 4:02.56 mile and 3:46.22 1500m at the HOKA Festival of Miles, performances that placed him among the fastest prep milers in the country.
Just weeks later, he anchored Herriman High’s 4x800-meter relay to a national high school record of 7:26.12 at New Balance Nationals Outdoor.
By October, Spencer had proven his range extended well beyond the track. At the ASICS Clovis Invitational, he shattered the storied Woodward Park course record with a 14:16.9.
Balancing excellence with humility, the 2025 Gatorade Utah Boys Track & Field Player of the Year embodies both athletic drive and academic focus. His progression—from indoor champion to outdoor record-setter to cross country course dominator—reflects rare versatility and discipline.
As he looks beyond Herriman, Spencer’s times and trajectory point toward a seamless leap to the collegiate ranks.
Whether chasing sub-four on the track or new records on the roads, his next chapter promises to include lots of record-chasing performances.
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| 0:00.0 | I think I have a good shot. I want to be like one of the best cross-country runners in high school ever. |
| 0:06.0 | That's my goal that I set at the beginning of the season and that's what I'm trying to realize here. |
| 0:11.2 | So in order to do that, I probably do have to win the national championships. |
| 0:15.5 | So that's what I'm going to try and do. |
| 0:17.9 | And we'll see how that goes. |
| 0:23.3 | That was Jackson Spencer today on the Running Effect podcast. I'm your host, Dominic |
| 0:27.3 | Shleader. Thrill do you've clicked on today's conversation with one of the top athletes |
| 0:31.4 | in the entire country in high school right now. Every year, I kind of welcome back on who I think |
| 0:36.3 | is going to be at the top of the podium in |
| 0:38.4 | December and June. And Jackson is certainly leading that charge. He just set a course record at Clovis. |
| 0:43.0 | He did things that Newberry Park, Nico Young, the other runners from Newberry Park couldn't do. |
| 0:49.1 | And he ran 14, 16.9, breaking, I think, an 18-year course record. It may be longer than that, maybe shorter, something around that time amount. And so Jackson's well on his way to history, to greatness. As he talks about in this conversation, he wants to have a senior year that people talk about in terms of dominance and some of the greatest runners to do it in the high school era. Really enjoyed this conversation. If you enjoy it, pass it with a friend. The easiest way in which we can grow is through you guys doing that. |
| 1:12.9 | Give us a five-star review. |
| 1:13.8 | It takes five seconds to do. And hit the follow button so you don't miss more conversations like this in the future. Without further ado, I hope you all enjoy this conversation with the man, the myth, the legend, Jackson, Spencer. Ladies and gentlemen, the man of the hour, taken over the country by storm, Jackson Spencer. Ladies and gentlemen, the man of the hour, taken over the country by storm, Jackson Spencer, across the screen from me, Jackson, how you doing, man? How you doing this evening? I'm good. How are you? Doing excellent. It's an honor and privilege to welcome you on. People keep asking, you know, when's Jackson going to come on the pod? We're here to |
| 1:44.7 | silence those people. We are men of the people. We are bringing them on. Jackson, we're kind of in that point of the season where we're deep in it. You've had a bunch of races, but we're also far out enough from postseason that you're still put in the work, stacking in the miles. How do you feel as we stand recording this on October 22nd. |
| 2:00.3 | I feel great. |
| 2:01.4 | I just got a pretty dang hard workout done. And I crushed it. So I'm really |
| 2:06.9 | happy about that. What was the workout if you can spill the tea? |
| 2:11.9 | So it's like, it's hard to explain, but it's, it's three by 1200 and like at 1,200 at 3200 pace and then |
| 2:22.5 | like a two minute jog and then like 400 like a pretty much just a fast 400 and then like |
| 2:29.9 | yeah four minute jog and then two minutes off and then, yeah, three by that. |
| 2:34.7 | So it's some, I mean, it doesn't sound like much, but it is. |
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