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Athlete: Josh Schumacher
Year: 2018
School: Jesuit, OR
Analysis: Schumacher was ranked 24th in last year's Flo50 preseason rankings. This year, after an impressive 2016 season, he makes the jump up to 12th. The Jesuit, Oregon, senior finished eighth in the Foot Locker West Regional earning a spot on the line in San Diego. At Foot Locker Nationals Schumacher finished 27th. One of his most impressive regular season finishes was at the Border Clash Invitational at Nike Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, where he finished fifth. He was second at the OSAA Oregon state championships 6A boys race by only five seconds to 2017 West Salem graduate Ahmed Muhumed.
On the track this past spring Schumacher ran new PR's of 4:11.36 for the mile at the Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays and 8:53.62 for 3200m to take fifth in the Brooks PR Invitational 3200m.