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Year: Senior, Class of 2023
2021-22 Notable Finishes: 12th at RunningLane Cross Country Championships in a 5k PR of 14:24.30; Second at Team Nationals Southwest Regional meet in 14:47.70; Second at Utah Class 5A State Cross Country Championships. Also ran outdoor personal bests of 4:09.94 in the mile for fourth at the Arcadia Invitational and 9:12.52 in the 3,200m to win at the Utah 5A State Track and Field Championships.
Analysis: Utah distance running makes for quite the fierce competition, but it's none other than Orem senior Tayson Echohawk who leads the way as one of the fastest cross country racers in the state and in the entire country.
Echohawk enters 2022 fall season with the sixth-fastest returning 5k time of 14:24.30, which came at RunningLane Nationals last December and earned him a 12th place finish. But that marquee placement at nationals didn't come out of the blue, as his high school career has been defined by very impressive consistency.
In 2021, for example, Echohawk opened up the cross country season with an invitational race time of 15:24.60. By the end of the season, he took a full minute off that early season time when he took the course at RunningLane. He continually shows steady improvement from the beginning of competition season to the end, making him a competitor to look out for in the later fall months.
Echohawk also had a stellar track season with a personal best of 4:09.94 in the mile at Arcadia and a 5A state championship win in the 3,200m in 9:12.52.
He's not alone in Utah, though, as he's developed an intriguing matchup with Liam Heninger (Mountain View), who finished fourth at the Utah 5A state meet and 28th at RunningLane last fall. However, Echohawk certainly has the ability to improve throughout the season, as seems to be his forte, and can become one of the fastest boys in Utah and the nation.
MileSplit50 Boys Individual National Rankings Countdown
RANK | DATE-NAME |
|---|---|
| 25 | Aug. 25 -- Noah Breker (Robbinsdale Armstrong, MN) -- Page 2 |
| 24 | Aug. 25 -- Aidan Ross (Uxbridge, MA) -- Page 3 |
| 23 | Aug. 25 -- Connor Ackley (Hilliard Davidson, OH) -- Page 4 |
| 22 | Aug. 25 -- Wesley Shipsey (Central Catholic, OR) -- Page 5 |
| 21 | Aug. 25 -- Jacob Nenow (Jesuit, OR) -- Page 6 |
| 20 | Aug. 26 -- Hunter Jones (Benzie Central, MI) - Page 7 |
| 19 | Aug. 27 -- Andrew Hauser (Rock Bridge, MO) -- Page 8 |
| 18 | Aug. 28 -- William Schneider (Bishop Blanchet, WA) -- Page 9 |
| 17 | Aug. 29 -- Rendon Kuykendall (Hope Christian, NM) -- Page 10 |
| 16 | Aug. 30 -- Zack Munson (Sehome, WA) -- Page 11 |
| 15 | Aug. 31 -- Keegan Smith (Knoxville Catholic, TN) -- Page 12 |
| 14 | Sept. 1 -- Jimmy Wischusen (Union Catholic, NJ) -- Page 13 |
| 13 | Sept. 2 -- Devan Kipyego (St. Raphael Academy, RI) -- Page 14 |
| 12 | Sept. 3 -- Simeon Birnbaum (Rapid City Stevens, SD) -- Page 15 |
| 11 | Sept. 4 -- Kevin Sanchez (Austin Vandegrift, TX) -- Page 16 |
| 10 | Sept. 5 -- Tayson Echohawk (Orem, UT) -- Page 17 |
| 9 | Sept. 6 -- Christopher Caudillo (Clovis, CA) -- Page 18 |
| 8 | Sept. 7 -- Rocky Hansen (Christ School, NC) -- Page 19 |
| 7 | Sept. 8 -- Connor Burns (Southern Boone County, MO) -- Page 20 |
| 6 | Sept. 9 -- Aidan Cox (Coe Brown Academy, NH) -- Page 21 |
| 5 | Sept. 9 -- Kole Mathison (Carmel, IN) -- Page 22 |
| 4 | Sept. 9 -- Tyrone Gorze (Crater, OR) -- Page 23 |
| 3 | Sept. 9 -- Aaron Sahlman (Newbury Park, CA) -- Page 24 |
| 2 | Sept. 9 -- Leo Young (Newbury Park, CA) -- Page 25 |
| 1 | Sept. 9 -- Lex Young (Newbury Park, CA) -- Page 26 |