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Eli Fitchen-Young
Class of 2029
Committed Duke Blue Devils
Career Timeline & Achievements
Aug 08, 2026
Cross Country
"Expected to recover in time for the Blue Devils' cross country opener"
Sentinel
Jun 19, 2026
Track & Field
"won the men's 3,000 meters steeplechase at the 2026 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in 8 minutes, 58.48 seconds"
Sentinel
Apr 12, 2026
Track & Field
"took 10th out of 76 runners in the 5,000 meters race in a Blue Devils freshman record time of 14:03.49"
Sentinel
Dec 09, 2025
Cross Country
"took 12th place in the U20 Men's 8K race at the USATF Cross Country Championships, completed the race in 26 minutes, 11.2 seconds"
Sentinel
Sep 26, 2025
Cross Country
"finished 220th out of 239 runners in the 8K Gold race with a time of 24:57.1"
Sentinel
Jun 22, 2025
Track & Field
"Took fifth out of 57 runners in the Boys 1 Mile (Championship) GARMIN | race in 4:05.62, breaking his school record; will compete for Duke University in the fall"
Sentinel
Jun 17, 2025
Track & Field
"named 2025 Wharf to Wharf Scholarship winner, committed to NCAA Division I program at Duke"
Sentinel
Jun 08, 2025
Track & Field
"Posted a PR to take sixth place in the Boys 1 Mile High School race with a time of 4 minutes, 10.39 seconds"
Sentinel
May 31, 2025
Track & Field
"Finished in fourth place in the 3,200 race at the CIF State Track and Field Championships with a new personal best of 8:55.72 seconds"
Sentinel
May 30, 2025
Track & Field
"Ran a personal best and school record (8:56.43) in the 3200 at the Dublin Distance Fiesta on March 21"
Sentinel
May 18, 2025
Track & Field
"posted the fastest time in the 3,200-meter race at the CCS Track and Field Semifinals, and has been invited to compete in the mile race at Brooks PR Invitational in Renton, Washington, on June 8"
Sentinel
May 03, 2025
Track & Field
"took first place in the 1,600 (4:15.74) and 3,200 (9:42.15), committed to Duke University"
Sentinel
Apr 20, 2025
Track & Field
"Won the 800-meter race in 1:52.13, setting a new personal best and breaking his previous school record"
Sentinel
Apr 06, 2025
Track & Field
"took second in the 1,600 meter race in 4 minutes, 5.14 seconds and bettered his school record of 4:11.16"
Sentinel
Mar 28, 2025
Track & Field
"won two individual events, 800-meter race (1:59.77) and 1,600 (4:25.44)"
Sentinel
Mar 22, 2025
Track & Field
"broke another school record in the 3,200-meter race at the Dublin Distance Fiesta, finishing in 8 minutes, 56.43 seconds"
Sentinel
Mar 15, 2025
Track & Field
"Won 800-meter race in 1 minute, 53.58 seconds, a personal record, broke a 34-year-old school record, and was the fastest time run by a Central Coast Section athlete this season"
Sentinel
Dec 31, 2024
Cross Country
"Won the Division IV race at the 37th CIF State Cross Country Championships, completed Woodward Park's 5,000-meter course in 14 minutes, 41.3 seconds"
Sentinel
Dec 27, 2024
Cross Country
"won the boys individual title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League cross-country championships"
Sentinel
Nov 30, 2024
Cross Country
"won the Division IV race at the CIF State Cross Country Championships with a time of 14:41.3"
Sentinel
Nov 22, 2024
Cross Country
"Committed to NCAA Division I Duke University; ranked No. 16 in the country in Dyestat.com's cross country rankings; three-time Central Coast Section cross country champion; placed fourth in Division IV at the 2023 CIF State Championships; finished first out of 529 qualifiers across all five divisions in a course-record 14:23.5 at the CCS Championships"
Sentinel
Nov 16, 2024
Cross Country
"won individual title in Division IV at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships with a course-record time of 14 minutes, 23.5 seconds"
Sentinel
Nov 07, 2024
Cross Country
"repeated as individual champion in 14 minutes, 26 seconds, a course record on the 3-mile course"
Sentinel
Oct 25, 2024
Cross Country
"broke Santa Cruz High's 16-year-old course record at UC Santa Cruz, completed the 2.08-mile course in 10 minutes, 34.80 seconds"
Sentinel
Oct 12, 2024
Cross Country
"Took second out of 95 runners in the 2.95-mile Championship race at the Crystal Springs Invitational in 14:43.0"
Sentinel
Sep 21, 2024
Cross Country
"Took first place at the Tom Leikam Invitational with a time of 15:06"
Sentinel
Jun 15, 2024
Track & Field
"Took eighth in the 2-mile Championship Garmin race in a personal-record 9:00.30, and 31st in the 1-mile Championship Garmin race in 4:15.84"
Sentinel
May 25, 2024
Track & Field
"seeded 21st for the boys' 3,200-meter final at the 104th CIF State Championships with a time of 9 minutes, 14.79 seconds"
Sentinel
May 19, 2024
Track & Field
"Placed third in the 3,200 (9:14.79) and fourth in the 1,600 (4:11.16) at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Finals"
Sentinel
May 11, 2024
Track & Field
"qualified for the finals in the 1,600 and 3,200, posted the second-fastest time (4:17.96) in the 1,600"
Sentinel
Apr 20, 2024
Track & Field
"part of 4x800 relay team that took first place in school-record time (7:59.55), fourth in 1,600 (4:14.47)"
Sentinel
Apr 07, 2024
Track & Field
"Took 14th in the seeded 3,200 in a school-record time of 8:57.29"
Sentinel
Mar 25, 2024
Track & Field
"Took second in the 1,600 to Sacred Heart Cathedral junior Miles Cook at the 20-team Lynbrook Invitational in 4:17.23"
Sentinel
Dec 03, 2023
Cross Country
"earned All-America honors at the Nike Cross Nationals, completed the 5K layout in 15:33.6 for 19th place"
Sentinel
Nov 25, 2023
Cross Country
"Took fourth out of 203 runners in Division IV with a personal-best 14:49.5, qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals"
Sentinel
Nov 02, 2023
Cross Country
"won the SCCAL Boys Cross Country Championships with a personal-record 14:34"
Sentinel
Oct 15, 2023
Cross Country
"took first place at the Terry Ward Invitational, finishing in 15:12.7"
Sentinel
Oct 08, 2023
Cross Country
"Took second in the Championship race at the Serra Crystal Spring Invitational, finishing in 15 minutes, 7.80 seconds"
Sentinel
Sep 17, 2023
Cross Country
"took first out of 133 runners at the 16-team Monterey Bay Invitational, completed the 3-mile course in 15:35"
Sentinel
Sep 09, 2023
Cross Country
"Took first place at the 4th annual Jackie Henderson Memorial in 14:46"
Sentinel
Jun 19, 2023
Track & Field
"took 23rd in the boys' 2-mile Garmin Championship run in 9:26.01"
Sentinel
Apr 22, 2023
Track & Field
"first in the 1,600 in a school-record 4:14.97 and second in the 3,200 (9:23.12)"
Sentinel
Apr 09, 2023
Track & Field
"was part of the 15th-place 4,000 Distance Medley Relay team (10:37.33)"
Sentinel
Apr 01, 2023
Track & Field
"took first in the 800 (1:59.42) at the Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational"
Sentinel
Mar 19, 2023
Track & Field
"teamed up for a school record in the distance medley relay (10:37.09)"
Sentinel
Dec 12, 2022
Cross Country
"named Central Coast Section Sophomore of the Year, all-CCS first-team selection, took second at Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships, won CCS Division IV race, placed sixth at CIF D-IV State Championships"
Sentinel
Nov 21, 2022
Cross Country
"Took sixth in the Division IV race at the CIF State Cross Country Championships with a time of 15:28.3"
Sentinel
Nov 12, 2022
Cross Country
"won the CCS Division IV Cross County Championships with a time of 15:24.3"
Sentinel
Nov 03, 2022
Cross Country
"finished second in the SCCAL Cross Country Championships with a time of 15:01"
Sentinel
Oct 18, 2022
Cross Country
"Set the course record at the 3-mile Jackie Henderson Memorial at North Monterey County High in 14 minutes and 47 seconds, placed first in five of six races this season, including three invitational wins and one runner-up finish, set the all-time sophomore record at Crystal Springs by completing the 2.95-mile course in 14:57 for second place at the Crystal Springs Invitational"
Sentinel
Oct 09, 2022
Cross Country
"set the all-time sophomore record at Crystal Springs by completing the 2.95-mile course in 14:57.0"
Sentinel
Sep 30, 2022
Cross Country
"Finished the 2.08-mile course at UC Santa Cruz with a time of 11:06"
Sentinel
Sep 18, 2022
Cross Country
"produced his third win on the young season, completed the 3-mile course in a record time of 14:47"
Sentinel
Apr 17, 2022
Track & Field
"posted the third-fastest 3,200 run (9:43.38) in school history"
Sentinel
Mar 28, 2022
Track & Field
"won the 1,600-meter run at the Firebird Relays in 4 minutes, 25.50 seconds"
Sentinel
Dec 12, 2021
Cross Country
"placed fifth at the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships"
Sentinel
Oct 16, 2021
Cross Country
"took 10th at the Bellarmine Terry Ward Invitational 5k with a time of 16:55"
Sentinel
Sep 10, 2021
Cross Country
"Took third place in the Puma Cross Town Classic with a time of 14:54"
Sentinel
SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young withdraws from World Athletics U20 Championships with injury | Local Roundup
Snippet: "Withdrew from the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships due to injury"
Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young qualifies for World Athletics U20 Championships in 3,000 steeplechase win | Track and Field
Snippet: "won the men's 3,000 meters steeplechase at the 2026 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in 8 minutes, 58.48 seconds"
No. 11 UCSC men’s volleyball falls to No. 4 Cal Lutheran in regular-season finale | Local Roundup
Snippet: "took 10th out of 76 runners in the 5,000 meters race in a Blue Devils freshman record time of 14:03.49"
MVC girls basketball slips past Soquel for first win | Local Roundup
Snippet: "took 12th place in the U20 Men's 8K race at the USATF Cross Country Championships, completed the race in 26 minutes, 11.2 seconds"
Ava Decleve, Hanna Shehorn pace Scotts Valley past Santa Cruz in cross country action | Local Roundup
Snippet: "finished 220th out of 239 runners in the 8K Gold race with a time of 24:57.1"
Local track and field talents shine at Nike Outdoor Nationals | Local Roundup
Snippet: "Took fifth out of 57 runners in the Boys 1 Mile (Championship) GARMIN | race in 4:05.62, breaking his school record; will compete for Duke University in the fall"
2025 Wharf to Wharf Scholarship winners announced | Local Roundup
Snippet: "named 2025 Wharf to Wharf Scholarship winner, committed to NCAA Division I program at Duke"
Santa Cruz’s Eli Fitchen-Young earns PR for sixth in mile race at Brooks PR Invitational | Track and field
Snippet: "Posted a PR to take sixth place in the Boys 1 Mile High School race with a time of 4 minutes, 10.39 seconds"
SC senior Eli Fitchen-Young takes fourth with PR in 3,200 at CIF State Championships | High school track and field
Snippet: "Finished in fourth place in the 3,200 race at the CIF State Track and Field Championships with a new personal best of 8:55.72 seconds"
Aptos’ Logan Brantley advances from shot put prelims at state championships | High school track and field
Snippet: "Ran a personal best and school record (8:56.43) in the 3200 at the Dublin Distance Fiesta on March 21"
Scotts Valley junior Ava Decleve commits to UCLA | High school track and field
Snippet: "qualified for the state championships in the 3,200"
Scotts Valley junior Ava Decleve surges for girls’ 800 win | CCS Track and Field Championships
Snippet: "took third in the 3,200-meter race with a time of 8:57.83"
Nearly two dozen locals advance to CCS Championships | High school track and field
Snippet: "posted the fastest time in the 3,200-meter race at the CCS Track and Field Semifinals, and has been invited to compete in the mile race at Brooks PR Invitational in Renton, Washington, on June 8"
High School track: Adams records fastest times in the 200 and 400 at CCS trials
Snippet: "has the fastest time in the CCS in the 800, will not be in the 800 finals"
Logan Walters leads Soquel, but Aptos repeats at SCCAL Championships | Boys track and field
Snippet: "took first place in the 1,600 (4:15.74) and 3,200 (9:42.15), committed to Duke University"
Records fall as Watsonville boys secure PCAL tri-meet win | High school track and field roundup
Snippet: "first in the 800 (1:59.8) and 1,600 (4:18.67)"
Eli Fitchen-Young breaks his own school record in CCS Top 8 Invitational win | Track and field
Snippet: "Won the 800-meter race in 1:52.13, setting a new personal best and breaking his previous school record"
Aptos rolls in SCCAL tri-meet wins | Track and field roundup
Snippet: "Took first in the 400 (51.68)"
SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young, Soquel’s Ben Comilang set school records at Stanford Invitational | High school track and field
Snippet: "took second in the 1,600 meter race in 4 minutes, 5.14 seconds and bettered his school record of 4:11.16"
Casey MacConnell, Andrew Pursley, and Logan Brantley pace Aptos’ boys in win over Soquel | High school track and field roundup
Snippet: "won the 800 (1:58.69)"
Aptos boys win five events, team title at 52nd Avis Kelley Invitational | Local Roundup
Snippet: "first in 800 (1:54.52)"
Eli Fitchen-Young, Seb Williams pace SC in tri-meet win | High school track and field roundup
Snippet: "won two individual events, 800-meter race (1:59.77) and 1,600 (4:25.44)"
SC’s Eli Fitchen-Young continues to amaze with another record run | Local Roundup
Snippet: "broke another school record in the 3,200-meter race at the Dublin Distance Fiesta, finishing in 8 minutes, 56.43 seconds"
SLV softball edges Soquel in SCCAL action | Local Roundup
Snippet: "won the 1600"
High school track and field fans treated to stellar showings at Santa Cruz County Meet of Champions II
Snippet: "Won 800-meter race in 1 minute, 53.58 seconds, a personal record, broke a 34-year-old school record, and was the fastest time run by a Central Coast Section athlete this season"