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2002 Nike Athletes of the Year

the dominant high school track and field athletes
of the 2001-2002 school year

Chris Lukezic

2002, Auburn WA


Chris Lukezic is a talker. After he won the Millrose mile in New York in February, he chattered about his chances of running a 4-minute mile, despite the pedestrian time he had just run (4:21.14). Then he went quiet for 4 months, and other people started talking -- that the Millrose win was a fluke. Then it suddenly became clear there was a plan all along to peak in the post season championships. Over 15 days in three meets in June Lukezic let his feet do the talking: Chris Lukezic was the best miler of the year. First, at the Golden West in Sacramento, Lukezic put down Nike Indoor and Arcadia champion Bobby Curtis of Louisville KY in the fastest mile of the year, 4:06.84 to 4:07.61. Next, at AOC Raleigh, Lukezic took the baton well behind in the 4x800 and blew open one of the year's strongest events with a 1:49.4 third leg that sent Auburn on the way to a national record 7:32.89, breaking the 1-year-old mark by Alan Webb's South Lakes Reston VA team. The next night Lukezic's 4:03.6 anchor brought Auburn the second fastest DMR ever, just 1.2 seconds behind another Webb-South Lakes record. One week later Lukezic was back in California winning the Junior Nationals 1500 at Stanford in 3:47.32. He improved on that time at the World Juniors in Jamaica with a very respectable 11th place 3:46.01 against the Africans.

Golden West

Junior Nationals

Chris Lukezic

 

Date
Event
Perf
Notes Meet
2002-07-21
B-1500
#11 3:46.01
- World Juniors
2002-07-12
B-800
#2 1:51.39
- Bahamas Pre-World
2002-06-21
B-1500
#1 3:47.32
- CA USA Jr Nationals
2002-06-08
B-Mile
#1 4:06.84
- CA Golden West Inv
2002-05-25
B-2Mile
#2 9:04.88
c - WA State Meet 4A
2002-05-25
B-Mile
#1 4:11.70
c - WA State Meet 4A
2002-05-17
B-Mile
#1 4:12.66
c - WA District
2002-04-13
B-Mile
#3 4:16.36
c - WA Pasco Inv
2002-03-10
B-Mile
#5 4:17.66
- MD PG-NIC
2002-02-23
B-Mile
#3 4:20.39
- WA UW allcomers
2002-02-01
B-Mile
#1 4:21.14
- NY Millrose Games
2002-01-20
B-Mile
#1 4:21.17
c - U-Wash WA Dempsey Inv
2001-11-03
5K-XC
#2 15:32
5k - Sun Willows GC, Pasco WA State 4A
2001-10-24
5K-XC
#1 15:11
5k - Tumwater Val GC WA WC/SW Bi-District
2001-10-17
5K-XC
#1 15:30
5k - Lake Spanaway Pk WA SPSL League
2001-10-10
5K-XC
#1 15:24
3.1m - WA Roegner Park 3-wa
2001-09-29
3M-XC
#1 14:56
3m - Franklin Park, Yak WA Sunfair Inv
2001-09-26
3M-XC
#1 15:21
3m - WA Kentlake 3-way
2001-09-22
5K-XC
#5 15:21
5k - some hills, grass, hot, SC GreatAm ROC
2001-09-15
3M-XC
#1 14:45
3mi - WA Port Angeles Inv

 

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