This week on the podcast is Tayvon Kitchen!

Tayvon Kitchen is a rising senior running for Crater High School in Central Point, Oregon. He and his teammates, including Josiah Tostenson, recently broke the Distance Medley Relay (DMR) high school national record at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor Meet, completing a time of 9:44.30, breaking a 23-year-old record ran by a group that included Alan Webb, a former American record-holder in the mile (3:46.91).

Tayvon also recently raced two 5Ks in one day at the Nike Outdoor Nationals Meet, running in the USATF U20 Championships in the morning in 14:24 and the Nike Outdoor Nationals Championship 5K in the evening, running 14:31.

Tayvon is an absolute beast and I loved chatting with the man. We talk all about the DMR record and doubling in the 5K, his progression from freshman year to now, the importance of believing in oneself, the strength of the team culture at Crater High School, and much more.

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