Issam Asinga sets new 200 record: Top national high school boys track and field marks in 2023 (May 2)

With the high school track and field season in full swing from coast to coast, athletes are turning in standout performances on a daily basis.

SBLive will be keeping track of the best marks in each event for the remainder of the 2023 season.

Montverde Academy (Florida) senior Issam Asinga was the talk of the country last weekend after winning the 200 meters at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout with a time of 19.97 seconds, setting a new national high school record. Asinga, a Texas A&M signee, also won the 100 with a wind-aided time of 9.89, just off his nation-leading all-conditions time of 9.83 — also a U.S. record.

At the Virginia High Performance meet, Christ School (North Carolina) senior Rocky Hansen became the 18th high schooler in U.S. history to run a sub-four-minute mile. The future Wake Forest Demon Deacon won the mile race with a time of 3:59.56.

Led by Asinga and Hansen, here are the top three wind-legal marks nationally for boys track and field as of Tuesday, May 2. All marks are verified by multiple sources.

Note: Bolded marks were set in the last week.

100

1. Issam Asinga, sr., Montverde Academy (Florida), 10.10*

2. Christian Miller, jr., Creekside (Florida), 10.22

3. Gatlin Bair, jr., Burley (Idaho), 10.25**

*Asinga ran a non-wind-legal 9.83 on April 23 at the PURE Athletics Spring Invitational, breaking the previous all-conditions national record set by Matthew Boling (9.98) in 2019.

** Bair ran a non-wind-legal 10.18 on March 31 at the Texas Relays.

200

1. Issam Asinga, sr., Montverde Academy (Florida), 19.97

2. Maurice Gleaton, so., Langston Hughes (Georgia), 20.52

3. Gatlin Bair, jr., Burley (Idaho), 20.61

400

1. Dijon Stanley, sr., Granada Hills (California), 45.92

2. Bryson Miller, sr., Dorman (South Carolina), 46.09

3. Sidi Njie, so., Westlake (Georgia) 46.15

800

1. Aaron Sahlman, sr., Newbury Park (California), 1:49.07

2. Xai Ricks, jr., Long Beach Poly (California), 1:49.19

3. Tyler Mathews, jr., Red Mountain (Arizona), 1:49.32

1,500

1. Leo Young, sr., Newbury Park (California), 3:40.86

2. Reese Vannerson III, sr., Strake Jesuit (Texas), 3:49.58

3. Tyrone Gorze, sr., Crater (Oregon), 3:49.70

1,600

1. Simeon Birnbaum, sr., Stevens (South Dakota), 4:01.05

2. Jackson Heidesch, sr., Dowling Catholic (Iowa), 4:01.32

3. Wyatt Haughton, sr., Shawnee Mission East (Kansas), 4:04.56

MILE

1. Rocky Hansen, sr., Christ School (North Carolina), 3:59.56

2. Aaron Sahlman, sr., Newbury Park (California), 4:00.30

2. Simeon Birnbaum, sr., Stevens (South Dakota), 4:02.36

3,200

1. Simeon Birnbaum, sr., Stevens (South Dakota), 8:34.10

2. Daniel Simmons, jr., American Fork (Utah), 8:34.14

3. Rocky Hansen, sr., Christ School (North Carolina), 8:34.78

110 HURDLES

1. Alexander Chukwukelu, sr., North Forney (Texas), 13.32*

2. Donovan Bradley, sr., Summer Creek (Texas), 13.42

3. Jayden Keys, jr., Tompkins (Texas) 13.62

*Chukwukelu ran a non-wind-legal 13.16 on March 31 at the Texas Relays.

300 HURDLES

1. Donovan Bradley, sr., Summer Creek (Texas), 36.23

2. Jarvis Anderson, sr., Taylor (Texas), 36.30

3. Alex Ornelas, sr., Langham Creek (Texas), 36.52

SHOT PUT

1. Ben Smith, jr., Hortonville (Wisconsin), 67-7.25

2. Luke Himes, jr., Heritage Christian (Indiana), 66-7

3. Michael Pinones, sr., East Central (Texas), 66-6.25

DISCUS

1. J’dyn Bullion, sr., Bellevue West (Nebraska), 200-6

2. Bryce Ruland, jr., Waterford (Wisconsin), 200-3

3. Junior Payton-Kimble, jr., Northeastern (North Carolina), 198-7

JAVELIN

1. Hayden Gorovitz, jr., Desert Vista (Arizona), 221-7

2. Austin Milton, sr., Sherwood (Oregon), 209-0

3. Walker Deede, sr., Springville (Utah), 207-1

HIGH JUMP

1. Grant Campbell, sr., Heritage (Tennessee), 7-3.25

2. Riyon Rankin, sr., Brunswick (Georgia), 7-2

T-3. Nathanil Figgers, sr., Rudder (Texas), 7-1

T-3. Kyren Washington, sr., Santa Fe (Florida), 7-1

POLE VAULT

1. Zach Bingham, sr., Highland (Arizona), 17-4

2. Bryce Barkdull, jr., Central (Kansas), 17-3.25

3. Cody Johnston, sr., Hobart (Indiana), 17-2

LONG JUMP

1. Ashton Torns, sr., Westlake (Texas), 25-0

2. Daimon Dedmon, sr., Kern Valley (California), 24-9

3. Kennedy Stringfellow, sr., Brandon (Mississippi), 24-8.5

TRIPLE JUMP

1. Karson Gordon, jr., Episcopal (Texas), 51-5.75

2. Sterling Scott, sr., Starkville (Mississippi), 50-11

3. Abisayloouwa Gbakinro, so., Lake Ridge (Texas), 50-4