Emilio "Leo" Martin Young (born February 28, 2005) is an American long-distance runner. Competing as part of the junior team, he won a bronze medal at the

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. Young and his twin brother Lex are

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gers, under the handle L&L. Their older brother

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competed at

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and is an Olympian in the

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race. Young attended

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in California, and matriculated to

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Running career

2019

At the

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, Young was the lone freshman on the champion Newbury Park team, led by his brother Nico.

2021

At the Woodbridge Invitational, Young improved upon his brother Nico's course record, running 13:38.1, considered a high school national record for 3 miles. At the Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championships in

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, the top three athletes from Newbury Park all broke

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's cross country 5 kilometer high school national record of 14:10 set in 2000. In this race, Colin Sahlman won in 14:03.29, Young finished second in 14:05.07, and his twin brother Lex finished third at 14:05.49. It has been called the greatest high school cross country team in history.

2022

At the New Balance Indoor Nationals, Newbury Park broke the national 4 × mile relay record. Young ran the second leg in 4:06.86. Their team lowered the record from 17:01.81 to 16:29.31. In August, the Young twins committed to run for

2023

On January 21, Young won the USATF National Cross Country Championships with a 8k time of 23:47. This performance qualified him to be on the US U20 Cross Country team and compete in the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships U20 men's race in

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. On February 18, Young finished 16th place in the championship, the fastest time for a non-East African athlete. He led the US team to a bronze medal finish with a total of 81 points. Later that year on November 19, Young signed an NIL deal with the Swiss shoe company On. His twin brother Lex also signed the same contract becoming the 5th and 6th Stanford track athletes to have an NIL deal with On.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Emilio 2005 births Living people American male long-distance runners Sportspeople from Camarillo, California 21st-century American sportsmen