The Miles' Lists: 800 Meters

Kicking off this week's installments of the Miles' Lists -- the comprehensive 2009 and all-time Minnesota boys high school track and field performance lists -- is the 800 meters.

The 2009 800m list is topped by Minnesota's fastest prep all-time in the event, Zach Mellon of Buffalo. Mellon clocked 1:49.80 in 2009, after setting the state all-time mark of 1:48.64 in 2008.

In addition, the 2009 MSHSL Class Champion Harun Abda ranks #2 on the 2009 list with 1:51.69, but his 1:50.74 from 2008 ranks him #5 all-time in Minnesota.

Mellon and Abda could tangle again this weekend at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. Mellon competes for Wisconsin nowadays, while Abda wears the maroon and gold of the Gophers.

800 METERS

2009 BESTS
1:49.80 Zachary Mellon 12 Buffalo
1:51.69 Harun Abda 12 Fridley
1:53.90 Sam Miner 11 Winona
1:55.12 Andy Fenske 11 Park Center
1:55.26 Robel Kebede 12 Minneapolis South
1:55.77 Moses Heppner 12 Warroad
1:55.91 Eric Anenson 12 Minnetonka
1:56.48 Blayne Dulian 11 Coon Rapids
1:56.77 John Holt 12 Roseville
1:56.83 Nate Moen 12 Forest Lake
[10]
1:57.02 Edward VanPelt 12 Chaska
1:57.58 Colton Gits 12 Edina
1:57.59 Clayton Foster 12 Pequot Lakes
1:57.60 Andrew Wasz 12 Wayzata
1:57.64 Nick Emmans 12 Minnetonka
1:58.25 Colton Graham 12 Roseville
1:58.36 Matt Schafer 12 Irondale
1:58.37 Ryan Swenson 10 Lac Qui Parle/Dawson-Boyd
1:58.37 Andrew Larson 12 Annandale
1:58.38 Kyle Erickson 11 Tartan
[20]
1:58.42 Dan Fitzpatrick 11 St. Thomas Academy
1:58.54 Dylan Cheever 12 Minneapolis Southwest
1:58.55 Brandon Heddens 12 Sauk Rapids-Rice
1:58.72 Jeff Marmar 12 Tartan
1:58.74 Kevin Hayes 12 Buffalo
1:58.77 Mike Bolland 10 Burnsville
1:58.81 Aduo Omot 12 Worthington
1:58.93 Kelin Dunfee 12 St. Paul Central
1:58.97 Drew Revak 12 New Prague
1:58.97 Karl Johnson 12 Foley
[30]
1:59.01 Mark Gilkerson 11 Park Center
1:59.04 Jesse Fenstermacher 11 Hibbing
1:59.07 Jacob Sandry 11 Bloomington Jefferson
1:59.07 Chandler Dye 9 Rosemount
1:59.11 Danny Ducharme 12 Wayzata
1:59.29 Byron Synstegaard 10 Waconia
1:59.37 Ryan Tholen 12 Tracy-Milroy-Balaton
1:59.45 Nate Thooft 12 Redwood Valley
1:59.50 Patrick Swanson 12 Stillwater
1:59.53 Josh Yapp 12 Sartell-St. Stephen
[40]
1:59.56 Chris Mueller 11 Eden Prairie
1:59.59 Joseph Tilleskjor 11 Centennial
1:59.60 Evan Olson 12 Edina
1:59.61 Eric Jorgenson 11 Osseo
1:59.63 Scott Dick 12 Dover-Eyota/St. Charles
1:59.68 Tim Erickson 11 Austin
1:59.69 Logan Ramer 11 Kasson-Mantorville
1:59.72 Adam Moline 10 Wayzata
1:59.5 Brian Jarvey 9 Wayzata
1:59.89 Max Johnson 11 Wayzata
[50]
1:59.91 Brian Brochman 11 Stillwater
1:59.95 Tim Lillehaugen 12 Moorhead
2:00.04 Slavomir Tkac 12 Minneapolis South
2:00.06 Thomas Ruttger 12 Brainerd
2:00.10 Devin Martens 11 Apple Valley
2:00.11 Hunter Gits 12 Edina
2:00.25 Shane Sontag 12 Big Lake
2:00.27 Grant Timm 10 Plainview-Elgin-Millville
2:00.30 Pat Marx 12 Grand Rapids
2:00.32 Nick Wanner 11 Totino-Grace
[60]
2:00.36 Mubarkik Musa 9 Luverne
2:00.38 Daanish Khan 12 Fridley
2:00.39 Clint Freiheit 11 Hayfield
2:00.41 Garet Peplinski 12 Maple Grove
2:00.49 Thomas Kuefler 12 Sauk Rapids-Rice
2:00.65 Ben Halbach 11 Minneapolis South
2:00.67 Cole Toepfer 12 Eagan
2:00.76 Zach Storm 11 Mankato West
2:00.79 Charlie Stangl 11 Anoka
2:00.83 Chase Vasquez 11 Andover
[70]
2:00.85 Stefan Lemke 11 Morris Area
2:00.90 Brian Saksa 11 Dassel-Cokato
2:00.91 Christopher Flegel 12 Maple Grove
2:00.98 Evan Day 12 Wayzata
2:00.99 Andy Wacha 12 Rockford
2:01.05 Matt Rasmussen 12 Holy Family Catholic
2:01.15 Sean Mercer 12 North St. Paul
2:01.16 John Knutson 12 Lakeville North
2:01.21 Chase Anderson 12 Lanesboro/Fillmore Central
2:01.25 Trevor Rasmussen 11 Albert Lea
[80]

2009 STATE MEET CLASS AA
1 Harun Abda, 12, Fridley 1:52.23
2 Zachary Mellon, 12, Buffalo 1:52.63
3 Sam Miner, 11, Winona 1:53.90
4 Eric Anenson, 12, Minnetonka 1:56.25
5 Nate Moen, 12, Forest Lake 1:56.83
6 Edward Van Pelt, 12, Chaska 1:57.02
7 Robel Kebede, 12, Minneapolis South 1:57.12
8 Andy Fenske, 11, Park Center 1:57.62
9 Kyle Erickson, 11, Tartan 2:01.04

2009 STATE MEET CLASS A
1 Moses Heppner, 12, Warroad 1:55.77
2 Clayton Foster, 12, Pequot Lakes 1:58.93
3 Andrew Larson, 12, Annandale 1:59.58
4 Ryan Swenson, 10, Dawson-Boyd/L q P V 2:00.01
5 Logan Ramer, 11, Kasson-Mantorville 2:00.12
6 Stefan Lemke, 11, Morris Area 2:03.14
7 Matt Rasmusson, 12, Holy Family Catholic 2:03.88
8 Karl Johnson, 12, Foley 2:04.00
9 Grant Timm, 10, Plainview-Elgn-Millvl 2:05.28

800 METER ALL TIME BESTS
1:48.64 Zach Mellon, Buffalo 2008
1:49.13 Jason Owen, Stewartville 1996
1:49.30 Trent Riter, Mounds View 2001
1:50.56 Steve Holman, Richfield 1988
1:50.74 Harun Abda, Fridley 2008
1:51.06 Andy Richardson, Irondale 2008
1:51.0 Tim Turnbull, Hopkins 1966 (1:51.7y)
1:51.75 Ryan Ford, St Cloud Apollo 2000
1:51.82 Tom Schmidt, Faribault 2001
1:52.07 Carson Hoeft, Armstrong 1985
[10]
1:52.09 Obai Hussein, Rosemount 2008
1:51.9 John Cordes, Duluth East 1968 (1:52.6y)
1:52.22 Jon Ortloff, Mankato West 2000
1:52.39 Hans Storvick, Mankato West 2004
1:52.41 Garrett Heath, Winona 2004
1:52.3 Josh Bunker, Mpls South 1985
1:52.4 Dave Hodge, Austin 1966 (1:53.1y)
1:52.5 Chris Thiem, Mankato 1968 (1:53.2y)
1:52.98 Bill Bowser, Chisago Lakes 2001
1:53.01 Dan Knappmiller, St Paul Central 2001
[20]
1:53.04 Ned Brady, DeLaSalle 2008
1:53.08 Nick Hutton, Apple Valley 2008
1:53.12 Collin Beachy, Staples-Motley 1989
1:53.13 Travis Burkstrand, Eastview 2008
1:53.13 Charlie Lapham, Robbinsdale Armstrong 2008
1:53.28 Justin Tuomela, North St. Paul 2003
1:53.34 Terry Haley, SP Cretin-Derham Hall 1994
1:53.44 Jordan Carlson, Rosemount 2008
1:53.53 Mike Brown, Stillwater 1986
1:53.53 Jake Watson, Stillwater 2004
[30]
1:53.3 Steve Webber, Simley 1985
1:53.62 Isaac Veldkamp, Eden Prairie 2007
1:53.4 Jeff Brauchle, Edina 1969 (1:54.1y)
1:53.4 Jim Lieb, Mpls Southwest 1974 (1:54.1y)
1:53.5 Mike Gebeke, White Bear Mariner 1979 (1:54.2y)
1:53.75 Chris Erichsen, Kingsland 2004
1:53.80 Jason Boon, Park 1992
1:53.83 Robel Kebede, Minneapolis South 2008
1:53.90 Sam Miner, Winona 2009
1:53.91 Zach Swartzendruber, Anoka 2001
[40]
1:53.7 Marty Johnson, Minnetonka 1966 (1:54.4y)
1:53.7 Tom Steiner, Alexander Ramsey 1969 (1:54.4y)
1:53.7 Andy Bunge, Preston 1972 (1:54.4y)
1:53.7 Lee Branville, Virginia 1974 (1:54.4y)
1:53.7 Kevin Roth, St. Paul Cretin 1976 (1:54.4y)
1:53.7 Dan Casper, Northfield 1985
1:53.96 David Pachuta, Eastview 2007
1:54.02 Toby Henkels, Worthington 1998
1:53.8 Mike Newman, Rochester JM 1974 (1:54.5y)
1:53.9 Joe Brisson, North St Paul 1978 (1:54.6y)
[50]
1:53.9 Jim Bergen, Stillwater 1978 (1:54.6y)
1:54.19 Nika Jones, Mpls South 1992
1:54.20 Ed Reeves, Edina 2003
1:54.21 Ben Hanson, Buffalo 2001
1:54.0 Mark Killen, Owatonna 1978
1:54.29 Jon Gargano, Eden Prairie 2001
1:54.30 Mike Yard, Maple Grove 2003
1:54.33 Trevor Mitchell, Stillwater 1997
1:54.34 Tyler King, Lakeville North 2008
1:54.35 Steve West, SP Highland Pk 1984
[60]
1:54.36 Mike Moran, Park 1980
1:54.36 Collin Plummer, Mounds View 2005
1:54.36 Brian Sames, Shakopee 2005
1:54.37 Mike Shelendich, Mounds View 2007
1:54.2 Wally Malmstrom, Elk River 1966 (1:54.9y)
1:54.2 Dan Ewing, Mounds View 1967 (1:54.9y)
1:54.2 Chris Silva, Hill-Murray 1988
1:54.2 Mike VanBeusekom, Irondale 2003
1:54.47 Jason Max, Minnetonka 1989
1:54.51 Rob Finnerty, Burnsville 2006
[70]
1:54.51 Jonathan Stublaski, Henry Sibley 2007
1:54.3 Steve Petrie, SP Harding 1975 (1:55.0y)
1:54.3 Mark DeFor, Bloomington Jefferson 1982
1:54.58 Ben Blankenship, Stillwater Area 2007
1:54.59 Mike Mason, Osseo 1991
1:54.59 Austin Flom, Moorhead 2001
1:54.4 Joe Vortherms, Worthington 1978 (1:55.1y)
1:54.4 Brian Maas, Austin Pacelli 1979 (1:55.1y)
1:54.64 Rob Edwards, Prior Lake 1996
1:54.64 Yonas Seyum, St Paul Arlington 2000
[80]
1:54.64 William Leer, Minnetonka 2003
1:54.4 Steve Solum, Hawley/Ulen-Hitterdal 2004
1:54.66 Eric Palmquist, Warroad 2003
1:54.5 Les Johnson, Hutchinson 1978 (1:55.2y)
1:54.5 Matt Ferry, Osseo 1986
1:54.77 Moses Heppner, Warroad 2008
1:54.79 Chris Boldt, Stillwater Area 1999
1:54.83 Tony Foss, SP Cretin-Derham Hall 1996
1:54.83 Lancer Lumby, Stillwater Area 1998
1:54.6 Bob Neumer, St Louis Park 1965 (1:55.3y)
[90]
1:54.6 Mark Kittleson, White Bear Lk 1971 (1:55.3y)
1:54.6 Dana Bonstrom, Osseo 1972 (1:55.3y)
1:54.6 Ben Porter, Edina-East 1974 (1:55.3y)
1:54.6 Mark Richardson, SP Johnson 1977 (1:55.3y)
1:54.85 Jordan Bremer, Apple Valley 2001
1:54.7 Mark St Aoro, Mounds View 1975 (1:55.4y)
1:54.7 Roger Roettger, Stillwater 1982
1:54.7 Nick Schneider, Benilde-St. Margaret 2001
1:54.95 Steve Tingum, Alexandria 1998
1:54.97 Cory Ylinen, Eden Prairie 2000
[100]

JUNIOR BESTS
1:48.64 Zach Mellon, Buffalo 2008
1:50.74 Harun Abda, Fridley 2008
1:51.60 Andy Richardson, Irondale 2007
1:51.82 Tom Schmidt, Faribault 2001
1:52.24 Jason Owen, Stewartville 1995
1:53.41 Steve Holman, Richfield 1987
1:53.53 Trent Riter, Mounds View 2000
1:53.3 Tim Turnbull, Hopkins 1965 (1:54.0y)
1:53.62 Isaac Veldkamp, Eden Prairie 2007
1:53.83 Robel Kebede, Minneapolois South 2008

SOPHOMORE BESTS
1:51.41 Jason Owen, Stewartville 1994
1:51.87 Zach Mellon, Buffalo 2007
1:54.51 Rob Finnerty, Burnsville 2006
1:54.69 Tom Schmidt, Faribault 2000
1:54.8 Andy Bunge, Preston 1971 (1:55.5y)
1:55.4 Dave Krejci, Austin 1985
1:55.68 Robel Kebede, Minneapolis South 2007
1:55.6 Josh Bunker, Mpls South 1983
1:55.87 Isaac Veldkamp, Eden Prairie 2006
1:55.92 Brian Sames, Shakopee 2003

FRESHMAN BESTS
1:55.03 Rob Finnerty, 2005
1:57.11 Jason Owen, Stewartville 1993
1:57.94 Isaac Veldkamp, Eden Prairie 2005
1:58.32 Jordan Carlson, Rosemount 2005
1:58.33 James Billings, Eagan 1992
1:58.85 Tom Hoffman, Mahtomedi 2004
1:58.85 Zachary Mellon, Buffalo 2006
1:58.98 Ryan Swenson, Lac Qui Parle/Dawson-Boyd 2008
1:59.01 Dusty Cossette, Fergus Fall 1997
1:59.07 Chandler Dye, Rosemount 2009