American Nico Young’s time of 26 minutes, 58.11 seconds would have set the Olympic record at any other prior Games. Yet he finished 12th in what was a great first Olympics for the openly gay runner.

Nico Young, an Olympics middle-distance runner, and Merrick McHenry, a middle blocker on UCLA’s consecutive NCAA volleyball championship teams, are Outsports 2024 Male Athletes of the Year.

Nico Young ran 26:58.11 – which astonishingly was only good enough for 12th place. For reference, before today zero athletes had ever broken 27:00 for 10,000m.

Nico Young is done with his college career and onto the Olympic trials! The incredible distance runner, who won two NCAA Division 1 National Championships this year, finished second in the 5,000 ...

Northern Arizona junior Nico Young celebrates winning the national championship in the men's 5k with his parents, Andrew (left) and Lynne, last Friday at the Track at New Balance in Boston.

Nico Young competes for Northern Arizona in the 2022 Big Sky Conference cross-country championship meet at Fairways Golf Course in Cheney, Wash., on Oct. 28.

The long-distance 2024 Olympic qualifier, Nico Young, is a July 2002-born Californian, who set a record at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships in 3000 and 5000 meters. In the 10,000-meter race at ...

Newbury Park High graduate Nico Young, 18, will complete a memorable freshman collegiate season by running at the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials on Thursday.

Nico Young is not stopping. Not even after reaching for the biggest goals and making them reality during an unforgettable boys cross country season. The Newbury Park High senior took exactly one ...