Photo: Michelle Brattson Majors
The running career of Palisadian Mitchell Majors is just getting started and based on his performance in the Palisades Will Rogers 10K on July 4, his name will be popping up on race sites for years to come.
The 14-year-old won his age group and placed third overall in the 6.2-mile run from the Palisades Recreation Center to Will Rogers State Historic Park and back in a time of 36:07. Only 20-year-old Henry Didden from Woodland Hills (who repeated as champion in 32:46) and 24-year-old Matthew Walker were ahead of him.
Majors tried the 10K for the first time last summer, finishing 80th overall and sixth in the male 13-15 age group with a time of 47:17. He also ran the Turkey Trot 10K last November, placing 13th overall and second in the male 13-16 category in 40:31.
Majors went to Marquez Elementary and recently graduated from Paul Revere Middle School, where he broke a long-standing school mark in the “Sub Six Mile” by clocking 4:41. Majors will attend Viewpoint this fall, where he will run cross country and track and hope to follow in Didden’s footsteps. He also competed in his first two half marathons this year: Surf City USA (taking second in the 1-14 male age group in 1:28:34); and Santa Barbara Wine Country (finishing first in the 1-19 division and 11th overall in 1:24:55.
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