Florida Boys Rankings by Combined Times in the 1600m and the 800m.
*We took the boys who ran both a 400m and an 800m in 2025, and ranked them by their combined times. In generating the rankings, we used the top 100 ranked boys in the 1600m who had run both events.
The 800m has historically been considered a distance event. It was a common double to run the 1600 and the 800 and to see "Milers" moving down to the 800. Today, one could question, however, if it is more about speed and strength rather than the endurance and strength attributes of the distance runner. As the 800 gets faster and faster, we are seeing more and more 400m runners bringing their speed and strength from the 400 up to the 800. In Florida today, at the high school level, we certainly continue to see more 1600m runners dropping down to the 800m than the 400m runners moving up to the 800m.