Kieran Tuntivate is a distinguished Thai-American distance runner specializing in the 10,000 meters, currently running professionally with the Bowerman Track Club after a successful collegiate career at Harvard University​. He has made his mark in international competitions, notably being the first Thai-American to compete in the 10,000 meters event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and achieving top placements in the Southeast Asian Games​​. His personal best times include 3:47.36 in the 1500 meters, 13:42.75 in the 5000 meters, and an impressive 27:17.14 in the 10,000 meters event​​.

Yong-Sung Leal was a promising high school distance runner who won three state titles as a sophomore and junior, boasting incredibly fast times of 9:00 and 14:27 for 2 miles and 5k, respectively, as just a sophomore. Despite facing injuries, he continued to perform impressively, often pushing himself to exhaustion in his efforts to win races. He would go on to break 9 minutes in the 2 mile as a senior, an impressive feat for any high school distance runner.

In 1999, after winning her first Hawaii state XC title after three runner-up finishes, Chang flew to Mt. SAC in California for Foot Locker West because some of her friends wanted to do it. She placed third and qualified for a chance to fly even farther east, to Disney World in Orland, Fla. There, she won the girls championship with a course record time of 17:05.8. She took the lead with 400 meters to go and sprinted away from the field. The eight-time state champion spent two years at Stanford and two more at the University of of Hawaii. Her exceptional work earned her two trips to NCAAs (once as a team member and once as an individual.)