Not many Maryland runners ever crack the 2:30 barrier in the 1000, and that's not just because the event is rarely contested within state borders. Many of the state's top-tier mid-distance runners have taken a crack at the event within recent years:
1000 Meter Run
| RANK | TIME | ATHLETE/TEAM | GRADE | MEET DATE PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:25.30 | McDonogh School | 2018 | The VA Showcase 2nd |
| 2 | 2:29.12 | CHAMPION SPEED DEVELOPMENT | 2021 | |
| 3 | 2:30.13 | Archbishop Spalding High School | 2020 | |
| 4 | 2:31.31 | Frederick Douglass-PG High School | 2014 | |
| 5 | 2:32.07 | North Point High School | 2020 | |
| 6 | 2:32.26 | Unattached - MD | 2021 | The VA Showcase 1st |
| 7 | 2:32.32 | Loyola-Blakefield High School | 2016 | |
| 8 | 2:32.41 | Georgetown Preparatory School | 2011 | |
| 9 | 2:33.47 | Our Lady Of Good Counsel | 2011 | |
| 10 | 2:33.81 | Unattached - NJ | 2022 | The VA Showcase 4th |
That list includes all performances beginning during the 2010-11 indoor season. Last winter, Archbishop Spalding senior Henry Hardart came very close to cracking the 2:30 mark at the Private Schools Invitational, but before Schulties' performance over the weekend, Dalton Hengst was the only runner this side of 2010 to do so.
Regardless of whether or not Schulties ever gets the chance to compete as a Kent Island athlete again, he has solidified his case as one of Maryland's best mid-distance athletes in recent history. His list of high school personal bests now reads:
- 400 meters: 50.09
- 500 meters: 1:05.71
- 800 meters: 1:54.11 (indoors)
- 1000 meters: 2:29.12
- 1500 meters: 4:09.00 (indoors)
- 1600 meters: 4:35.41 (indoors)
- 3 mile XC: 16:17.10
- 5K XC: 17:03.58
