High school Hunter attended
Loudoun Valley High School. He went on to set the national sophomore class record in the
3000 metres event at 8:16.31. In the fall of 2014, Hunter placed 4th at the
Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. Hunter won the New Balance National Indoor two-mile national title in a time of 8:48.22. He started his outdoor season with a 4:07 victory at the Penn Relays, becoming the first high school athlete since Olympian
Matt Centrowitz to own both the high school boys 3k and mile Penn Relays titles. He broke
Grant Fisher's meet record at the Brooks PR 2-mile championship, where he set a personal best of 8:42.51 in the event. He ended his 2015 track season with a 2nd-place finish behind collegian Blake Haney in the junior boys 1500m at the USATF Outdoor Championships, closing the last 400 meters of that race in 53.10 seconds. Hunter set a personal best of 14:20 in the 5000 meters at the Third Battle Invitational. He set a course record of 14:26 at the Foot Locker South regional meet before winning his first Foot Locker National title in 14:55.7. In his indoor debut, Hunter broke the
high school boys national indoor 3k record with a time of 7:59.33 at the Camel City Elite meet in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He followed up that performance with another national record in the high school boys indoor mile, running 3:58.25 at the
Armory Track and Field Invitational. In so doing, he became the 8th High School Athlete to break 4 minutes in the mile and the second high school athlete to break 4 indoors. Two weeks later, Hunter broke his own record, clocking 3:57.81 in the mile at the
Millrose Games. Hunter's 2016 outdoor season was also successful. He ran a 4:00.73 split in the 1600m to bring the Loudoun Valley boys the win in the DMR at the Penn Relays in 10:00.01. He returned to his best event, again breaking 4 minutes, running 3:58.86 at the
Pre Classic.
Professional In July 2016 Hunter signed a 10-year contract for Adidas. On August 5, 2016, he placed 6th overall in the men's mile race at the 2016
Sir Walter Miler, finishing in 3:57.15. It was his first race since graduating from high school. On February 11, 2017, Hunter participated in the NYRR Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile, where he placed seventh in 3:56.80. On February 23, 2019, Hunter won the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships two mile with a meet record time of 8:25.29. After suffering a series of injuries starting with a ruptured plantar fascia at the 2019 U.S. Track & Field Championships, Hunter did not compete in the
2020 USA Olympic Track & Field Trials. However, he returned to form later that year, winning the USA Road 5k Championships on November 6, 2021, in a time of 13:53. In the
2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Hunter stayed in the lead pack in the 5,000 meter race. On the last 200 meters he surged to take fourth place in the race won by
Cole Hocker. ==Personal life==