A typical Boykin Spaniel tops out around 22.6 mph in Fast CAT. The fastest one on record ran 27.87 mph. Right in line with the typical dog (22.7 mph). The fastest Boykin Spaniels outrun Usain Bolt's top speed by 0.1 mph.
Based on the best Fast CAT run of 114 Boykin Spaniels, a typical Boykin Spaniel tops out at 22.6 mph, and half of them run faster than 23.2 mph. That makes the Boykin Spaniel the 84th fastest of the 226 breeds that have run Fast CAT.
23 Boykin Spaniels have topped 25 mph, but none has reached 30 yet.
Among the most popular Sporting breeds, the typical Boykin Spaniel is faster than 1 of 8. The Vizsla is the quickest of the bunch at 24.9 mph, and the English Springer Spaniel (22.2 mph) runs closest to the Boykin Spaniel. Over Fast CAT's 100 yards, the 2.3 mph gap to the Vizsla is about 0.82 seconds.
Abercrombie's Tripp's Spirit holds the fastest consistent run by any Boykin Spaniel: 27.87 mph at the Huntsville Obedience Training Club in Alabama on November 2, 2024. That's 100 yards in 7.34 seconds.
Boykin Spaniels come in more than one Fast CAT height group. 14 measured over 18 inches and averaged 23.8 mph; 100 measured 12 to 18 inches and averaged 22.5 mph. Smaller dogs earn extra points per mph toward their titles, so the shorter ones rack up titles faster.
Not really, but more are running. In 2022, 28 Boykin Spaniels ran Fast CAT, typically at 22.5 mph. In 2025 it was 43 dogs at 22.6 mph.
Georgia has the most Boykin Spaniel runs, 243 of them, followed by Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina. The fastest Boykin Spaniel run in Georgia is 25.60 mph.
Any AKC-registered Boykin Spaniel over 12 months old can enter, and your dog runs alone down a straight 100 yards. Most dogs figure out the lure fast. Have someone your dog will run to waiting past the finish line, because a dog that stops to check on you can lose a second or two.
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Speeds from AKC Fast CAT results. Photographers: spotted your work? Tell us at [email protected] and we'll credit it or take it down.