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Alan Webb, the high school record holder. This is a list of American high school students who have run a four-minute mile since the feat was first accomplished in 1964.. The first person to run the mile (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes was Roger Bannister in 1954, in a time of 3:59.4. [1]
His time of 3:55.3, set winning the 1965 AAU Championship race ahead of Olympic gold medalist and former WR holder Peter Snell, was a high school record that stood for 36 years. Ryun ran five sub-four minute miles while in high school including the first sub-four minute mile run in a high school event, a 3:58.3, at the 1965 Kansas HS state meet.
Hunter achieved the 4-minute mile mark outdoors later in the season at the Prefontaine Classic. At that same meet Michael Slagowski ran his second sub-4-minute of the season. [20] Reed Brown dipped under the barrier on 1 June 2017, running the 4th fastest high school mile time ever recorded in a race: 3:59.30. [21]
Trinity Academy senior Clay Shively is no stranger to breaking records and is nearing a sub-4-minute mile. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
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[3] [4] He won the mile race at the CIF California State Meet in 1965 with a time of 4:08.0 and again the next year with a time of 4:07.0. [5] He won the Golden West Invitational High School meet two-mile race in 1966 in a time of 8:55.4. [6] He was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 1966. [7]
Sixty-seven years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile, it’s still the standard for middle-distance runners.
Liquori rose to fame when he became the third American high schooler to break the four-minute mile by running a 3:59.8 in 1967, three years after Jim Ryun first did it. [1] He grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and attended Essex Catholic High School. [2] After high school, Liquori enrolled at Villanova University. [1] There he was coached by ...