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Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine [1] (January 25, ... a Third fastest 3-mile time ever run by an American high schooler; Prefontaine's first non-high school track meet
Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:22.0y 1971 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:20.1y 1972 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:31.4 1973 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon 13:05.3y 1974 Paul Geis: Oregon 13:38.89y 1975 John Ngeno Kenya: Wash St 13:22.73Ay 1976 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:47.8 1977 Joshua Kimeto Kenya: Wash St 13:38.1 1978 Rudy Chapa: Oregon 13:35.3 1979
Mile: 3:57.1 Dave Wottle: Bowling Green: 9 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Two-mile run 8:46.3 Alex Henderson: Arizona State: June 1958 1958 Championships: Berkeley, California: Three-mile run 13:05.3 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon: 9 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Six-mile run 27:43.1 Garry Bjorklund ...
In June 1973, Wottle and 1972 U.S. Olympic teammate Steve Prefontaine (5000M) raced each other in the mile at a meet at the University of Oregon. Wottle defeated Prefontaine on his home track, running 3:53.3, which was the 3rd fastest mile in history at the time. Prefontaine ran 3:54.6, the 9th fastest mile at the time.
Prefontaine was a star athlete from Coos Bay who ran for the University of Oregon and later competed in the Olympics in the 1970s. He died in an automobile accident in Eugene on May 30, 1975, at ...
El Guerrouj and Ngeny still hold the first and second fastest mile times respectively as of 2023. These four men (El Guerrouj, Ngeny, Ingebrigtsen, Nuguse) remain the only ones in history to have run a mile under 3:44.00 as of 2024, with the #5 fastest miler of all time being Noureddine Morceli, with his 1993 time of 3:44.39. [45] [46] [47]
The individual championship was won by Steve Prefontaine, from Oregon, with a time of 28:00.2. [2] Prefontaine's time broke the event distance record, set the previous year by Gerry Lindgren. With the distance for the NCAA championships changing to 10,000 meters in 1976, his distance record would remain unbroken.
The Bowerman Mile is a prestigious and historic mile race for elite middle distance runners held annually at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.. Along with Oslo's Dream Mile and New York's Wanamaker Mile, the Bowerman Mile is among the world's premier track mile races, and one of the few examples of a major international mile race, since the 1500m is the much more common event.