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After setting the national high school record in the mile, Jim Ryun set the world record in 1966 and then again in 1967, when he ran 3:51.1. Ryun was 19 at the time, making him the youngest world record holder in the mile to date. His record stood for nine years. [4] Ryun competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympic games.
Track and Field News (T&FN) has tracked records by any American high school students, in any competition until they enter college. These records include marks made in open competition against higher-level competitors, post-season meets and international competition up until August 31 following their high-school graduation.
During the most recent world record setting race in 1999, Noah Ngeny came in second place to Hicham El Guerrouj with a time of 3:43.40, which continues to be the second fastest mile run in history, beating out the old world record set in 1993 by Noureddine Morceli. [34]
In 1987 Stahr captured the NCAA Indoor Mile Championship in a time of 4:02 [5] several weeks after his 4x800 anchor leg of 1:46.2 at the indoor BIG East meet. During the outdoor season of '87 he anchored the World Record Distance Medley Relay, running an anchor leg split of 3:54 [ 6 ] to carry his team to a time of 9:20.9, eclipsing the old ...
Gerald Paul Lindgren (born March 9, 1946) is an American track and field runner who set many long-standing high school and national records in the United States. In 1965, Lindgren and Billy Mills both broke the world record for the six-mile run when they finished in an extremely rare tie at the AAU National Championships, both running exactly 27:11.6. [4]
American mile record-holder Nikki Hiltz, who was second in the women's field in 4 :27.5 last year, is among a strong group looking to break that record—and the official world record of 4 :20.98 ...
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon broke the women's mile record by nearly five seconds on Friday at the Monaco Diamond League for her third world mark of the past two months. The 29-year-old finished in 4 ...
Daprano holds the current world records in the W70 mile, W75 400 metres, 800 metres, [3] in addition to the pending W75 mile record. Indoors she hold the W75 records in those same events and is on the W60 4x400 metres relay. [4] She also holds the American records in the W70 400 metres, W65 and W70 800 metres, and W70 1500 metres. And the W75 ...