Drew Hunter vs The 800m
3) Breaking a mile in half does not equal two 800s (mile=1609m), but for Drew Hunter to run a sub-4 mile he would have to have run the equivalent of two sub-2 minute 800s. He has accomplished this twice this indoor season. So how many 800 runners can claim having accomplished the same feat...not many!
-Over 5000 high school boys have run the 800m this indoor season
-There have been 385 total sub-2 800s by 249 athletes
-95 athletes have run under two minutes multiple times
The chart below sorts the athletes by number of times they have broken 2 minutes (6,5,4,3,2).
Daniel Nixon leads the way with an impressive six sub-2 performances this season, but only thirteen 800m runners in the country (less than .2%) have been able to do it four times or more!
