* Jim Ryan running 3:58.3 at the1965 KSHSAA State Track Meet.
Now that Highland Highschool's (AZ) Leo Daschbach has become the 11th high school boy to run sub-4 in the mile, we decided to take a look at which high schoolers could have a shot at running a sub-4 in the next few years. We did this by looking at a few different factors, including prior performances and what kind of meets these early races were. Let's dive in.
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The History Of The Sub-4 Mile
* Alan Webb's 3:53.43 national record at the 2001 Prefontaine Classic.
The best place to start is by taking a look at the guys who have already completed the feat of the sub-4-minute mile as a high school athlete. The first was the great Jim Ryun back in 1964 when he ran 3:59.0. He then proceeded to run 3:55.30 at the AAU Track & Field Championship a year later, followed by four other sub-4 efforts that same year. The following year, in 1965, Chula Vista's (CA) Tim Danielson would run 3:59.4, and one year later in 1966, Marty Liquori wo...