Eight men from same school run sub-four-minute mile
Canada's Aaron Ahl and Kieran Lumb run personal bests in the mile, as eight men from the University of Washington run sub-four
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As many Canadian athletes were in action south of the border on the weekend, two Canadian distance runners were part of history at UW Invitational in Seattle, Wash. as eight men from the Univerisity of Washington ran a sub-four-minute mile in the same race–a feat that has never happened before in NCAA history.
Not 1, not 2….
8 @UWTrack Huskies go sub-4!
Joe Waskom's 3:51.90 takes down Yomif Kejelcha's Dempsey record!
Brian Fay 3:52.03
Nathan Green 3:52.76
Kieran Lumb 3:53.83
Sam Ellis 3:53.84
Luke Houser 3:55.98
Aaron Ahl 3:57.94
Aidan Ryan 3:59.55@NCAATrackField | @USTFCCCA pic.twitter.com/t0JtSHyoep— RunnerSpace (@runnerspace) January 28, 2023
Although all eight of the men racing had broken four minutes previously, they pushed one another over the eight-lap race, which sparked some of the fastest times in NCAA.
Reigning NCAA 1,500m champion Joe Waskom of Snoqualmie, Wash., led the way for the Huskies, clocking a 3:51.90 for the third-fastest mile in collegiate history and a 2023 world lead. His time also broke the facility record of 3:52.61 set by Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia, who is the current indoor mile world record holder (3:47.01).
“It’s pretty special to have eight sub-fours in a single race,” said Waskom in a post-race interview. “We all knew it was possible.”
Among the eight men were Vancouver’s Kieran Lumb and Aaron Ahl of Calgary. Lumb has been on fire in his first two indoor races, running a massive personal best in the 3,000m last weekend and setting a two-second best in the mile. His time of 3:53.88 is the third fastest ever by a Canadian indoors and puts him 12th all-time among NCAA men.
Mighty Are the Milers!!
Joe Waskom, 3:51.90 🌎 lead #⃣3⃣ NCAA history
Brian Fay, 3:52.03 #⃣5⃣-tie NCAA history
Nathan Green, 3:52.76 #⃣7⃣ NCAA history
Kieran Lumb, 3:53.83
Sam Ellis, 3:53.84
Luke Houser, 3:55.98
Aaron Ahl, 3:57.94
Aidan Ryan, 3:59.55#GoHuskies @NCAATrackField pic.twitter.com/oqWZRWLGHX— Washington Track & Field (@UWTrack) January 28, 2023
Ahl is a recent transfer to UW after a record-setting stint at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., where he set the conference and school record in the mile (3:57.95), set a personal best by 0.01 seconds.
The University of Washington Huskies middle-distance men now have four of the top five fastest times in the NCAA this season.
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