Looks like Fernandez is healthy again

[gm]

3:56.50 mile at Arkansas today

[Double R Bar]

Wow!

[bad hammy]

Wow!

Great news! Damn, he should screw up his ankle in XC more often!!

[jney]

Ulrey in 2nd at 3:57 is awesome as well.

But wow. German is actually younger than Webb was when he ran 3:53.

Not trying to start that game, just saying. It's awesome. Hell it's awesome if he was 21 or even 28.

[RQ]

WJR?
Mile..........3:59.6........Jim Ryun (US).......................Kansas City, Missouri......2/26/66

[bad hammy]

Indoors? I have no idea. Not that close to the outdoor records, but not bad (WJR is 3:50.25 by Alex Kipchirchir in 2003. AJR is 3:51.3 by Jim Ryun in 1966).

[jhc68]

Wow. This kid is going to be fun to watch. Will we be able to just enjoy him without second guessing everything he does?

[tandfman]

WJR?
Mile..........3:59.6........Jim Ryun (US).......................Kansas City, Missouri......2/26/66

That's what appears in the records section of this site. But that section has not been updated since 2005, at the latest. There's a better mark listed as the WJIR by Athletics Weekly:

3:58.60 Geoffrey Rono (KEN) 21 Jan 2006 New York (A)

But that list hasn't been updated since 2006.

I'm still looking, but I can't think offhand of any online source for World Junior Indoor Records. (Of course, they would be unofficial in any event, since the IAAF does not recognize that as a record category.)

[26mi235]

I was skeptical of those who thought he would go under 4 in his first race back from injury; he was pretty far under even for a fast venue. Remember that he has not really been running that long; he is still 18, missed a year in HS with injury and did not start until part-way through HS.

I just had an interesting take on his going to OSU; it allows him to be out of the limelight whenever he wants (compare with UO).

[jhc68]

Yeah, OSU seems to suit him so far!!!

Eugene certainly appreciates milers and is the greatest community in America in supporting T&F. OU is the glamour venue for runners. Still, middle-distance guys don't seem to thrive there in recent years. Take a look at OU ten deep lists and they are almost all are names from the golden ages of Duck running lore. By my count, of the 50 marks on the top 10 lists for 800m, 1500m, mile, steeple and 5k, only six have occured in the last 20 years.

[gh]

WJR?
Mile..........3:59.6........Jim Ryun (US).......................Kansas City, Missouri......2/26/66

That's what appears in the records section of this site. But that section has not been updated since 2005, at the latest. There's a better mark listed as the WJIR by Athletics Weekly:

3:58.60 Geoffrey Rono (KEN) 21 Jan 2006 New York (A)

But that list hasn't been updated since 2006.

I'm still looking, but I can't think offhand of any online source for World Junior Indoor Records. (Of course, they would be unofficial in any event, since the IAAF does not recognize that as a record category.)

The Rono mark is correct; best sourcing of indoor Junior "Records" is Ed Gordon's annual TAFWA book.

[joeltetreault]

Alltime Indoor Mile lists

Does anyone know where this marks puts him in the all-time US and Collegiate indoor lists?

[DrJay]

All-time US top 10s:

3:49.89 Bernard Lagat (Nike) 02/11/05
3:51.8 Steve Scott (S4) 02/20/81
3:52.28 ----Scott 02/27/83
3:52.40 Sydney Maree (AA) 02/09/85
3:52.87 ----Lagat 02/04/05
3:53.0 ----Scott 02/15/80
3:53.61 ----Lagat 01/29/05
3:53.6 Tom Byers (AW) 02/19/82
3:53.7 ----Scott 01/30/81
3:54.1 ----Scott 02/16/79
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3:54.21 Seneca Lassiter (Ar) 02/10/01
3:54.40 Jay Woods (US) 02/27/83
3:54.7 Steve Lacy (WiTC) 02/16/79
3:54.93 Dick Buerkle (NYAC) 01/13/78
3:55.0 Tony Waldrop (NC) 02/17/74
3:55.18 Alan Webb (Nike)

[DrJay]

All-time collegiate top 10s:

3:52.44 Sydney Maree’ (Vill) 05/30/81
3:53.00 Joaquim Cruz’ (Or) 05/13/84
3:53.2 Jim Ryun (Ks) 06/02/67
Tony Waldrop (NC) 04/27/74
3:53.3 Eamonn Coghlan’ (Vill) 05/17/75
3:53.7 ----Ryun 06/04/66
3:53.8 Wilson Waigwa’ (UTEP) 04/30/77
3:53.9 Steve Scott (UCI) 03/25/78
3:54.22i Don Paige (Vill) 02/16/80
3:54.6 Marty Liquori (Vill) 05/16/71
…………………………………………………………………………….........
3:55.01 Bryan Berryhill (CoSt) 05/27/01
U.S. Additions:
3:55.0 Denis Fikes (Penn) 04/27/74
Steve Prefontaine (Or) 04/27/73
3:55.31 Dub Myers (Or) 05/17/86
3:55.56 Jim Spivey (In)

Sorry neither list goes to 3:56.50

[KevinM]

All-time collegiate top 10s:

3:52.44 Sydney Maree’ (Vill) 05/30/81
3:53.00 Joaquim Cruz’ (Or) 05/13/84
3:53.2 Jim Ryun (Ks) 06/02/67
Tony Waldrop (NC) 04/27/74
3:53.3 Eamonn Coghlan’ (Vill) 05/17/75
3:53.7 ----Ryun 06/04/66
3:53.8 Wilson Waigwa’ (UTEP) 04/30/77
3:53.9 Steve Scott (UCI) 03/25/78
3:54.22i Don Paige (Vill) 02/16/80
3:54.6 Marty Liquori (Vill) 05/16/71
…………………………………………………………………………….........
3:55.01 Bryan Berryhill (CoSt) 05/27/01
U.S. Additions:
3:55.0 Denis Fikes (Penn) 04/27/74
Steve Prefontaine (Or) 04/27/73
3:55.31 Dub Myers (Or) 05/17/86
3:55.56 Jim Spivey (In)

Sorry neither list goes to 3:56.50

That's the outdoor collegiate list. Indoor list looks like this, according to T&FN (http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/lists/ ... &year=2008):

3:55.0 Tony Waldrop (NC) 02/17/74
3:55.11 Nate Brannen’ (Mi) 01/29/05
3:55.33 Kevin Sullivan’ (Mi) 03/11/95
3:55.4 Niall O’Shaughnessy’ (Ar) 01/28/77
3:55.5 Sydney Maree (Vill) 02/21/81
3:55.65 Bernard Lagat’ (WaSt) 03/06/99
3:55.72 Graham Hood’ (Ar) 03/11/95
3:55.7 Wilson Waigwa’ (UTEP) 02/18/77
3:55.91 Doug Consiglio’ (Ar) 01/25/86
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .
Oversized track
3:54.22 Don Paige (Vill) 02/16/80
3:55.90 ----Sullivan’ . 02/04/95
U.S. Additions
3:56.4 Tom O’Hara (Loyola) 03/06/64
3:56.5 Steve Scott (UCI) 02/18/77
3:56.6 Doug Padilla (BYU) 12/31/08
3:56.73 Bryan Berryhill (CoSt) 03/06/99
3:56.77 Joe Falcon (Ar) 01/31/87
3:57.04 Jim Spivey (In) 12/31/08
Oversized track
3:56.44 Sean Jefferson (In) 02/05/05
3:57.04 Said Ahmed (Ar) 03/05/05