The last time that Drew Hunter made the trip north to the Armory, he ran a thrilling 3:58.25 mile--the fastest ever by a high schooler indoors. He's returning this Saturday for the Millrose Games, and the obvious question is: how much faster can he go?
We went through the entire field--Hunter isn't in the Wanamaker Mile with Matt Centrowitz and Nick Willis, he's in a B heat called the "Armory Invitational Mile"--and tried to see who would push Hunter to a new PR. On first glance, the field is not quite as loaded as it was two weeks ago; Hunter has a better mile PR than six of the other thirteen men in the field. But a look at 1500m PRs (converted through the MileSplit calculator) reveals that Hunter will be in a good position to get pulled along by this field. Only three men have converted PRs that are still slower than Hunter's mile mark.
No high schooler has ever run 3:57, indoors or out. Alan Webb's HS record is 3:53, and Jim Ryun ran 3:55, 3:56, and 3:58. MileSplit will be providing on-site coverage and interviews from Hunter's attempt on Saturday to continue to rewrite the record books.
| NAME | NATIONALITY | CLUB | TRUE MILE PR | Best CONVERTED PR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Hunter | USA | Loudoun Valley (VA) HS | 3:58.25 | 3:58.25 | |
| Tom Awad | USA | Penn | 3:58.34 | 3:40.68 (3:58.27c) | |
| John Travers | Ireland | Ireland | 3:55.44 | 3:37.27 (3:54.59c) | |
| Blake Haney | USA | Oregon | 3:59.10 | 3:40.81 (3:58.41c) | |
| Kirubel Erassa | USA | Mizuno ATL TC | 3:58.24 | 3:39.05 (3:56.51c) | |
| Travis Mahoney | USA | NJ*NY TC | 3:58.61 | 3:58.61 | |
| Michael Atchoo | USA | NJ*NY TC | 3:57.14 | 3:39.57 (3:57.07) | |
| John Coghlan | Ireland | Ireland | 3:59.32 | 3:59.32 | |
| Ford Palmer | USA | NJ*NY TC | 3:56.79 | 3:36.98 (3:54.27c) | |
| Joe Stilin | USA | Zap/Reebok | 3:58.66 | 3:39.42 (3:57.59c) | |
| Will Geoghegan | USA | Nike | 3:57.53 | 3:57.53 | |
| Julian Matthews | New Zealand | Saucony | 3:57.94 | 3:37.37 (3:54.69c) | |
| Graham Crawford | USA | NC State | 4:00.01 | 3:38.49 (3:55.9c) | |
| Jake Hurysz | USA | NJ*NY TC | 3:58.13 | 3:58.13 |
Listen to what Hunter had to say after his first sub-4:00 mile: