# @therunnerscentral on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-MkI1vrvk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2909724-therunnerscentral-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-03T23:41:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Runners Central (@therunnerscentral) — https://gondola.cc/therunnerscentral

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How many high school athletes will break four minutes in the mile in 2023? 

Only 17 athletes have managed to run under 4:00 in high school history, with Jim Ryun being the first to do so in 1964, when the Kansas native dropped a 3:59.0 at the Compton Invitational in Los Angeles, California. 

Prior to the 2022 indoor and outdoor track seasons, only 12 high school boys were on the elite list of sub-4:00 minute milers. In 2022, a whopping 5 athletes joined the coveted list, with regards to Colin Sahlman, Gary Martin, Connor Burns, Rheinhardt Harrison, and Simeon Birnbaum. 

Something tells me that more than 5 high school boys will break 4 minutes in 2022 👀 

List of athletes that have a real shot at breaking 4 minutes next year: 

• Connor Burns (3:58.83) 
• Simeon Birnbaum (3:59.51) 
• Aaron Sahlman (4:01.34) 
• Devan Kipyego (4:00.64) 
• Leo Young (4:00.77) 
• Lex Young (4:01.52) 
• Kole Mathison (4:04.82*) 
• Hunter Jones (4:08.39) 
• Rocky Hansen (4:00.76) 

& and many more athletes that are capable of making history! 

📸: dyestat 

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