Cooper Lutkenhaus 4:06.33 full mile (first ever)

The comp feels a little forced, Ovett ran 21:42 for a 7K XC at a similar age and was a 48 guy then, whereas Luthkenhaus might be able to break 46 later in the year.
https://athleticsweekly.com/stats/steve-ovetts-race-history-part-one-1039937001/

Metric Mile = 1500 meters

1600 meters = mile to some and most states

Full Mile = 1609.344 meters

wake up.

How about a little love for the junior who won the race in 4;04.

compiled by Jack Shepard, 12/26/24 with additions by Ricky Quintana
Boys Soph Mile/1600
1. 4:01.34 Rheinhardt Harrison (Nease, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl) 20
2. 4:03.29 Edward Chesarek' (St Benedicts Prep, Newark, NJ/Kenya) 11
3. 4:04.02 Caden Leonard (Carroll, Southlake, Tx) 24
4. 4:04.38 Lukas Verzibicas' (Sandburg, Orland Park, Il/Lithuania') 10
5. 4:06.07 Jeff See (Middletown, Oh) 03
6. 4:06.20 Nathan Green (Borah, Boise, Id) 19
7. 4:06.33 Cooper Lutkenhaus ( Northwest, Justin, TX) 25
8. 4:06.67 Austin Tamagno (Brea-Olinda, Brea, Ca) 14
9. 4:06.76 Craig Miller (Manheim Township, Lancaster, Pa) 04
10. 4:06.81 Andrew Beroset ( Gulf Breeze, FL) 25
11. 4:06.94 Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Va) 99
12. 4:07.28 Vincent Recupero (Bishop Blanchet, Seattle, Wa) 23

Milesplit has CL 6th. They don't include LV as a soph possibly because he was 17 y.o. at the time of his 4:04, and graduated the next year after that 4:04 , when he was 18 [ after skipping his junior year]

https://www.milesplit.com/rankings/events/high-school-boys/outdoor-track-and-field/mile?year=all&accuracy=legal&grade=sophomore&conversion=y&page=1

The list reinforces how freaky Ryun was - in Sept. he was a soph beginning to train (barely breaking 5:40) and 9 months later he ran 4:07.8.

...but can't I just write:

1500m

1600m

mile.

Pretty efficient and precise without being 'full'.

Interesting list, because Harrison ran 4:01 in August right before his junior year, not close to his sophomore year in school (so well after the official scholastic cutoff), Cheserek was over-aged, and Verzbicas later reclassified one year up to match his age. That puts this 4:06.33 in 4th. Yet, despite the fact that this performance ranks far higher on the class and hs rankings, some are arguing that his 400m time of 46.30 is far better by IAAF points. The trouble with doing that is that speed develops earlier than endurance, and for that reason our top young sprinters are always closer to their peak than our top young middle distance runners. His 400 is about 7% slower than the American record, while his mile is about 10% slower. But his 400 is also 4.75% slower than the class record, while his mile is only about 2% slower than the class record.