state by state breakdown of sub 4 milers

Lopez is running in the Olympic Trials in a couple weeks, I think you can figure out which country he is aligned with.

Great list Malmo, thanks.

full mile seeker wrote:

Did Phillip Price of Catoosa, OK and Arkansas University fame break 4? Pretty sure he ran the 1500 equivalent, not sure about the mile though.

1500m ='s are NOT on this list. Hell, Malmo ran a 3:40 1500m, worth a 3:58 mile and easily under the presumed 3:42 equivalent; but he's not on the list. I say 'count anyone who ran a 3:42 1500m or fasterj.' Nobody would 'die' that badly in 100m to miss a sub 4, would they?

The real question is, what state has the most sub-4 milers per capita? Is it Oregon?

Add one more for Oregon - Mike McGrath 3:59.25i.

dont forget wrote:

i'm pretty sure shane stroup of md has gone sub 4

Whatever happened to him?

Interesting to see Oregon and Washington up there with the 3 biggest states population-wise. Oregon easily has the most per capita. I was surprised to see Washington was ranked 12th in population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population

...er 13th.

Miles Irish never broke 4?

Chris Fox

Should McClary be under WA? Or AR?

I think NM has the most sub4 per capita.

Oregon seems to have the most sub-4 runners per capita, with Kansas being in second. I didn't look super hard but I don't think any other states were under 300,000 people per sub-4 runner:

Oregon - 3,747,455 / 18 = 208,191.944

Kansas - 2,775,997 / 10 = 277,599.7

New Mexico has ~2 million people and 4 sub-4 runners, so they aren't even close.

Based on malmo's numbers and wikipedia's info, here is what I get for the number of sub-4s per million in population.

1. Oregon 4.803

2. Kansas 3.602

3. Rhode Island 2.836

4. Idaho 2.668

5. South Dakota 2.512

6. Washington 2.474

7. Maine 2.278

8. New Mexico 2.031

9. Minnesota 1.924

10. Utah 1.890

11. DC 1.700

12. Vermont 1.610

13. North Dakota 1.563

14. Hawaii 1.558

15. Virginia 1.556

16. New York 1.555

17. New Hampshire 1.520

18. New Jersey 1.382

19. Wisconsin 1.250

20. Michigan 1.191

21. Illinois 1.167

22. California 1.149

23. Connecticut 1.142

24. Ohio 1.134

25. Massachusetts 1.085

26. Montana 1.044

27. Colorado 1.028

28. Missouri 1.021

29. Iowa 1.004

30. Pennsylvania 0.965

31. Arkansas 0.706

32. Louisiana 0.699

33. Texas 0.669

34. Indiana 0.630

35. Nebraska 0.564

36. Oklahoma 0.553

37. West Virginia 0.552

38. Maryland 0.534

39. North Carolina 0.331

40. Tennessee 0.325

41. Arizona 0.316

42. Kentucky 0.236

43. South Carolina 0.227

44. Florida 0.219

45. Alabama 0.216

46. Georgia 0.000

47. Mississippi 0.000

48. Nevada 0.000

49. Delaware 0.000

50. Alaska 0.000

51. Wyoming 0.000

US Total 1.024

If you are a sub-4:00 from Iowa, you are literally one in a million.Too bad we can't include 3:42 or better for 1500, I wonder how that would shift things, if at all.

[quote]Think fast wrote:

If you are a sub-4:00 from Iowa, you are literally one in a million.

Too bad we can't include 3:42 or better for 1500, I wonder how that would shift things, if at all.

[quote]

do it up!

If you included 3:42 or better Wyoming would get out of the 0 category. Monte Still ran 3:42 and qualified for the Oly Trials back in 96.

WI- Matt 10kchamp

Dan Nelson of Oregon, 1987 NCAA steeple champ, broke 4 for the mile.

PIL wrote:

Dan Nelson of Oregon, 1987 NCAA steeple champ, broke 4 for the mile.

No he didn't.

ringo wrote:

WI- Matt 10kchamp

"Show me"

You're right. Ran 3:43 1500m. Could have sworn I heard he ran sub 4. My mistake.