Centrowitz...he just wins... Twilight Mile RESULTS:

All outdoor miles

From the Register-Guard....

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Centrowitz used a strong kick over the final 150 meters to bring the crowd of 6,118 to its feet as he won the featured Twilight Mile with a time of 3 minutes, 59.33 seconds, barely holding off Oregon Track Club Elite’s Russell Brown at 3:59.38.

UO freshman Mac Fleet was a half-step behind in third place at 3:59.88, bringing the all-time total of Oregon sub-4-minute milers to 30.

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He runs along alone at night. Thinking about when his legs will fight. Fight for the win, in that one great race. He knows in his heart he must keep the pace. So when it is done, over and dead. It will be easy at night to rest his head. But in his dreams he will race again. He see the sweet finish as he rounds the bend.

Yes. Not that many of the UO sub-4:00's are indoor (they've only competed indoors in recent years). Since Fleet ran sub-4:00 indoors, if the 30 sub-4:00's only now includes him, those are all outdoor miles.

Ryan Foreman wrote:

Went to the meet and just got back from Eugene. IMO, it wasn't that great of run for Centrowitz. I think he is capable of 3:57 in those kind of ideal conditions.

But in watching the race, it doesn't appear an all-out PR type race was ever Centrowitz's goal. I agree he's capable of 3:57 in those conditions, but think when you look at how the race was run it was a good run for Centro.

...If you read all the quotes from the various sources, the Oregon guys all trained through this meet...

The goal was to get under four outdoors, and not much more...

jkjoregon wrote:

All outdoor miles

From the Register-Guard....

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... bringing the all-time total of Oregon sub-4-minute milers to 30.

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Does anyone have a link to the Oregon sub-4 list?

The problem with these lists is that they always miss a few. The University of Oregon claims 30. However, if you add in Oregon graduates who run sub 4 after college, you can double the number. Here is an interesting stat:

Based on malmo's numbers and wikipedia's info, here is 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

Interesting stats. Looks like Alaska may break it's drought with Dunbar soon. I guess Don Clary didn't go under?

Of course, it's too bad these lists don't include sub-3:42 1500's....

Interesting, but I'm looking for the current, all-time, University of Oregon sub-4 list. Just guys who broke four minutes while attending school at Oregon.

I don't doubt there are many who made the list after graduating or dropping out, when all they had to do was hang out in Eugene and train. I'm looking for the guys who were able to accomplish this while attending classes.

These are from the UofO media guide.

http://issuu.com/oregonducks/docs/record-book?mode=embed&layout=http%3A//skin.issuu.com/v/color/layout.xml&backgroundColor=094c39&showFlipBtn=true&logo=http%3A//www.goducks.com/fls/500/pages/2009-10/mediaguide/images/TRK-BG.jpg

1. Joaquim Cruz

2. Steve Prefontaine

3. Dub Myers

4. Dave Wilborn

5. Roscoe Divine

6. Jim Hill

7. Rudy Chapa

8. Dyrol Burleson

Archi San Romani

10. Knut Kvalheim

11. Paul Geis

12. Andrew Wheating

13. Keith Forman

14. Arne Kvalheim

Mark Feig

16. Jim Bailey

Scott Daggatt

18. Gary Barger

19. Bill McChesney Jr.

20. Matt Centrowitz

Steve Savage

22. Colin Dalton

23. Steve Fein

24. Harold Kuphaldt

25. Rick Bergesen

26. Mike Blackmore

27. Wade Bell

28. Lars Kaupang

With Andrew Wheating in 2008 being the most recent addition.

Nice list, but apparently they have lost count. The UO Media Guide says there are 28 (with Wheating), and the press reports say there are now 30, with Centro Jr., and Mac Fleet. What they are missing are the guys who broke 4 last season: Rupp and MacNamara, so they actually have 32.