Is a 4:20 mile good enough to run track for Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, or Yale?

Athletic Recruits
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<p>Thanks!!!!!!</p>

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<p>I have no idea but I expect if you go to the websites you can see what times the runners are posting.</p>

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<p>4:20 is good enough to talk with H, Y and P, but S would probably like to see a 4:15</p>

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<p>wow does 5 seconds really make that much of a difference in the mile?</p>

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<p>ask the guy who runs a 4:20 how hard he thinks it will be to run a 4:15</p>

<p>Or more to the point, how many high school guys can run a 4:20 compared to the number who can run a sub 4:15? The small group in the sub 4:15 are who the top D1 programs are looking for.</p>

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<p>yeah i guess i can see what you’re talking about. I never ran on a team, but it seems like once you get to the low 4 minute range it would be literally just running as fast as your legs will physically let you run for a mile. I used to run like a 6:30 so i have no idea haha…</p>

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<p>In track and field 5 second is a big deal man.</p>

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<p>In the spring of 2011, 28 senior boys in the US ran a sub-4:15 mile, 78 ran sub-4:20 and 249 ran sub 4:25.</p>

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<p>You’re going to need to give us more information than that. If you want to run track, than
I assume you want to be a mid-distance runner. What’s your 800m time? Anything sub 1:54 will help you. If thats the only time you have, its going to be a lot harder to get attention from coaches. They like to see well-rounded runners meaning athletes who can succeed in multiple events.</p>

<p>Your best shot is Yale. Don’t be afraid to email each coach from the schools you mentioned. If you’re a senior in high school now, than you have track this spring to bring that mile down even more down to around the low 4:10s. All of these schools get amazing athletes who also succeed in the classroom. Hopefully you have an amazing GPA and extra curriculum activities behind that mile time.</p>

<p>Email the coaches and ask them. Show that you’re interested in running for them. This doesn’t annoy them in fact they take it as a compliment and are usually welling to work with you. They may give you a time to hit this spring which would guarantee your spot on the team.</p>

<p>My times in high school were 4:20 for the 1600m, 9:19 for the 3200m, and 15:40s for the 5k so you’re probably around there. Chico State and UC Davis invited me to be on their team (Chico State being a top ranked D2 team and Davis being a D1 school). Don’t limit yourself to just Ivy League schools.</p>