ST. LOUIS TRACK CLUB MENS MILE
This race has become a regular stop for top milers since 2009 when US Olympian Leo Manzano led three men under the four-minute barrier with his 3:55.29.
Jordan McNamara (Nike Oregon Project) holds the meet record of 3:54.27 which he set in 2014. McNamara also holds the record for most wins at FOM with four!
High schoolers have also made history at Festival of Miles in the mens race. Grant Fisher, a senior from Michigan, became the 7th U.S. high school athlete to break four in 2015. Reed Brown, a senior from Texas, became the 9th U.S. high school athlete to break the four-minute barrier in 2017. In 2022, for the first time in U.S. running history, two high schoolers ran sub-4 in the same race with Gary Martin, a senior from Pennsylvania who had already run sub-4, bettering his PR and Connor Burns, a junior from Missouri, running sub-4 for the first time (15th U.S. high schooler to do so). Burns is the first Missouri runner to break 4 and the first junior since Jim Ryun!
In 2024, fans saw 12 sub-4 miles, our record for largest number of sub-4s in one race at Festival of Miles!
All told, FOM has produced 69 sub four-minute-miles, making SLUH one of the fastest high school tracks in the country!
ALL-TIME FESTIVAL OF MILES SUB-4 LIST
Prize Money: MEN’S MILE
- 1st- $3,000
- 2nd- $1,500
- 3rd- $1,250
- 4th- $1,000
- 5th- $750
- MEET RECORD BONUS – additional $1,000 to the winner if he goes under 3:54.27
- WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDARD BONUS – $500 to each athlete meeting the World Championship standard for either the mile or 1500
