Matthew Maton Runs 3:59.38, 3rd Fastest Prep Ever
Matthew Maton Runs 3:59.38, 3rd Fastest Prep Ever
History was made Friday night at Hayward Field, as Bend, OR senior Matthew Maton became the sixth high schooler to break 4 minutes in the mile with his 3:59.38 third place finish at the Oregon Twilight. Maton closed hard in the final lap, very similar to what he did three weeks ago when he ran 3:42.54 in the 1500m at Oregon Relays. Unofficially, Maton's last lap was 57.5 seconds. He now ranks as the third fastest high school miler of all-time, behind only Alan Webb (3:53.43, 2001) and Jim Ryun (3:55.3, 1965).
Oregon All-Americans Eric Jenkins and Will Geoghegan finished 1-2 in 3:57.09 and 3:57.53, respectively.
Matthew Maton (center) takes a victory lap with Will Geoghegan and Eric Jenkins after running 3:59.38.
Updated Boys High School Mile All-Time:
3:53.43 Alan Webb (2001)
3:55.30 Jim Ryun (1965)
3:59.38 Matthew Maton (2015)
3:59.40 Tim Danielson (1966)
3:59.71 Lukas Verzbicas (2011)
3:59.80 Marty Liquori (1967)
Maton is the first prep since Lukas Verzbicas in 2011 to break 4 minutes in the mile. Verzbicas congratulated Maton via Twitter:
Maton is the first prep since Lukas Verzbicas in 2011 to break 4 minutes in the mile. Verzbicas congratulated Maton via Twitter:
Congrats on going sub 4 very impressive @matthewmaton1
— Lukas Verzbicas (@LukasVerzbicas) May 9, 2015
As you can probably understand, we were going nuts:
Jenkins wins, Geoghegan 2nd MATTHEW MATON IS 6TH HS TO BREAK 4!! 3:59.38!!
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) May 9, 2015
Maton's matchup with defending adidas Dream Mile champion Grant Fisher just got a lot more interesting...
Grant Fisher be like.. #adidasDreamMile #MatonvsFisher pic.twitter.com/Mci5ogwgE9
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) May 9, 2015