By Scott Olberding
January 26, 2020
Yesterday’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston featured another Chris O’Hare vs. Nick Willis duel. O’Hare took the win in 3:59.62 to 3:59.89. In the all-time head-to-head record, they’re not tied over the mile distance on the track at 5–5. Major kudos to Willis for now extending his streak to 18 consecutive years of running under four minutes for the mile. That’s longer than many of our readers and listeners have been alive.
Here’s a look at Willis’ sub-4 miles over the years, according to results extracted from Tilastopaja:
2003
Feb. 8 – 3:58.15i (Note: On Notre Dame’s oversized indoor track at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, IN)
2004
Feb. 7 – 3:56.55i (Note: On Notre Dame’s oversized indoor track at the Meyo Invitational in South Bend, IN)
June 19 – 3:53.51 in Eugene
2005
Feb. 19 – 3:58.07i in Ann Arbor (MI)
July 29 – 3:53.43 in Oslo
2006
Feb. 11 – 3:52.75 in Wanganui
June 3 – 3:55.56 in New York
2007
June 2 – 3:55.09 in New York
2008
Feb. 1 – 3:58.14i in New York
Feb. 15 –3:55.93i in Fayetteville
June 8 –3:50.66 in Eugene
2009
Jan 30 – 3:59.48i in New York
Feb. 7 –3:53.54i in Boston
2010
Feb. 6 – 3:55.26i in Boston
Aug. 1 – 3:59.73 in Falmouth (MA)
2011
Jan. 22 – 3:58.92i in Ann Arbor
Feb. 5 – 3:56.29i in Boston
Feb. 26 – 3:58.37 in Wellington
June 4 – 3:51.95 in Eugene
2012
Jan. 27 – 3:58.81 in Wanganui
June 2 – 3:5.77 in Eugene
July 14 – 3:53.64 in London
2013
Jan. 22 – 3:58.09 in Wanganui
April 27 – 3:55.70 in Des Moines
Aug. 4 – 3:56.57 in Saline (MI)
2014
Jan. 20 – 3:55.98 in Wanganui
Feb. 8 – 3:57.41i in Boston
Feb. 15 – 3:53.02 in New York
June 11 – 3:49.83 in Oslo
Aug. 10 – 3:53.50 in Saline (MI)
2015
Feb. 7 – 3:51.61i in Boston
Feb. 14 – 3:51.46 in New York
2016
Jan. 19 – 3:55.56 in Wanganui
Feb. 14 – 3:53.27i in Boston
Feb. 20 –3:51.06i in New York
June 9 – 3:52.26 in Oslo
2017
Sept. 6 – 3:56.41 in Huntington (NY)
2018
Jan. 13 – 3:57.99i in Ann Arbor (MI)
Feb. 3 – 3:57.72i in New York
Aug. 18 – 3:56.77 in Birmingham (UK)
2019
Jan. 26 – 3:56.75i in Boston
Feb. 9 – 3:54.80i in New York
Feb. 24 – 3:56.93i in Boston
June 30 – 3:59.55 in Palo Alto (CA)
July 21 – 3:55.45 in London
2020
Jan. 25 – 3:59.89i in Boston
More to come…
Photo by Kevin Morris
Scott Olberding
Full-time accountant, amateur marathoner and statistics editor for Citius Mag. Focused on creating arithmetic visualization and writing narrative for data-centric athletic ideas. Founding member of the JBAC and University of Portland Alumnus. Hosted Paul Snyder on his recruiting trip to UP, taking him to an Astronomy class. Although Paul did not commit, they have since become great friends.