What were the mile times of world class runners in eighth grade???

Question

I ran a 5:08 today in track, and this was the first track meet...I am hoping for a 4:50 by the end of track...I'm in eighth grade...and was wondering was times world class runners were running at my age...??

Answer 1

1600m (mile) or 1500m?

Answer 2

hahah 5:08 in 8th grade? your on your way to be a competitor just train hard and do what you do

Answer 3

Idk the answer to ur question, but my team has a 4:40 freshman

Anything under 5 before or during freshman year is amazing.

Answer 4

jim ryun ran a 4:34 in 8th grade.  High School great Colby Lowe ran a 4:54

Answer 5

Wow, that's insanely good. Where the h**l do you go to school?

Answer 6

thats pretty good, idk the world class 8th grade but the world record is 3:45