Rheinhardt Harrison, born 2/15/2004 ran a 7:20.32 at the Potomac Valley Games on September 5, 2009.
RESULTS: http://www.pvtc.org/20090905youth.html
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Alfred Gunning, (London, UK) ran 1 mile in 9 mins 13 seconds at Sutcliffe Park Athletics Track, age 5 years, 8 months and 2 days.
Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco holds the fastest mile in 3:43.13
Hicham El Guerrouj
Alan Webb
Rikki Hacker
3 minutes 43 seconds
Houram El Gourogge
The record for the fastest mile run the high school track is 3.53.43.
The American record for the mile run is 3:46.91 held by Alan Webb set in July, 2007.
Wilson Kipketer holds a record of 1 minute 41.11 second half mile.
compare current harness racing mile time record against that of the trotter greyhound?
What is a fifth of a mile??
The Quarter Horse is fastest for sprints. They race a quarter-mile. Thoroughbreds are fastest for anything longer than that. Arabians are best for endurance. The fastest mile for a horse was around 1 minute, 35 seconds. This record was set by the TB racehorse Salvador.