Kris Paaso lowers W45 American outdoor mile record to 5:02

Kris Paaso

Kris Paaso in 2015

Running at Saturday’s Johnny Mathis Invitational at San Francisco State University, Kris Paaso of Strava TC took more than 5 seconds off the W45 American outdoor record in the mile, clocking 5:02.23. The listed record is 5:07.76 by Jeanne Lasee-Johnson in 2002 — also run in The City. (The WR is 4:48.42 by Russia’s Yekatarina Podkopayeva.) Kris’ mile is equivalent to a 1500 of 4:40 — or almost 10 seconds better than Kara Haas’ recent indoor AR 4:49.71. Kris’ splits were 1:12.3, 1:16.2, 1:17.8 and 1:15.9 (rounded off), and results are posted here. Meanwhile, masters miles are being promoted in San Diego County, including one March 27 at San Diego State’s Aztec Invitational. (See details here.)
Kris shared her record photo on Facebook.

Kris shared her record photo from Mathis meet on Facebook.


SDSU meet director Rick Reaser writes:

The Masters Mile is a single event just for Masters.  Masters are welcome to compete in the other open events, though we’re not able to support hurdle race distances other than 400m, 110m and 100m.  We’ll let you throw with an non-NCAA implement — just let the official know so that can be annotated in the results.

A week earlier, San Diego Imperial County USATF is hosting its USATF Mile Road Race Championships March 20 at the Encinitas Mile.

From sub-4 miler and coach Paul Greer:

$400 in prize money is on the line.

The Masters Division will receive merchandise for each 5 year age group, and the Open Division (under 40) will share in the prize money.

The prize money breakdown for both men and women: 1st place = $200, 2nd = $125, and 3rd = $75… Good Luck!

Our web page: Encinitasmile.com, also, you can like us on Facebook.

Encinitas Mile Records:

Women Open Division record: 5:18 (with an average time of 7:51 for all open women).
Men Open Division record: 4:48 (with an average time of 5:48 for all open men).

Women Age Group Average Age
Masters Record Group Time

40-44 5:14 8:30
45-49 5:30 7:20
50-54 6:53 8:10
55-59 7:18 10:30
60-64 8:31 9:07
65-69 12:53 12:53
70+ 11:43 11:43

Men Age Group Average Age
Masters Record Group Time

40-44 4:43 5:58
45-49 4:44 5:56
50-54 5:09 6:51
55-59 5:01 6:37
60-64 5:23 6:40
65-69 5:27 6:57
70-74 7:54 11:31
75+ 10:10 10:10

5. The San Diego-Imperial Road Race championships Series Schedule / Event Date Time

1. The Encinitas Mile Sunday, March 20 at 8:00am
2. Vista Strawberry Festival Run 10k* (Team Championship) Sunday, May 29 at 6:45am
3. Bonita 5k Saturday, June 18 at 7:30am

Point scoring for all divisions and for all races will be the following:

1st ­ 5 points
2nd ­ 3 points
3rd ­ 2 points
4th ­ 1 point

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February 27, 2016

4 Responses

  1. Matt B. - February 27, 2016

    Good deal
    I posted results a few hours ago.
    Crazy fast- sub 5 is going to be broken!

  2. tb - February 28, 2016

    The whole meet is here:

    https://www.directathletics.com/results/track/43115.html

  3. Joseph Burleson - March 2, 2016

    Trivia question (for those old enough to know): who was Johnny Mathis and why is the meet named after him?

  4. Matt B. - April 2, 2016

    4:56 today!
    http://timerhub.com/getHytResults.php?page=redcaptiming.com/2016/sfdistance/160401F013.htm

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