Masters Records Progressions US: Mile
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Note: Masters Records kept as of 2020 are age 35 and older.
Masters US Records M35 (at the end of 1979):
Mile M35: 4:12.4 Ramsey Thomas (35) 7/26/1979 (Dec 1979 NMN)
Masters US Records M40:
June 11, 1966: Jim Gorrell Sr (US) (44) “4:55.x”
Jan 27, 1968: Browning Ross (US; New Jersey) (43) 4:45.0 indoor mile
May 1968: James Hartshorne (43 or 44) 4:41 mile
June 5, 1968: James Hartshorne (43 or 44) 4:43.2 mile
June 7, 1968: Pete Mundle (US) (40) 4:30.0
Jan 17, 1969: Senior Mile at Los Angeles Invitation: Indoor: P. Mundle 4:31.6
Feb. 22, 1969: Peter Mundle (US) (40) 4:26.3 indoor mile
June 7, 1969: Bill Fitzgerald (US) (44) 4:28.0 mile
May 12, 1972: Ray Hatton (US) (40) 4:26.0 mile
Jan 12, 1973: Frank Pflaging (US) (40) 4:24.4 indoor mile
June 2, 1973: Wilbur Williams (40) (US) 4:24.3 mile
For more see: Masters Mile (M40: WR & AR Record Progression): (Link)
Masters US Records M45 (at the end of 1972):
Jan 21, 1967: Jim Gorrell Sr (US) (45) (Apple Valley; Seniors Track Club) 4:53.3 indoor mile
June 2, 1967: Jim Gorrell Sr (US) (45) 4:49.1 mile
June 10, 1967: Jim Gorrell Sr (US) (45) 4:45.2 mile
Jan 19, 1968: Jim Gorrell Sr (46) 4:52.9 indoor Masters Mile
Feb 3, 1968: Jim Gorrell Sr (US) (46) 4:43.1 indoor mile
June 7, 1968: Jim Gorrell Sr (US) (46) 4:43.0
Mile M45: 4:29.5 Bill Fitzgerald (46) 4/23/1972 (Dec 1979 NMN)
Masters US Records M45 (at the end of 1972):
Mile M50: 4:56.8 Robert Dellwo (54) at Spokane, WA in 1972 (Track & Field News, II July 1974)
Masters US Records M50
Note: June 8, 1975 the Los Angeles Times reported that on June 7, 1975 (SCA meet): Bill Fitzgerald set a M50 World Record in the Mile at 4:37.1.
Masters US Records M70 (at the end of 1973):
Mile M70: 5:54.0 (71) Harold Chapson (71) in 1973 (Track & Field News, II July 1974)