Karl Paranya (born June 27, 1975) was the first
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
athlete to break
4 minutes for the mile. He did this in the spring of 1997, running 3:57.6 on
Haverford College
Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...
's outdoor track.
Marcus O'Sullivan
Marcus O'Sullivan (born in Cork, Ireland on 22 December 1961) is an Irish retired middle-distance runner. He competed for Ireland at four Summer Olympics. After Steve Scott and John Walker, he is the third all-time by total of sub-4 minute m ...
, one of three men ever to run over 100 sub-4 minute miles, paced Paranya in this record breaking ru
See the race on youtube
Early life
Karl Paranya is from
Unadilla, New York.
Record for men's 4x800 relay
On February 6, 2000, at the Boston Indoor Games, Paranya, along with
Joey Woody,
Rich Kenah
Richard "Rich" Kenah (born August 4, 1970 in Montclair, New Jersey) is a former US middle-distance runner who won bronze medals over 800 metres at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and at the World Championships in Athens. After placing secon ...
and
David Krummenacker
David Krummenacker (born May 24, 1975) is a professional track athlete.
Background
Krummenacker was born in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Las Cruces High School in New Mexico in 1993 where he won several state track titles and also played ...
set a current Indoor World Record in the men's 4x800-meter relay, posting a time of 7:13.94. This record cut nearly four seconds off the previous mark, held by the Soviet Union for nearly thirty years. At the date this addendum was written, Paranya's best time in the mile was 3:54.83 posted on May 30, 1999, in Eugene Oregon, the 225th fastest mile in history.
Olympics
He ran in the 1996 and 2000
United States Olympic Trials (track and field).
[http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/special/usolytrials2000/results/men/1500.html Track and Field News]
References
1975 births
Living people
American male middle-distance runners
{{US-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub