Mile Sub-5 Club
The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance race which can be run on track or road.
The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field’s switch to metric distances in the 1900′s and retained its popularity, with the chase for the sub 4-minute mile in the 1950′s a high point for the distance.
Although the Mile race is roughly the equivalent of the 1500 metres race, it remains the only imperial distance for which the IAAF records an official world record.
The mile does not feature at any major championship competition, the foremost annual middle-distance races include the Wanamaker Mile, NYRR 5th Avenue Mile, Dream Mile and Bowerman Mile.
The following table shows all known club athletes (first or second claim) that have achieved a sub-5 minute Mile time.
| Athlete Name | Time | Race | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Davidson | 4:06.91 | Monument Mile Classic 6 | Stirling, SCO | 26 Aug 2023 |
| Angus Smith | 4:11.97 | Monument Mile Classic 6 | Stirling, SCO | 26 Aug 2023 |
| Luke Davidson | 4:12.90 | Monument Mile Classic 5 | Stirling, SCO | 20 May 2022 |
| Luke Davidson | 4:12.96 | Monument Mile Classic 4 | Stirling, SCO | 21 May 2021 |
| Simon MacIntyre | 4:16.34 | BMC Grand Prix | Glasgow, SCO | 21 Aug 1999 |
| Sean Chalmers | 4:16.58 | Southland Indoor Championships | Birmingham, AL, USA | 27 Feb 2014 |
| Luke Davidson | 4:18.19 | Monument Mile Classic 3 | Stirling, SCO | 18 Sep 2020 |
| Sean Chalmers | 4:19.00 | Southland Indoor Championships | Birmingham, AL, USA | 26 Feb 2014 |
| Sean Chalmers | 4:19.32 | Southern Miss Cupid Classic | Birmingham, AL, USA | 14 Feb 2014 |
| Finlay Murray * | 4:20 | Kirkcaldy Promenade Mile | Kirkcaldy, SCO | 21 Jun 2019 |
| Sean Chalmers | 4:20.04 | Howie Ryan Invitational | Houston, TX, USA | 01 Feb 2014 |
| Finlay Murray * | 4:21.67 | McNeese State #2 | Lake Charles, LA, USA | 26 Jan 2018 |
| Sean Chalmers | 4:23.59 | Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational | College Station, TX, USA | 17 Jan 2014 |
| Craig Campbell | 4:24.43 | Monument Mile Classic 4 | Stirling, SCO | 21 May 2021 |
| Finlay Murray * | 4:24.63 | McNeese State College #1 | Lake Charles, LA, USA | 12 Jan 2018 |
| Liam Barnsby * | 4:26.94 | Northwest Open | Maryville, MO, USA | 19 Jan 2019 |
| Craig Campbell | 4:28.24 | Monument Mile Classic 3 | Stirling, SCO | 18 Sep 2020 |
| Angus Smith | 4:28.52 | Monument Mile Classic 4 | Stirling, SCO | 21 May 2021 |
| Liam Barnsby * | 4:30.25 | Bearcat Open | Maryville, MO, USA | 08 Feb 2020 |
| Angus Smith | 4:30.40 | Monument Mile Classic 5 | Stirling, SCO | 20 May 2022 |
| Alan Murchison | 4:32 | Newtonmore Mile | Newtonmore, SCO | 23 May 1993 |
| Stephen Mackay | 4:34 | Union Street Mile | Aberdeen, SCO | 09 Jun 2012 |
| Liam Barnsby * | 4:35.88 | Northwest Open | Maryville, MO, USA | 25 Jan 2020 |
| Finlay Murray * | 4:36.22 | McNeese State #1 invite | Lake Charles, LA, USA | 13 Jan 2017 |
| Liam Barnsby * | 4:38.21 | Jayhawk Classic | Lawrence, KS, USA | 25 Jan 2018 |
| Liam Barnsby * | 4:40.26 | Inverness Harriers Open Meeting | Inverness, SCO | 13 Sep 2015 |
| Liam Barnsby * | 4:45.53 | Heart of America Track & Field Conference | Crete, NE, USA | 09 Feb 2018 |
| Liam Barnsby * | 4:46.51 | Scott Nisely Memorial | Further, NE, USA | 13 Jan 2018 |
| Dean Kane | 4:49 | Markinch Miracle Mile | Markinch, SCO | 06 May 2014 |
| Euan Rollo | 4:50.59 | Monument Mile Classic 3 | Stirling, SCO | 18 Sep 2020 |
| Dean Kane | 4:53 | Cardiff Half Marathon Festival of Running Miles | Cardiff, WAL | 01 Oct 2016 |
| Charles Forbes | 4:54 | Newtonmore Mile | Newtonmore, SCO | 23 May 1993 |
| Dean Kane | 4:54 | Union Street Mile | Aberdeen, SCO | 26 Aug 2017 |
| Mhairi MacLennan | 4:54.23 | Monument Mile Classic | Stirling, SCO | 13 Jun 2018 |
| Duncan MacDonald | 4:55.53 | Monument Mile Classic | Stirling, SCO | 18 Sep 2020 |
| Charles Bannerman | 4:56 | Newtonmore Mile | Newtonmore, SCO | 23 May 1993 |
| Jenny Bannerman | 4:56 | Union Street Mile | Aberdeen, SCO | 24 Aug 2019 |