Craig Engels Runs Fastest Mile By North Carolinian

Craig Engels ran 3:51.60 tonight at the Prefontaine Classic in Palo Alto, California.  He would place 5th in the event and finish as the top American athlete in a stacked field.

Results courtesy of Flash Results

Place		Athlete		Affiliation	Time
1		Timothy CHERUIYOT	20 Nov 1995	Kenya	3:50.49
2		Ayanleh SOULEIMAN	3 Dec 1992	Djibouti	3:51.22
3		Filip INGEBRIGTSEN	20 Apr 1993	Norway	3:51.28
4		Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN	19 Sep 2000	Norway	3:51.30
5		Craig ENGELS	1 May 1994	United States	3:51.60
6		Matthew CENTROWITZ	18 Oct 1989	United States	3:52.26
7		Ben BLANKENSHIP	15 Dec 1988	United States	3:52.51
8		Samuel TEFERA	23 Oct 1999	Ethiopia	3:53.50
9		Bethwell BIRGEN	6 Aug 1988	Kenya	3:54.32
10		Clayton MURPHY	26 Feb 1995	United States	3:54.37
11		John GREGOREK	7 Dec 1991	United States	3:54.50
12		Elijah Motonei MANANGOI	5 Jan 1993	Kenya	3:57.48
13		Yomif KEJELCHA	1 Aug 1997	Ethiopia	3:58.24
14		Nick WILLIS	25 Apr 1983	New Zealand	3:59.55

The results will be a big personal best for the Reagan High School and Nike Oregon Project star improving from his 3:55.12 from 2018 at Sir Walter Miler.

It will also move him from 2nd to 1st on the North Carolina All-Time list in the Mile.  On the list below are the 11 sub-4 Milers from North Carolina high school graduates as well as their high school and high school PR.

*an 'x' next to their High School PR indicates 1600m time, an 'i' indicates it was indoors

Engels was a graduate of Reagan High School in 2012, Ole Miss in 2017 and now competes for the Nike Oregon Project Professionally.

Engels will have a great shot at qualifying for the US Team in the 1500m in July at the USATF Outdoor Championships where top 3 advances to Worlds.  Engels has the qualifying standard out of the way.

Engels has also earned a spot on the US Team for the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.  He was the Pan Am Junior 1500m Champion in 2013.