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State Mile Guide: #49 Alaska

July 22, 2014

Date of Statehood: January 3, 1959
Capital: Juneau
Motto: North to the Future

Alaska is one of only a handful of states in which no native athlete has broken the 4 minute Mile barrier on its soil. Trevor Dunbar became the first Alaskan to break four, breaking the beam in 3:59.06 in Portland, OR on July 15, 2013. On Friday, September 13, 2013, Jack Bolas clocked the first sub-4 minute Mile on Alaskan soil with his 3:58.3 indoors at the Alaska Dome in Anchorage. On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 also in Anchorage, Kyle Merber recorded the first outdoor sub-4 in Alaska, and three days later, 2016 Rio Olympian Ben Blankenship ran the fastest Mile in Alaska, 3:57.85 in Kodiak.

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Trevor Dunbar competing for Team USA at the IAAF World Junior Championships.

STATE RECORDS

Alaskan Soil
Male: Ben Blankenship, 3:57.85, 2017
Female: Need - email us

Alaskan
Male: Trevor Dunbar, 3:55.54, 2017
Female: Allie Ostrander, 4:35.79i, 2019
i = indoors

BOYS: 
Mile: Trevor Dunbar, 4:06.65, Kodiak HS, 2009
1600m: Trevor Dunbar, 4:10.78, Kodiak HS, 2009

GIRLS:
Mile: Kristina Smith, 4:52.20, West HS, 2002; Betsy Haines, 4:55.3, West HS, 1977
1600m: Allie Ostrander, 4:48.31, Kenai HS, 2015

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Tags: trevor dunbar (12) , state guide (13) , kyle merber (43) , kristina smith (1) , jack bolas (31) , betsy haines (1) , ben blankenship (72) , allie ostrander (2) , alaska (1)

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