Rob Denault Joins Sub 4:00 Club with 3:59.23 at Notre Dame

 Today at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame, Rob Denault became the 31st Villanova runner to break the 4:00 mile barrier. Having missed narrowly early this season (4:00.04 at Penn State), Denault today ran 3:59.39 to finish 3rd in his mile heat (4th overall) at the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame. Denault, who hails from Aurora, Ontario, is the 45th Canadian to break the 4:00 barrier, and is the fourth Villanovan from Canada to do so, joining Ken Lucks (1984), Stephen Howard (1997), and Ryan Hayden (2002).







Alex Wilson Mile

  1. Mudd, Austin         Wisconsin              3:58.59
  2. Fleet, Mac           Oregon                 3:58.90
  3. Denault, Robert      Villanova              3:59.39
  4. Hillenbrand, Matt    Kentucky               4:00.23
  5. McAlary, Josh        Michigan State         4:00.46
  6. Clarkson, Fabian     Oklahoma State         4:00.70
  7. Dahleen, Zach        Southern Illinois      4:01.41
  8. Noelle, Chad         Oregon                 4:01.98
  9. Hatz, Alex           Wisconsin              4:06.09
 10. Fallon, Chris        Ohio State             4:06.38
 11. Morris, Graham       Illinois               4:09.56

The Villanova Sub-Four Minute Milers

Ron Delany (1956: 3:59.0 -- 3:57.5) WRi
Dave Patrick (1967: 3:59.3 -- 3:56.8)
Marty Liquori (1967: 3:59.8 -- 3:52.2)
Pat Traynor (1968: 3:59.6)
Frank Murphy (1968: 3:58.6 -- 3:58.1)
Chris Mason (1970: 3:59.9)
John Hartnett (1973: 3:58.3 -- 3:54.7)
Dick Buerkle (1973: 3:58.0 -- 3:54.9) WRi
Eamonn Coghlan (1975: 3:56.2 -- 3:49.78) WRi
Sydney Maree (1976: 3:57.9 -- 3:48.83) WR 1500
Don Paige (1978: 3:58.10 -- 3:54.19)
Phil "Tiny" Kane (1978: 3:59.37 -- 3:55.77)
Amos Korir (1979: 3:59.3)
Mark Belger (1979: 3:58.4 -- 3:57.37)
Ross Donoghue (1979: 3:58.0 -- 3:55.26)
Marcus O'Sullivan (1983: 3:58:84 -- 3:50.94) WRi
Ken Lucks (1984: 3:58.96)
John Keyworth (1984: 3:59.43)
Gerry O'Reilly (1986: 3:54.63)
Sean O'Neill (1987: 3:58.42)
Ken Nason (1995: 3:58.91 -- 3:58.09)
Brad Sumner (1995: 3:59.11)
Stephen Howard (1997: 3:58.8)
Adrian Blincoe (2002: 3:58.19 -- 3:54.4)
Ryan Hayden (2002: 3:58.27)
Jason Jabaut (2006: 3:59.07 -- 3:57.26)
Bobby Curtis (2007: 3:57.20)
Mike Kerrigan (2007: 3:59:60)
Matt Gibney (2011: 3:58.12)
Sam McEntee (2012: 3:58.86)
Rob Denault (2013: 3:59.39)