Leo Daschbach becomes second straight UW incoming frosh to enter school with a sub-4 minute mile...
In what was called the "Quarantine Clasico", Daschbach and several other nationally prominent high school standouts assembled with the intent of trying to break 4 minutes in the mile.
Pacesetter Evan Heckle took the field of nine runners through the first quarter mile in about 59 seconds, and continued on to the half mile in just a shade under 2:02.
Daschbach was in about third or fourth as they moved down the backstretch.
As they approached the 600 meter mark, Daschbach, who ran a time trial 800 meters under 1:50 at home in Arizona a few weeks ago, began asserting himself. When the field came down the home straight for the penultimate time, he swung slightly to the outside to give himself some space, as Stanford commit Thomas Boyden from Utah's Skyline HS went to the front, with fellow Stanford commit Cole Sprout of Colorado's Valor Christian HS just behind.
With about 250 meters to go, Daschbach put on a burst and quickly opened a 10-meter lead on the duo, breaking the tape in 3:59.54, with Sprout second at 4:02.42, and Boyden third in 4:04.50.
For the last 800 meters, Daschbach ran 1:56.52, closing the deal with a 56.81 last 400.
Daschbach became the 11th American high schooler to break 4 minutes in the mile, and is now the ninth fastest high schooler in US history. In the process, he bumped out 1968 Olympian Marty Liquori's 3:59.8 set in 1967 from the all-time top-10 high school list
He becomes the second straight incoming University of Washington freshman to enter school with a sub-4 minute mile, joining Sam Tanner, who ran a 3:58.41 in his final year of high school in New Zealand in March 2019.
You can watch Daschbach's historic run here via media partner Flotrack.
Complete results of the Quarantine Clasico are available here.
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