ACA Mile Night | Sam Ruthe Runs Sub-4-Minute-Mile

15-year-old Sam Ruthe will line up to chase the esteemed sub 4 minute mile on the 19th of March 2025 at the ACA Mile Night. Held at Go Media Stadium (Mt Smart Stadium) Arena 2 in Auckland, New Zealand, the young gun will be paced by two-time Olympian Sam Tanner.

Schedule (Subject to change)
Woman's Mile: 8:00 PM
Men's Mile: 8:15 PM

Thank you to Auckland City Athletics Club for organising this meet.
This stream was brought to you by Athletics New Zealand.

[rustysworldofentertainment]

15 years old. Kiwis rock the mile. 3 Olympic 1500 golds, same 3 world record holders over the mile, first man to run 100 sub 4s, and now the youngest ever. Well done Sam. Just bloody well done.

[HughHo]

Really good commentary from both in the booth!

[tonys]

Awesome milestone for a 15 year old. And great run Tanner, did all the work gave him the slipstream and ran wide at times and still won. 2 great runners.

[HowlingFantods]

What great comradery! Ruthe is lucky to have such a mentor as Tanner. An amazing accomplishment and hopefully Ruthe will see great success in his running career.

[maxgrey]

Thank you Sam Tanner for helping him along! Good skills!

[judeobrian]

Sam tanner awesome man. Setting up the young guys. Top

[CarlFredrik-uocu]

Progression of the world record in the boy's 15 mile:
4:08.8 Jim Arriola (USA) 1974
4:07.05 Cameron Myers (AUS) 2022
4:05.77 Corey Campbell (GBR) 2022
4:05.48 Evan Grime (GBR) 2024
4:01.72 Sam Ruthe (NZL) 2025
3:58.35 Sam Ruthe (NZL) 2025

[perfectstorm]

Well Done young man! Following in a great New Zealand tradition of middle distance runners! All the very best for the future!

[joyenergytarot]

Great run 💪🔥✅👏 awesome pacemaking too. Lots of PBs tonight at this meet. Sam's little sister ran 5:08 for the mile, aged 13😮❤❤

[FattyLumpkinz]

Super impressive for Sam (both Sams and Ben!) but I was happily surprised to see an old college teammate and friend still turning out AMAZING miles. In his mid-50s! Wim still sporting that bandana helped me spot him. Also, spooky that he decided not to age in the slightest. Great work, Wim.

[mikejohson]

The young man has a really good long cadence and smooth upright form. Plus is tall. A great prospect!! Good luck to him in the future!!!

[m.l.b.]

Not gonna lie, seeing Sam the Elder shouting Sam the Younger home was bloody awesome.

[shaunjordan]

Very exciting times for New Zealand in the mile/1500m, sub 4 minutes for the mile by Sam Ruthe is super impressive, clearly a special talent, please look after him. 🇬🇧

[chayvui]

WELL DONE. A big milestone for a 15yo boy. Keep going!

[dylanrexbaker]

Damn that was cool. Team spirit. Kiwi spirit well done 👏🏽

[swites]

Amazing achievement! Yes the most important thing for Sam is holding him back so he doesn't do too much too soon. Lets not forget he's only 15 with young bones and soft tissue.

[kimberlyjones]

Well done, Sam Ruthe! Absolutely awesome performance!

[AllInTheGame]

3.58.35 - Congratulations to the 15yr old 👏 who was busy being conceived when Bolt won his OLY Golds in Beijing '08 :)

[mambaman]

But don’t forget the great Peter Snell who was NZ athlete of the last century.

[Hamsterman]

Holy shit Sam is insane! What a performance