![Could be World Record-- Jim Ryun, the Kansas sophomore who holds the world record in the mile, closes out the university distance medley relay event at the 58th annual Drake Relays today with a team time of 9 minutes 33.8 seconds. The recognized world record is 9:3[4?] set by UCLA in 1965, and that also is the American and national record. Ryun, observing his 20th birthday, did the anchor mile in 3:55.6. It was the second day in a row that Ryun bettered 4 minutes in the mile. His time yesterday in the four-mile relay was 3:59.1. His world record mile time is 3:51.3.](https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/images/commonwealth:vq282z83h/image_access_800.jpg)
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Could be World Record-- Jim Ryun, the Kansas sophomore who holds the world record in the mile, closes out the university distance medley relay event at the 58th annual Drake Relays today with a team time of 9 minutes 33.8 seconds. The recognized world record is 9:3[4?] set by UCLA in 1965, and that also is the American and national record. Ryun, observing his 20th birthday, did the anchor mile in 3:55.6. It was the second day in a row that Ryun bettered 4 minutes in the mile. His time yesterday in the four-mile relay was 3:59.1. His world record mile time is 3:51.3.
Associated Press · [ca. April 1967]
[Information from item housing] Ryun, Jim- Runner
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