Alan Webb (born January 13, 1983, in Ann Arbor,
Michigan) is an American track athlete. He holds the
American record in the mile, with a time of 3:46.91.
He competes professionally for Nike, and is coached
by Scott Raczko.
Webb attended South Lakes High School in Reston,
Virginia. In 1999, he broke Jim Ryun's 4:07.8 high
school record for sophomore's mile run by running
4:06.94. At the New Balance Games in January of
2001, Webb's mile time of 3:59.86 at New York City’s
Armory made him the first American high schooler
ever to run a sub-four minute mile indoors. Webb's
time broke the previous American indoor high school
record of Thom Hunt — a 4:02.7 — as well as Hunt's
indoor HS AR in the 1,500 meters (3:46.6) as Webb
came through the 1,500 mark in 3:43.27. Just four
months later, on May 27, 2001 at the Prefontaine
Classic, Webb ran a mile in 3:53.43 to shatter
Ryun's 36-year-old national high school record of
3:55.3. En route Webb passed the 1,500 mark in
3:38.26 to take down Ryun's 37-year-old high school
AR of 3:39.0 set in 1964.
He followed up his run at Prefontaine by winning the
Virginia State High School 800 meter title in
1:47.74 to become the fourth-fastest high schooler
ever at that distance.
