Karl Paranya (born June 27, 1975) was the first NCAA Division III track and field athlete to break 4 minutes for the mile.
[1] On February 6, 2000, at the Boston Indoor Games, Paranya, along with Joey Woody, Rich Kenah and David Krummenacker set a current Indoor World Record in the men's 4x800-meter relay, posting a time of 7:13.94.
This record cut nearly four seconds off the previous mark, held by the Soviet Union for nearly thirty years.
[2] He ran in the 1996 and 2000 United States Olympic Trials (track and field).
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