Ryun to Run in Central Park Race

NEW YORK — Jim Ryun, the former world record-holder in the mile, will compete in the inaugural 2-mile Mini-Trevira April 25 in New York’s Central Park, race officials have announced.

Ryun, who will turn 40 four days after the race, must select a female partner for the event. Last year, he ran in the 10-mile Trevira Twosome with Jan Merrill, but Ryun dropped out after four miles because of a strained left alf muscle.

The winner of the Mini-Trevira will be determined by the low aggregate time clocked by the partners.

Ryun was track’s premier miler for nearly a decade. In 1967, while at the University of Kansas, he set a world record in the mile, 3:51.1, a mark that stood until 1975.

In 1968, Ryun won a silver medal in the 1,500 meters at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City.