Leo Daschbach left it all on the track including the chicken, rice and spinach from dinner as he sprawled out and puked at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hill, Calif. On May 23, the senior from Highland High School (Gilbert, Ariz.) ran 3:59.54 to become just the 11th U.S. high school runner to break the four-minute-mile barrier in an even rarer setting at the moment—an outdoor track race aptly called the Quarantine Clasico.
There was no crescendo from hundreds of fans down the final stretch. With just parents in the stands and a few people who learned of the race’s secret location, Daschbach kicked his way into history.