Karl Paranya

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Karl Paranya (born 27 June 1975) was the first NCAA Division III athlete to break 4 minutes for the mile. He did this in the spring of 1997, running 3:57.6 on Haverford College's outdoor track. Marcus O'Sullivan, one of three men ever to run over 100 sub-4 minute miles, paced Paranya in this record breaking run.

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On February 06, 2000, at the Boston Indoor Games, Paranya, along with Joey Woody, Rich Kenah and David Krummenacker set a current World Record, posting a time of 7:13.94 in the mens 4x800-meter relay. This record cut nearly four seconds off the previous mark held by the Soviet Union for nearly thirty years. At the date this addendum was written, Paranya's best time in the mile was 3:54.83 posted on May 30, 1999 in Eugene Oregon, the 225th fastest mile in history.

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