The Twitter world was buzzing last night after Matthew Maton became the 6th high schooler to break 4 minutes in the mile, finishing in 3:59.38, the third fastest in history. Several top professional and NCAA runners were quick to congratulate Maton on his stunning performance.

RACE RECAP

RESULTS

BEFORE SUB-4: MATTHEW MATON LOOKING TO MAKE HISTORY

Up early for @53riverbankrun, nice surprise to see @matthewmaton1 become the 6th high school sub 4 miler! Congrats Matt!

— Dathan Ritzenhein (@djritzenhein) May 9, 2015

@matthewmaton1 Congratulation on your first sub 4 minute mile. Welcome to our special little club.

— Alan Webb (@alan_webb1) May 9, 2015

.@matthewmaton1 Congrats on the #SUB4!! Super impressive & just scratching the surface! #superfast

— Matt Tegenkamp (@MattTegenkamp) May 9, 2015

So happy for @matthewmaton1 and his coach @parkerstinson!! What a run!! #Sub4

— Trevor Dunbar (@DunbarTrevor) May 9, 2015

Congrats on going sub 4 very impressive @matthewmaton1

— Lukas Verzbicas (@LukasVerzbicas) May 9, 2015

@matthewmaton1 you're blowing up my news feed! Haha congrats on the sub 4 mile man. Way to kill it.

— Cristian Soratos (@soratos_miler) May 9, 2015

Great day at #OregonTwilight. Came away with a PR and got to witness a little bit of history with @matthewmaton1

— Will Geoghegan (@GeoghegaNation) May 9, 2015