Australian teenager Cameron Myers sliced nearly two seconds off the world indoor under-20 mile file with 3:53.12 on the Dr Sander Invitational in New York on Saturday (Jan 25).
In his first-ever indoor race, the 18-year-old held off Festus Lagat of Kenya and Adam Fogg of Britain to win. The US-based Fogg additionally impressed with 3:53.49, though in coming weeks he will likely be hoping to get nearer to his PB of three:49.62 which was set final yr.
Myers’ time improved the three:55.02 world under-20 file of German Fernandez which was set by the American in 2009.
“It’s good to return out right here and get it (the world under-20 indoor file), however the aim was to run a bit sooner so in actuality I’m not too proud of that,” mentioned Myers. “So I’ve bought to learn to get out a bit tougher.”
Myers earned his first world age group file when he ran 3:33.26 within the 1500m in Poland in 2023.
Within the ladies’s mile on the Dr Sander Invitational, Katelyn Tuohy received in 4:25.54 from Sweden’s Wilma Nielsen.
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