On the 2023 Australian Monitor and Area Championships in Brisbane on the weekend, 16-year-old working phenom Cameron Myers continued his record-setting season with a second-place end within the senior males’s 1,500m last in 3:38.02, beating Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s U16 world file of three:39.92 by practically two seconds.
Myers, who remains to be in highschool, grew to become the second-youngest Australian to achieve a podium on the nationwide observe championships, successful silver and reducing his Australian U18 file. Myers had a share of the lead alongside Matthew Ramsden into the ultimate 100m, however was overtaken by Callum Davies in a race to the road, successful in 3:37.92. (Davies is seven years older than Myers.)
There have been a couple of East African athletes who’ve run sooner than 3:38 for 1,500m at 16, however their ages should not verifiable.
That is the second time this season that the younger Australian has made headlines. In January, Myers grew to become the second-youngest individual to break the four-minute mile barrier, at 16 years and 259 days, setting a brand new U16 world file of three:55.44. The one different athlete youthful than Myers to go sub-four was the Olympic champion, Ingebrigtsen.
His record-setting 1,500m time is barely three and a half seconds off the 2023 World Championship customary of three:34.20.
On this 2023 observe season, Myers has achieved private bests within the 1,500m, mile and three,000m. He’s in his last yr of highschool at Lake Ginnindera School in Canberra, coaching with Australian distance coach Dick Telford. In response to the Sydney Morning Herald, Myers doesn’t exceed coaching volumes of 80 kilometres per week and has a plan applicable for an athlete of his age.
You possibly can watch the complete video of the Australian 1,500m race right here.
