Dr. Sander Scorcher – News – Myers Sets World U20 Mile Record At Dr. Sander Scorcher

MYERS SETS WORLD U20 MILE RECORD AT DR. SANDER SCORCHER
By Rich Sands, @thatrichsands.bsky.social
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NEW YORK (25-Jan) — Australian teenager Cameron Myers made the most of his first indoor track and field competition, winning the mile at the Dr. Sander Scorcher and breaking the World Athletics Under-20 indoor (short track) mark. The 18-year-old Myers, who represents Nike, clocked 3:53.12 to take nearly two seconds off the previous mark, 3:55.02, set by American German Fernandez in 2009. The race was part of a slate of professional events at this collegiate meet, held at the Nike Track & Field Center at the Armory in Upper Manhattan.

“It was pretty tough for me. I just didn’t get rolling in the middle laps, when I needed to be running 57s and 56s,” said Myers, who was targeting 3:50.00, the mile entry standard for the 1500 meters at this year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. “It’s pretty good for the first time running indoors and we’ll hopefully get that down by the time of Millrose in two weeks.”

Myers, who won the silver medal in the 1500 meters at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, first broke 4:00 for the mile as a 16-year-old in February 2023 and has an outdoor personal best of 3:50.15 from last year’s Prefontaine Classic. With the win here today he booked his spot in Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games (February 8 at the Armory), where he will take another crack at the Tokyo qualifying time. (The actual 1500 qualifying time is 3:33.00.)

“That should be a fast race,” he said of Millrose. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Yared [Nuguse of the U.S.] and Josh [Kerr of the U.K.] go at it and run 3:46 or even quicker. I’m just there to hang on and get a good sit for eight laps.”

Festus Lagat, a Kenyan who is part of the Under Armour Mission Run Dark Sky training group in Flagstaff, Arizona, closed well on the final lap, moving up from fifth to take the runner up spot in 3:53.45, just ahead of Great Britain’s Adam Fogg (3:53.49).

Katelyn Tuohy won the women’s pro/elite mile in 4:25.54, holding off Oregon’s Wilma Nielsen of Sweden who ran the #3 time ever for an NCAA athlete, 4:25.89. After the pacers stepped off the track, Tuohy dropped the pace, but Nielsen (a finalist in the NCAA indoor 800 the past two years) shadowed her over the final…