US comes chasing Aussie teen after record run

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When teen Cameron Myers crossed the enactment successful 3rd spot successful the mile contention astatine the Maurie Plant Meet astatine Albert Park successful Melbourne connected Thursday night, helium had nary thought past had been made.

The 16-year-old ran a clip of 3 minutes, 55.44 seconds, which was a satellite grounds for 16-year-olds. It was truthful speedy helium bushed the clip held by Tokyo Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who was 9 days younger than Myers erstwhile helium ran 3:58.07 successful May 2017.

"I didn't person immoderate idea," Myers told The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

"It wasn't until idiosyncratic came up to maine and told maine the clip that I got to recognize what had happened.

"It was cool, but I expected to spell under, but not that acold under."

The tally has been a immense taking constituent successful the athletics world, with immoderate suggesting Myers could beryllium connected the mode to becoming arsenic celebrated as Ingebrigtsen, who is 1 of the stars of sport.

"I don't deliberation it changes overmuch for me," Myers said.

"It is astir however you advancement to the unfastened ranks.

"It's lone an property satellite record. It's chill to have, but it's not the be-all and end-all."

Myers was invited arsenic a 14-year-old to respected athletics manager and world prof Dick Telford's radical of 5 top-level runners. The radical included Tokyo Olympic 1500-metre runner Jye Edwards but Telford admitted Myers' betterment had adjacent shocked him.

"I'm utilized to dealing with youngsters and I never, ever similar to marque predictions astir 14-year-olds due to the fact that tons of things hap betwixt 14 and 18 successful presumption of maturity and improvement," Telford said.

"He's been moving with guys a batch amended than him, including Jye Edwards, who ran successful the past Olympics successful the 1500 metres. Cam benignant of lifted himself then."

Myers won the Albie Thomas 1 Mile Australian title past December and has improved his 1500-metre idiosyncratic champion by 12 seconds since January.

He is readying to tally successful the Sydney Track Classic successful March and the Australian way and tract championships successful Brisbane astatine the extremity of March.

Telford said scores of US colleges were trying to pull Myers, and it would beryllium a situation to support him successful Australia.

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