Australian excels in first indoor race of his career by taking two seconds off the world junior mark in New York

Australian teenager Cameron Myers sliced almost two seconds off the world indoor under-20 mile record with 3:53.12 at 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 also impressed with 3:53.49, although in coming weeks he will be hoping to get closer to his PB of 3:49.62 which was set last year.

Myers' time improved the 3:55.02 world under-20 record of German Fernandez which was set by the American in 2009.

"It's good to come out here and get it (the world under-20 indoor record), but the goal was to run a bit faster so in reality I'm not too happy with that," said Myers. "So I've got to learn how to get out a bit harder."

Myers earned his first world age group record when he ran 3:33.26 in the 1500m in Poland in 2023.

In the women's mile at the Dr Sander Invitational, Katelyn Tuohy won in 4:25.54 from Sweden’s Wilma Nielsen.

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