McMurray runs Lee Valley stadium document of three:57.60 as world M50 and M60 information additionally fall
Three athletes broke 4 minutes headed by James McMurray’s stadium document 3:57.60 however that was arguably topped by three masters world information, Steve Smythe experiences.
Since turning 50, Kojo Kyereme has set a British 3000m document of 8:41.06 and right here he focused the M50 800m mark.
An earlier attempt within the South of England Championships failed after too quick a begin however right here he paced completely. He was simply inside 59 seconds at 400m and round 88 seconds at 600m. Utilizing the power that noticed him run a 2:21:28 marathon, he held on to run 1:58.80 to higher the world mark of 1:59.30 by American Mark Williams final 12 months.
M60 Rob McHarg has had some very close to misses at his finest occasion the 800m however right here he succeeded on the mile surviving a fast begin to run 4:50.22 to higher American Nolan Shaheed’s 4:50.95 from 2012.
That document had lasted 13 years however McHarg’s was solely to final lower than 10 minutes as within the very subsequent race world masters champion Andrew Ridley improved to 4:45.16.
Although Ridley had been having a number of damage issues of late, he completed strongly with nice help from McHarg nevertheless it was a pity the 2 weren’t drawn in the identical race.
Final 12 months Ridley gained the world masters out of doors 800m and 1500m titles with McHarg profitable medals in each and Ridley additionally bettered the out of doors M60 800m mark however was unable to get it ratified as a result of a photograph end failing however he did break the out of doors mile document with 4:41.81.
Kojo Kyereme has set a world M50 800m document of 1:58.80 at Lee Valley 👏
The British athlete is third for a lot of the closing lap right here ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/FLi2thgtkj
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There was additionally a British W40 mile document for Scot Laura Haggarty who ran 5:02.79 to interrupt Zoe Doyle’s document of 5:03.96.
There was a close to miss in one of many different mile races for W60 Clare Elms. Had she not been balked on the final lap she would have bettered the listed world mark of 5:30.73 however needed to be content material with 5:31.69.
A number of days earlier she had been on for bettering her personal world 1500m document when a fellow competitor fell closely in entrance of her and he or she damage her ankle hurdling him.
The lads’s elite mile was an thrilling race with Callum Elson exhibiting good kind in his first monitor race since his dangerous damage on the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
He led into the final lap and was forward on the ultimate bend however James McMurray edged previous to win in 3:57.60 to three:57.82 with Alex Mellon a detailed third in 3:58.42.
McMurray had gained the Leeds Abbey Sprint 10km over the winter in 29:00 and this was an outright mile PB.
Sarah Astin with Jorjia March (left) and Emily Lowery (proper) (Graham Smith)
The ladies’s elite mile lacked the boys’s depth however did function a runaway win for the 2023 English Nationwide cross-country champion Sarah Astin in a PB 4:42.84.
Jorjia March who gained the under-13 race when Astin gained the senior title at Bolesworth Fortress, was third in 4:52.33.
Within the BMC 800m races the choose of the senior performances was Grace Vans Agnew’s solo 2:02.81 which was an indoor PB.
In third place Holly Mills, the previous world indoor heptathlon fourth-placer, set an outright PB of two:07.79 to higher her earlier PB set in Gotzis in her PB rating of 6200 in 2022.
World under-20 finalist Charlotte Henrich set an indoor 400m PB of 53.94.
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