MYERS SETS WORLD U20 MILE RECORD AT DR. SANDER SCORCHER
By Wealthy Sands, @thatrichsands.bsky.social
(c) 2025 Race Outcomes Weekly, all rights reserved, used with permission.
NOTE: A center and lengthy distance outcomes abstract is on the backside of the story –Ed.
NEW YORK (25-Jan) — Australian teenager Cameron Myers made probably the most of his first indoor observe and subject competitors, profitable the mile on the Dr. Sander Scorcher and breaking the World Athletics Underneath-20 indoor (brief observe) mark. The 18-year-old Myers, who represents Nike, clocked 3:53.12 to take almost two seconds off the earlier mark, 3:55.02, set by American German Fernandez in 2009. The race was a part of a slate {of professional} occasions at this collegiate meet, held on the Nike Monitor & Subject Middle on the Armory in Higher Manhattan.
“It was fairly powerful for me. I simply didn’t get rolling within the center laps, after I wanted to be operating 57s and 56s,” mentioned Myers, who was concentrating on 3:50.00, the mile entry commonplace for the 1500 meters at this yr’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. “It’s fairly good for the primary time operating indoors and we’ll hopefully get that down by the point of Millrose in two weeks.”
Myers, who received the silver medal within the 1500 meters on the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, first broke 4:00 for the mile as a 16-year-old in February 2023 and has an outside private finest of three:50.15 from final yr’s Prefontaine Traditional. With the win right here right this moment he booked his spot in Wanamaker Mile on the Millrose Video games (February 8 on the Armory), the place he’ll take one other crack on the Tokyo qualifying time. (The precise 1500 qualifying time is 3:33.00.)
“That must be a quick race,” he mentioned of Millrose. “I wouldn’t be shocked if Yared [Nuguse of the U.S.] and Josh [Kerr of the U.K.] go at it and run 3:46 and even faster. I’m simply there to hold on and get a great sit for eight laps.”
Festus Lagat, a Kenyan who’s a part of the Underneath Armour Mission Run Darkish Sky coaching group in Flagstaff, Arizona, closed nicely on the ultimate lap, shifting up from fifth to take the runner up spot in 3:53.45, simply forward of Nice Britain’s Adam Fogg (3:53.49).
Katelyn Tuohy received the ladies’s professional/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 observe, Tuohy dropped the tempo, however Nielsen (a finalist within the NCAA indoor 800 the previous two years) shadowed her over the ultimate 4 laps. “I positively felt her on my shoulder,” mentioned Tuohy, a former New York State highschool star who has been racing on the Armory since age 12. “I took a glance up on the display screen and noticed she was nonetheless there, so I used to be like, we’ve received some work to do. I knew she had some wheels.”
After a embellished collegiate profession at N.C. State, the place she received NCAA titles in cross nation and indoor and out of doors observe, Tuohy is slowly constructing her skilled resume. “[Last year] was a yr of progress for me, coming off a little bit little bit of an damage cycle, one thing I’d by no means handled to that extent earlier than,” she mentioned. “Undoubtedly realized quite a bit about myself and managing my feelings and studying what it takes to beat adversity.”
Kenyan Jonah Koech (1:47.56) received the boys’s 800 simply, whereas American Nia Akins, the 2024 USA Olympic Trials 800m champion, took the ladies’s race in 2:01.03.
Akins discovered herself unexpectedly within the lead as soon as the pacer dropped out at midway and held off Olivia Baker (2:01.23) and McKenna Keegan (2:01.69) on the final lap. “I don’t usually run within the entrance, so I scared myself a little bit with that,” she mentioned with fun. “However I used to be like, I’m simply gonna look straight forward and give attention to ending one of the best I can.”
After profitable the U.S. Olympic Trials final yr, Akins struggled within the second half of the season, and finally parted methods with the Seattle-based Brooks Beasts Monitor Membership. A College of Pennsylvania graduate, she has since moved again to Philadelphia, the place she is coaching with 2022 world indoor champion Ajee’ Wilson below coach Derek Thompson.
“I simply wish to have enjoyable,” mentioned Akins, who teased a brand new skilled sponsorship announcement can be coming within the subsequent few weeks. “The instances and the locations will deal with themselves.” She continued: “I’m attempting to take away the strain of feeling like I’ve to select up the place I left off, or I’ve to be higher. It’s actually nearly having enjoyable, and I feel I overpassed that. I feel as soon as that occurs I feel we’re going to fly.”
The Dr. Sander Scorcher is a World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze Label occasion
High Outcomes:
WOMEN –
800m Professional/Elite (25):
1. Nia Akins, Unattached, 2:01.03 MR
2. Olivia Baker, Atlanta TC, 2:01.23
3. McKenna Keegan, Nike, 2:01.69
4. Emily Richards, Atalanta NYC, 2:02.98
5. Michaela Meyer, Nike, 2:03.08
6. Rachel Gering, Atlanta TC, 2:03.94
7. Brooke Feldmeier, Nike, 2:04.81
800m Invitational (24):
1. Cindy Bourdier, Central Park Monitor Membership, 2:04.87
2. Sarah Jane Underwood, Central Park Monitor Membership, 2:05.55
3. Lucy Henkel, Columbia, 2:05.62
4. Hannah Riggins, Princeton, 2:05.71
…
1000m Excessive College Invitational (25):
1. Sophia McInnes, Bayport-NY, 2:45.61
2. Malina Santee, Chappaqua-NY, 2:48.34
3. Blair Bartlett, Princeton-NJ, 2:48.81
4. Zaria Corridor, East Meadow-NY, 2:49.00
5. Anna Bockius, Wilmington-DE, 2:49.30
6. Maggie McCormick, Bay Shore-NY, 2:49.85
7. Ava Pennachio, Eastchester-NY, 2:49.98
…
Mile Professional/Elite (25):
1. Katelyn Tuohy, adidas, 4:25.54
2. Wilma Nielsen (SWE), Oregon, 4:25.89 PB/NCAA chief/#3 NCAA all-time
3. Sam Bush, Unattached, 4:30.42
4. Laurie Barton, Atlanta TC, 4:30.60
5. Elly Henes, adidas, 4:31.15
6. Mena Scatchard (GBR), Princeton, 4:32.95
7. Hannah Segrave (GBR), Atlanta TC, 4:33.01
8. Yolanda Ngarambe (SWE), Atlanta TC, 4:33.04
9. Margot Appleton, Virginia, 4:33.34
10. Kate Present (CAN), Unattached, 4:34.52
11. Gracie Hyde, Puma Elite, 4:36.97
12. Gabrielle Wilkinson, Atlanta TC, 4:37.29
13. Melissa Tanaka, Unattached, 4:40.59
14. Ellie Leather-based (GBR), Underneath Armour, 4:41.64
Rachel Gering, Atlanta TC, DNF/tempo
Brooke Feldmeier, Nike, DNF/tempo
Mile Invitational (25):
1. Rory Clare, Columbia, 4:39.39
2. Alana Levy, Unattached, 4:42.98
3. Mya Bunke, Wisconsin, 4:42.99
4. Kate Seary, Central Park Monitor Membership, 4:43.47
5. Sophie Cantine, EMPIRE ELITE TC, 4:44.26
…
3000m Invitational (24):
1. Madison Offstein, Central Park Monitor Membership, 9:16.43
2. Gwenno Goode (GBR), La Salle, 9:18.98
3. Shea Ruhly, Wisconsin, 9:19.68
4. Grace Moore, Unattached, 9:19.98
…
5000m Invitational (25):
1. Rose Coats, Maryland, 15:54.62 MR
2. Kidan Kidane, Central Park Monitor Membership, 16:04.05
3. Hannah Snayd, Unattached, 16:18.92
4. Lucca Fulkerson, Princeton, 16:21.85
5. Anna McNatt, Princeton, 16:33.03
…
MEN –
800m Professional/Elite (25):
1. Jonah Koech (KEN), UA Mission Run Baltimore 800, 1:47.56
2. Alex Amankwah (GHA), UA Mission Run Baltimore 800, 1:49.17
3. Luciano Fiore, Atlanta TC, 1:49.40
4. Navasky Anderson (JAM), UA Mission Run Baltimore 800, 1:49.74
5. Mouad Zahafi (MAR), Unattached, 1:49.75
6. Shane Streich, Atlanta TC, 1:50.24
7. Edose Ibadin (NGR), UA Mission Run Baltimore 800, 1:50.33
8. Hazem Miawad (EGY), EMPIRE ELITE TC, 1:50.77
9. Russell Dinkins, Unattached, 1:52.69
800m Invitational (24):
1. Jacob Van Orden, Columbia, 1:49.59
…
1000m Excessive College Invitational (25):
1. Trent Daniels, Gainesville-VA, 2:26.88
2. Claudel Chery, Theills-NY, 2:28.18
3. Henry Birge, Bristow-VA, 2:29.02
4. Benjamin Pizarro, Wilmington-DE, 2:29.26
5. Owen Blaisdell, Saratoga-NY, 2:29.59
…
Mile Professional/Elite (25):
1. Cameron Myers (AUS), Nike, 3:53.12 MR/WR U20*
2. Festus Lagat (KEN), UA Mission Run Darkish Sky, 3:53.45
3. Adam Fogg (GBR), UA Mission Run Baltimore Distance, 3:53.49
4. Amon Kemboi (KEN), Puma Elite, 3:54.96
5. Eric Holt, Puma, 3:55.38
6. Justine Kipkoech (KEN), Jap Kentucky, 3:57.57
7. Alexandre Selles (FRA), Unattached, 3:57.85
8. Adam Spencer (AUS), Wisconsin, 3:58.04
9. John Reniewicki, UA Mission Run Baltimore Distance, 3:58.40
10. Ben Allen, EMPIRE ELITE TC, 3:58.94
11. Damien Dilcher, UA Mission Run Baltimore Distance, 4:01.22
12. Luke Houser, Atlanta TC, 4:03.11
13. Sean Dolan, Atlanta TC, 4:07.82
Alex Amankwah (GHA), UA Mission Run Baltimore 800, DNF/tempo
*World Athletics brief observe U20 file; earlier 3:55.02, German Fernandez (USA), School Station, 28-Feb-2009
Mile Invitational (25):
1. Taha Er Raouy (MAR), Jap Kentucky, 3:59.93
2. Nick Dahl, EMPIRE ELITE TC, 4:00.46
3. Jan Badia (ESP), Jap Kentucky, 4:01.53
…
3000m Invitational (24):
1. Abraham Longosiwa (KEN), Hofstra, 7:58.92
2. Matt Rankin, Iona, 8:04.00
…
5000m Invitational (25):
1. Tadhg Donnelly (IRL), Iona, 13:52.34 MR
2. Gavin White, Columbia, 14:08.62
3. Edward Blaha, Columbia, 14:09.53
4. Scott Fagan (IRL), Iona, 14:12.68
5. Anthony Gargani, Saint Joseph’s, 14:23.89
…
ENDS
