The long-distance runner goes fourth on the UK half-marathon all-time listing after his fifth place end in Texas
Patrick Dever has kicked off his 2025 marketing campaign with an excellent run of 60:11 on the Houston Half Marathon (January 19).
The Brit, who represented Nice Britain within the 5000m on the Paris Olympics, positioned fifth in a record-breaking race over 13.1 miles in Texas.
Dever has now catapulted himself to fourth on the UK half-marathon all-time listing – solely Mo Farah (59:31), Callum Hawkins (60:00) and Emile Cairess (60:01) have gone faster.
This was solely Dever’s second ever half-marathon – he clocked 63:02 in his debut on the 2023 Philadelphia Distance Run – and he was additionally the highest European within the area in Houston.
The 28-year-old has a wealthy background on the observe and over cross-country, representing Nice Britain at a number of main international championships.
Finally 12 months’s Olympics, Dever ran within the 5000m and completed thirteenth in his warmth within the French capital.
Patrick Dever leads Jack Rowe (David Hicks)
His private greatest over 5000m stands at 13:04.05 – set ultimately 12 months’s Boston College DMR Problem – which noticed Dever rise to sixth on the UK all-time listing.
Dever, who ran a better of 27:08.81 within the 10,000m final March, is the second quickest Brit in historical past over 25 laps – solely Mo Farah has gone sooner.
Throughout an unique interview with AW final April, Dever described himself as a little bit of a “nerd” and would examine the lap splits of 10,000m athletes akin to Farah.
Dever has additionally competed at a myriad of European Cross Nation Championships, with a highest end of fifth on the 2018 version in Tilburg.
A prodigy within the NCAA system, Dever represented Tulsa and his biggest victory at collegiate degree got here on the 2021 NCAA Outside Championships, beating Conner Mantz within the 10,000m at Hayward Discipline.
Remarkably, the 2 had been each in the identical area at this weekend’s Houston Half Marathon, with Mantz setting a US document over 13.1 miles of 59:17.
A have a look at that photograph end within the Houston Half 📷
Addisu Gobena 🇪🇹 and Conner Mantz each dig deep on the line for the win, nevertheless it’s Gobena who will get credited with the title. Each males clock 59:17.#HoustonHalf
📸: Max McNerney pic.twitter.com/ltrwbUH5aZ
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) January 19, 2025
In an all-time basic end on the Texas occasion, Mantz simply missed out on the victory – Ethiopia’s Addisu Gobena additionally clocked 59:17 and was given the win – however did obliterate Ryan Corridor’s nationwide mark of 59:43 from 2007.
Within the girls’s area, Ethiopia’s Senayet Getachew clocked 66:05 and edged out Weini Kelati by simply 4 seconds.
Kelati, who ran 66:25 ultimately 12 months’s Houston Half Marathon, additionally broke her personal US document in Texas.
Jessica Warner-Judd, who simply final week clocked 31:50 on the Valencia 10km, positioned eleventh in Houston with 69:07.
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