Tue. Nov 5th, 2024
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It was a night for the young and fearless as 17-year-old Cameron Myers claimed his first national senior title, extending his irrepressible run through the domestic athletics season on a trajectory that looks ever more likely to take him to the Paris Olympics in July.

Canberra schoolboy Myers bettered his Australian under-20 record by almost six seconds, clocking eight minutes and 46.38 seconds to win the Australian 3,000 metres championship at the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday night.

The teenager showed composure beyond his years over one of his less-favoured distances, keeping his feet as the defending champion Jude Thomas fell immediately behind him with one lap to go, and using that scare as the trigger to attack the high-quality field.

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