The American miler runs a BMC 1500m record of 3:33.96 in the same week that his training partner Cole Hawker won the Olympic title in Paris.
Cooper Tear stormed to a British Milers’ Club 1500m record of 3:33.96 in Bury, north-west England, on Saturday (August 10) and then showed his sense of humor by noting that his training partner Cole Hawker was enjoying himself a bit more. glamorous achievement by Winning the Olympic title in Paris in the same week.
“My teammate Cole just won gold in the 1500m at the Olympics and I won the BMC meet in the 1500m,” said Teer, “so I’m not really sure who you would rank higher, but props to both of us. and he.’
Hawker beat Josh Kerr, Jared Nuguse and Jacob Ingebrigtsen in the most anticipated race of the Olympics, but after not making the U.S. Olympic team this year, Thier is trying to fit in some races on the European Tour at the end of the summer.
The 24-year-old won the US 1,500m title in 2022 and has PBs of 3:32.16 (1,500m), 3:51.70 (mile) and 12:54.72 (5,000m), but it was no surprise that he clocked that : fast time in bury.
“It’s my first time in the UK and to get the BMC meet and the BMC record is great,” said Teer. “I was very happy to come out here and have fun.”
Teare’s run in the 1500m broke the BMC record of 3:35.04 set by Nick Griggs at Tooting last month.
Cooper Tear (David Laws)
In this latest meeting of the BMC Grand Prix/World Challenger Tour, Canadian runner Robertson broke one of the oldest records in the BMC books, Christian Stevenson’s 3000m record of 8:25.37, set 24 years ago.
Robertson ran 8:24.37 and Great Britain’s Will Buttershill clocked 8:25.95.
“I came to the UK on Wednesday, I’ll be back in Canada on Monday and back to work on Wednesday so it’s going to be a quick trip but I’m very grateful and very happy about it,” said Robertson, who also shaved four seconds off his personal best. : .
Kevin Robertson (David Laws)
Both results pleased match organizer Steve Green. “It’s not often you get one BMC record at a meet, so to get it twice on the same night at a new venue was also fantastic,” Green said.
“Full credit to the BMC team and all the athletes, they did a great job. Likewise Bury AC, who hosted the match for the first time, were brilliant and did a cracking job for us.”
Hannah Nuttall (David Laws)
While Thierry’s 3:33 qualified him in the 1500m, Great Britain’s James West and James Gormley broke through and were rewarded with a season’s best of 3:36.17 and a PB of 3:36.25.
It was also good to see Osian Perrin, who opened his season with a PB of 3:46.54 for ninth at Sportcity GP, clocking a PB of 3:38.84 for seventh at Bury as the top 11 runners finished in the sub-3:40 range.
In the 1500m C, William Rabjohns, who will run the 800m at the U20 World Championships in Peru later this month, smashed his PB in 3:41.79 to win.
Hannah Nuttall narrowly won the women’s 1500m from Kerry Hughes and Kate Axford in 4:07.16.
“It was my first 1500m season so I just wanted to see what I could do,” said Nuttall, who ran 10th for England in the 5000m at the European Championships.th and then added the UK title.
Khai Mhlanga (David Laws)
Khai Mhlanga has performed well for Greater Manchester this summer. In May he finished sixth at the Sportcity GP in 2:02.10, while on Saturday he won the 800m A race in 2:02.30.
Holland’s Rick Van Riel also had a good 800m win in 1:46.77.
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