Cooper Tear and Taryn Rawlings stand out in Sterling
American athletes took home honors and broke meet records in elite races that capped off a glittering edition of the Monument Mile Classic on Saturday night (Aug. 24).
The title of the meeting is ‘Bring the Fire’ and the action certainly heated up during the 32-mile race program staged at the event on the University of Stirling track in the shadow of the Wallace Monument in central Scotland with the elite. A’ race featuring high quality fields that have attracted athletes from across the UK, Europe and USA.
With Olympians Laura Muir and Andy Butchart in the crowd, Cooper Tear, a training partner of Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hawker, emerged victorious in the ‘A’ race in a meet record time of 3:53.09 from James Gormley (3:53.69) and Tyler. Billiards (3:54.43) as no fewer than 11 men ran under the four-minute barrier.
Andrew McGill from Cambuslang clocked a personal best of 3:55.89 to become the first Scot home in ninth place, just ahead of Kane Elliott’s PB (3:56.11).
Laura Muir presents the awards
In the Women’s A race, Taryn Rawlings also lowered the meet record with her run of 4:27.91, a clear victory over Rachel McArthur (4:29.14) and Taylor Werner (4:30.57). Aberdeen’s Hannah Cameron (4:41.39) was the first Scottish athlete to finish seventh.
Results: here
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