Nice. Smashes the previous UK record of Emile Cairess, which as 45:57. It equals Ian Stewart's unratified record (which was a World Record at the time) from 1977.
It's also well under sub-60 HM pace. Hopefully he's coming into form.
I've just seen that he's registered as an American on the live tracking website. Anyone know if that's a mistake or has he switched allegiance?
Why would he want to compete for America? He's basically a lock for UK teams if he hits the standard, not so for the US at all (Fisher, Nico, and maybe a 3rd random one - even Clinger?; Kincaid getting washed)
The UK hasn't been sending some people even when they do hit the standard. They're supposed to have a chance of making a podium so if you're going to come in 12th at the Olympics in track, the UK don't want to send you. So no one gets the experience of international competition to get better if you're considered second rate.
Drew Hunter 10th in 46:16. Good for him working longer distances.
Just behind Klecker
Honestly, if I'm a sponsored runner with a public image the way those two are, it's gotta be wild to finish 9th and 10th to a few unsponsored and otherwise less hyped/known guys
Klecker posted that he was proud of the race. The mentality can't be that. Proud to finish 9th with no big names and unsponsored people beating you?
Why would he want to compete for America? He's basically a lock for UK teams if he hits the standard, not so for the US at all (Fisher, Nico, and maybe a 3rd random one - even Clinger?; Kincaid getting washed)
The UK hasn't been sending some people even when they do hit the standard.
UK Athletics have their problems, but this is a myth that needs to die.
Runners have to hit the UK B standard which is 13:10 for 5K and 27:20 for 10K, as well as qualifying in the World Athletics rankings to be selected by UK Athletics.
You would have to run faster than both of those UK B standard times to be ranked high enough to qualify in the first place, so the idea that 5/10k runners are hitting the standard but not being selected is nonsense.
uk is mainly known for arresting people over social media posts and losing bigly to the USA in 1776. and beans for breakfast. you really can't blame charlie for picking the superior country in every single aspect.
As JG mentioned, Hicks should have been eligible for any additional prize money for first American. There may have been enough $$ on the table to make this a worthwhile chance to run as a US citizen.
We have Mondo, American-born and raised but competing for Sweden, with an American record in the pole vault, Bernard Lagat, Kenyan-born and raised and competing for Kenya, but a dual-Kenyan/American citizen in June 2004, with an American record that still stands in the 1500m (3:27.40), and Charles Hicks, British-born and raised with American parents and grandparents, declared to compete for the UK but now attempting to do so for the U.S., with no American record. There's no logic to all this.
Mondo's 5.90m set the World Junior record by 10 cm, the Swedish national record by 3, and was recognized as well by USATF as the American junior record. Incidentally, USATF's list of American outdoor records is only through 2023. What an extraordinarily competent organization!
"On 1 April, Duplantis cleared 5.90 m at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, improving his personal record, setting a new World U20 Record and beating the previous record of 5.80 m set by Maksim Tarasov in 1989 and equalled by Raphael Holzdeppe in 2008 by an astonishing 10 cm.[43][44] The vault also became a Swedish senior record beating previous mark of 5.87 m set by Oscar Janson in 2003 by 3 cm (1 in).[45] While the IAAF recognized the record with Duplantis representing Sweden, on 2 December 2017, USATF also ratified Duplantis's mark as the American junior record.[46]"
The UK hasn't been sending some people even when they do hit the standard.
UK Athletics have their problems, but this is a myth that needs to die.
Runners have to hit the UK B standard which is 13:10 for 5K and 27:20 for 10K, as well as qualifying in the World Athletics rankings to be selected by UK Athletics.
You would have to run faster than both of those UK B standard times to be ranked high enough to qualify in the first place, so the idea that 5/10k runners are hitting the standard but not being selected is nonsense.
Funny how this got downvoted even though it’s factual information, and no one has been able to prove me wrong.
UK Athletics has looked set to fold for the last year or more. Between not sending athletes who have met standards, and even asking athletes to pay their own way to championships when they HAVE met the standard, I do not blame Hicks one bit for removing all this uncertainty and switching his allegiance. USATF is hardly free from dysfunction, but its a lot better than whatever the hell is going on in the UK. He's a professional athlete, and doesn't want to get burned by an unprofessional organization. Simple as.
Between not sending athletes who have met standards, and even asking athletes to pay their own way to championships
Please give one example in recent years of UKA not sending an athlete that hit the standard?
Asking athletes to pay their own way is disgusting, I agree completely. We can all criticise UKA, but we need to stop this myth that they refuse to send athletes with the standard.
They refuse to send athletes that have a high enough ranking but haven’t hit the UK B standard.
Between not sending athletes who have met standards, and even asking athletes to pay their own way to championships
Please give one example in recent years of UKA not sending an athlete that hit the standard?
Asking athletes to pay their own way is disgusting, I agree completely. We can all criticise UKA, but we need to stop this myth that they refuse to send athletes with the standard.
They refuse to send athletes that have a high enough ranking but haven’t hit the UK B standard.
That's the same thing as not sending athletes who have met the standard. These athletes have met the WORLD standards/selection criteria, which is the only thing that matters.
UKA has decided to set their own arbitrary standard above and beyond the World standard, for no real reason at all.
Judy Oakes and Mike Winch, directors of the British Athletics Coaches Association, say the approach is just one of many issues for mentors across the UK
Shot putter Amelia Campbell is considering retiring from athletics after being omitted from Britain's Paris Olympics team, despite meeting the selection criteria.
Hicks is a fraud. Has given so many interviews in the past regarding how he feels British deep down and his dream is to represent GB at the Olympics one day. (He’s maybe one the cringiest athletes of all time, definitely suits him to be transferring allegiance to the US)
Please give one example in recent years of UKA not sending an athlete that hit the standard?
Asking athletes to pay their own way is disgusting, I agree completely. We can all criticise UKA, but we need to stop this myth that they refuse to send athletes with the standard.
They refuse to send athletes that have a high enough ranking but haven’t hit the UK B standard.
That's the same thing as not sending athletes who have met the standard. These athletes have met the WORLD standards/selection criteria, which is the only thing that matters.
UKA has decided to set their own arbitrary standard above and beyond the World standard, for no real reason at all.
Not the same thing at all. When you say the athlete has 'hit the standard', we all know that terminology is about a time qualifier, not a position in the rankings.
You realised that there's no examples of UKA not sending athletes that have 'hit the standard', so now you're changing your tune to focus on them not sending athletes that have a high enough ranking but haven't hit the easily achievable B standard.
