Cam Myers beats Jake Wightman 3:33.3

Dawn, I forgot about this race. That is crazy. Wightman's time?

third in 3:34.31

Thanks for the streaming link in the other post.

Results here:

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Pace making was good. Jake took up the running from 800 but Cam looked so in control. Jake tried to come back but didn't have the finishing speed, last 400m in 56.73.

Jake said on one his YouTube videos that he knows he'll get the standard during the European outdoor season so I'm not quite sure why he's chasing it so hard now other than to let him pick an easier schedule leading up to British Champs and Paris.

@ 2:14.30

Superb run by Myers. Also his time was just shy of his PB set in Poland last July of 3:33.26. To be running that fast this early in the season and at his age is just insane!

22 in the field at a local club meet with 1,000 spectators on a breezy night as well.

World Lead. Tiny bit faster than Nuguse and Kessler.

So instead of one single Jakob we have 3 other copies of him?

One American, one Dutch and this one Australian.

Life look easy for the nations of the "mile".

"this early in the season".

Remember: It is summer Down Under!

Sure but he will be aiming to peak for the Olympics in July/August.

One must say though that Kessler is a notch less talented than "the rest of Jakobs".

Here's the order of talent from my point of view:

1) Jakob at 17yo - 3:31.18

2) Laros at 18yo - 3:31.25

3) Myers at 17yo - 3:33.26

4) Kessler at 18yo - 3:34.36

*Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot at 18yo - 3:30.30

Myers is still 17 untill June, so he has a chance to even best Jakob.

Australians still peak for Northern Hemisphere summer for obvious reasons.

It's probably because he's a competitor and he's frustrated after a year of injury so he's maybe pushing a bit more than he should. His plan was always NBIGP and then Maurie Plant. The race last night was a late decision and maybe not a great decision but he was in Australia anyway and 3:34 is fine if not spectacular. I do wonder now if he's regretting skipping Glasgow

Not exactly last minute, it had been months in the planning.

Wightman is absolute class, on and off the track. Must've been 1 hour of autographs and photos before he started his cool down.

Myers is special, and also interacted brilliantly with the fans.

Yes, not a PB for Myers, but very nice PB (again) by Jesse Hunt (3:33.6)

His PB last year was only 3:37.5

If he keeps improving this way, he may have a shot at the Olympics

Were you there?

Yes

This isn't meant to be sarcasm or a put down. It just seems that there's a different way of thinking lately.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing if a runner loses a race.

It happens- it's early in the season, it's an off day, whatever...

Now, it seems that people read too much into a loss.

Close to the end of the Aussie summer