Cam Myers 7.46 at17yo

Was that in the 60m?

lol 10th was Ramsden in 7.52.1

Through 2k in 5:20, closing in 2:26. Lead the middle half as well. He could definitely run 7:3x

That's a new world record for 17 year olds too. Beating Andreas Fjeld Halversen's previous mark by about a second.

And two seconds faster than Niels Laros at 17.

can myers what?

Every high school kid in America's heads are exploding.....how does he run so fast! Simple consistent training.

Aged 14: 1:55.61, 3:54.33
Aged 15: 1:50.82, 3:46.30, 4:07.04y
Aged 16: - , 3:38.02, 3:55.44y, 7:52.06
Aged 17: 1:47.11, 3:33.26, 3:52.44y, 7:46.38

You mean WR for 17 year old's outside of Africa right? There definitely has been a faster Ethiopian or Kenyan at this age. Off the top of my head Selemon Barega ran 12:55 for 5k at 17 which would be a 7:45 3k split.

“At that age”?

really?

Maybe but you must know that african age based records need to be taken with a grain of salt for reasons that are well known.

Remember when we freaked out when German Fernandez ran 7:47 at 18. This guy is much younger and amazing too.

I’ve been enjoying seeing other Aussie groups taking it to the MTC guys.

Somewhat off topic but I feel like the MTC training system is a little outdated compared to many other high level groups throughout the world

If by outdated you mean hasn’t changed at all in years - then yes. Entire group does the same workouts regardless of event, or time of year. There’s a published case study of Stewy’s training over the course of a year and you can see there’s essentially no periodization outside of the last month or so of the season. Which probably explains why MTC traditionally does poorly at major champs.

journals.humankinetics.com

Training Characteristics of a World Championship 5000-m Finalist and Multiple Continental Record Holder Over the Year Leading to a World Championship Final

Mark Kenneally

Purpose: Optimal training for endurance performance remains a debated topic. In this case study, the training of a world-class middle-/long-distance runner over a year’s duration is presented. Methods: The training is analyze...

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Jakob does the same training for majority of the year as well. Same with Nordas. They only make a small change leading into championship races, just like Stewy and MTC.

Barega was running 70-80mpw while running all year at 7700-9000 feet. I agree some ages are off, but Myers is relatively low mileage and his best event is the 1500 not 3000. He’s not training to be the greatest ever in distance races, like a lot of the young Africans. It’s not really shocking that while he compares extremely favorably at the 1500, they’d fare better at 3000 and up.

Meet was sponsored by Chemist Warehouse. LOL

Remember the times before before super shoes? When college kids couldn’t run 3:55?😂

it is crazy how many fast 17/18 year olds are showing up these days. Even with the most generous super shoe Bo is you want to apply Jacob, Laros, Myers and a couple others are just off the charts.

Barega ranked 5 at World Championship 2017 at the age 16.

So the challenge of "reasoning" by age is quite high.