The next Jakob Ingebrigtsen/Cam Myers/Sam Ruthe? 11-year old James Hall of Australia breaks age 11 1,500 WR - guess his time.

How many beers deep is rojo tonight? it’s spelled:

A-U-S-T-R-A-L-I-A

kinda like:

W-A-N-Y-O-N-Y-I

I-S

O-N

E-R-Y-T-H-R-O-P-O-I-E-T-E-N

and Yeah, my first response is

”you’re an idiot”

Putting a comma in 1500m was the standout for me. Maybe it will catch on...

Its not a good idea to predict the careers of child phenoms,or teen phenoms. Only time will tell whether or not theyll go onto become anything. We dont even know whether or not cam myers or sam ruthe will still be running in their early 20s,let alone be the next jakob.

Drinking alone scouring 11 year old boys on the internet. Nothing to see here.

I personally can't wait to see what this kid can run for the 3,000m or perhaps he might even drop down to the 0,800m?

Ah yes, the 80cm dash!

It's pretty obvious that Cam Myers has already made it.

Honestly I wouldn't read too much into this, as he comes from a family of athletes who have had a lot of junior success without carrying that onto senior success. One of his older sisters competed for Aus both as a junior (world juniors in Oregon) and as a senior (world cross, oceania cross champion) but never reached her full potential and left the sport while she was still at university. Another older sister broke her mum's (!) U16 state 3000m record and then left the sport shortly after. The third older sister was competitive at a national level but also left the sport. (As an interesting aside, the 3 older sisters won a state cross country relay title together. Junior teams race a 3x3km relay, meaning at one point in time, these 3 sisters were faster than any other clubs' 3 best don't-need-to-be-related runners). The mum was also clearly a talented junior but did not reach her expected potential (she did compete in the Chiba Ekiden and perhaps other international events of a similar tier - this is before my time!). There was also a thread about the youngest sister on here last year - she appears to still be competing successfully in track, surf lifesaving and triathlon.

I know nothing of the family's training approach but given lack of senior success, I'd be cautious about reading too much into these current performances.

curious what type of training an 11 year old does to run 4:11 for 1500m. Does he come from a swim background like his sister who ran 4;28 at age of 12 for 1500m.

Lets see how this pans out when he is 18.

yes,and no. Still too early to tell. And even if he has,theres still a possibility he'll get injured,and be out of the sport in his early 20s. Some teen phenoms make it,and have long careers,but most dont. Even those who do often peak at too young an age.

Cameron Myers is going to be around for a long time. Training is very controlled and good environment. 3:47 mile at 18 says a lot about his team.

Perisher track club baby

I’m pretty sure like most kids in Melbourne his focus would be on AFL football in winter which does require a lot of running, and track in summer. I’ve watched him race here at State a few times and he always wins. A few other talented young runners have pushed him but he seems to be improving a bit faster now

The hext Jakob

That's crazy.

Worth about a 4:30 mile..at age 11!

Youngest sister I believe won silver in the 1500 and 3000 at nationals too.

Great family, incredibly smart and talented but yes, do seem to drop competing come seniors (and fair enough, 10+ years of competing at a high level can do that to you).

Lets be nice...until its time to not be nice

Maybe you want to check how to spell "erythropoietin" first...

True. However, I'm betting the 16 year old from Texas is the real deal.