Cameron Myers

Cameron Myers (born 9 June 2006) is an Australian track and field athlete. In 2023 he broke the world record for the fastest time to run a mile by a sixteen year-old. He became the second youngest person in the world to ever have run a sub-four minute mile, and aged sixteen took the Australian national under-20 record for a mile. He broke Jakob Ingebrigtsen sixteen year-old mile record and his 3000m record.

Cameron Myers
Personal information
Born (2006-06-09) 9 June 2006
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Mile, 800m, 1500m, 3000m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 800m: 1:50.82 (2022)
  • 1500m: 3:38.02 (2023)
  • Mile: 3:55.44 (2023)
  • 3000m: 7:52.06 (2023)

Early life

From Canberra,[1] Myers currently attends Lake Ginnindera College.[2]

From aged 10 he trained with Lee Bobbin. At age 14, Bobbin started training Myers with Dick Telford and his elite group including Olympic 1500-metre runner Jye Edwards.[3] He also runs for Bankstown Athletics Club in Sydney. [4]

Career

2022: Aussie 1 mile champ

Myers won the Albie Thomas 1 Mile Australian Championship on 5 December 2022, at The Crest in Sydney.[5]

2023: 16yo world-record holder

Myers broke Ryan Gregson's Australian under-18 record for the 1500 metres by more than three seconds when he ran 3:40.6 on 23 January 2023.[6]

In February 2023, Myers became the second youngest person in history to break the four-minute mile. Myers ran 3:55.44 seconds at Albert Park in Melbourne at the Maurie Plant Meet aged 16 years and 259 days. Myers was nine days older than Jakob Ingebrigtsen when he ran 3:58.07 in May 2017, but was more than two seconds faster.[7] Speaking about breaking the world record for a 16-year-old Myers said: "I don't think it changes much for me. It is about how you progress to the open ranks. It's only an age world record. It's cool to have, but it's not the be-all and end-all."[8] The time also broke the Australian u-20 record.[9]

References
  1. "Canberra teenager Cameron Myers smashes four-minute mile and makes world mark at Maurie Plant Classic". 7news.com. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. "Canberra schoolboy Cameron Myer smashes the four-minute mile". Canberra Times. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  3. "Teen Cameron Myers expresses surprise at sub four-minute mile". nine.com.au. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  4. "Aussie schoolboy second youngest in world to break four-minute mile". Sydney Morning Herald. February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  5. "Thornton-Bott and Myers win national mile titles". December 5, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  6. "Cameron Myers Breaks Gregson's U18 Australian 1500m Record". Runners Tribe. 25 January 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  7. "Australian teenage puts athletics world on notice with historic feat". Adelaide Now. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  8. "'I expected to go under, but not that far under': Teen Cameron Myers savours the sub four-minute mile". WAToday.com.au. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  9. "MYERS RACES INTO AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS HISTORY BOOKS". Commonwealthgames.com.au. February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
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