At just 17, Cameron Myers claims his first national senior title, extending his irrepressible run through the domestic season on a trajectory that looks ever more likely to take him to the Paris Olympics in July.
Cameron Myers won the men's 3,000 metres national title at the Sydney Track Classic.It was a night for the young and fearless as 17-year-old Cameron Myers claimed his first national senior title, extending his irrepressible run through the domestic athletics season on a trajectory that looks ever more likely to take him to the Paris Olympics in July.
The athlete Myers is most being compared with is reigning Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who was also a prodigious teenager.However, neither he nor his vastly experienced coach Dick Telford are getting carried way. Myers has been the revelation of the Australian summer on track, but he is also part of a wave of exceptional teenagers who have pushed their way into contention for the Australian athletics team in Paris.
All four women currently rank inside the top 25 in the world, but Hollingsworth has already shown a cool head in the heat of competition.Craig, 19, finished eighth in the junior race at the world triathlon championships two years ago, before going on to compete at the World Athletics U20 Championships in a unique double, but decided he preferred racing on the track.
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