In one of many first out of doors meets of the season in San Juan, Calif. Canadian Olympic silver medallist Mohammed Ahmed smashed his personal Canadian 10,000m report of 26:59.35 by 25 seconds right down to 26:34.14 on the Sound Operating 10,000m meet.
Ahmed was second within the race behind his American Bowerman Observe Membership coaching associate Grant Fisher, who ousted Ahmed on the ultimate lap by one second to set a brand new American 10,000m report (26:33.84).
Each Ahmed and Fisher had been nicely beneath the World Championship 10,000m commonplace of 27:28 and now rank within the prime 10 all-time for the ten,000m. Ahmed has now damaged nationwide data in back-to-back races this season, setting the Canadian indoor 5,000m report (12:56.87) three weeks in the past in Boston.
Australia’s Jack Rayner completed third in 27:15.35, setting an Australian nationwide report and a forty five second private greatest.
Ten girls ran beneath 31:45.00 and certified for the U.S. Championships. (Dom Scott and Andrea Seccafien additionally beat the time, however they do not symbolize the U.S.)
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Within the girls’s race, it was Bowerman Observe Membership’s Elise Cranny from the U.S. that got here out on prime in 30:14.66, one second off the American report. Canada’s Andrea Seccafien was third in 31:15.78, which is the second-fasted 10,000m time ever by a Canadian, two seconds behind her PR of 31:13. South Africa’s Dominique Scott was second in a private greatest time of 31:00.10. 9 girls from the race achieved the 2022 World Championship commonplace of 31:25.
Additionally in motion was Vancouver’s Luc Bruchet, who gained the primary warmth of the lads’s 10,000m in a brand new private greatest time of 27:56.12. Bruchet represented Canada within the 5,000m on the Tokyo Olympics and gained the Vancouver First Half final month in 63:25.