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[TheRunningGuru]

Collis Birmingham has taken Shaun Creighton's National 10,000m record in California running an incredible 27.29.73! in the same race michael shelley ran 27.59, lara tamsett ran 32.27 in the womens and ben st lawrence ran 13.30 in the 5000m. Who said Australian athletics was on the slide!

[thomo]

Congratulations to Collis.

However this is 2009, he & and the modern day Aussie athlete still has big shoes to fill. For example.

Ron Clarke

Edited to fix link

Edited again, to add IAAF link to Collis' profile and P.Bs and progression.

http://www.theworlds.org/athletes/biograph...4175/index.html

Edited by thomo, 25 April 2009 - 05:00 PM.

[superflake]

Congratulations Birmingham. One report is here Birmingham smashes Creightons 10,000m record
Michael Shelley broke 28 mins as well running 27.59.77.
Lara Tamsett with a 10,000m PB in 32.27. Long Arms will be happy.

Congratulations all three.

[Easy Tiger]

Great run by Collis, and from all reports far from perfect conditions. A 40sec pb at that level is amazing. Big pb by Michael Shelley, a brilliant racer who smashes himself to a stand still and seems to improve every time he races. Very pleased to see Ben back up so well after last week in windy conditions to confirm his rise in class. Tamsett finishing off a great trip with another big pb by 29sec.

Good article whipped up in double quick time by Tim McGrath at http://www.insideathletics.com.au

Enjoy the moment Thomo, it doesn't happen every day. I think Clarke held it for more than 30 years? and Creighton for 13 years, so it's a great day for athletics.

Edited by Easy Tiger, 25 April 2009 - 05:30 PM.

[superflake]

For the record:

2009 Brutus Hamilton Invitational
University of California - Berkeley - 4/24/2009 to 4/25/2009

Event 37 Men 10000 Meter Run Invitational
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Sam Chelanga O= Liberty 27:28.48
2 Collis Birmingham NA New Balance 27:29.73
3 Yuki Sato NA Nissin Group 27:38.25
4 Anthony Famiglietti NA Saucony 27:39.68
5 Juan Luis Barrios NA Nike 27:40.10
6 Boaz Cheboiywo NA Nike 27:48.97
7 Andrew Lemoncello NA adidas-McMil 27:57.23
8 Martin Fagan NA Reebok 27:58.48
9 Michael Shelley NA Nike 27:59.77
10 Fasil Bizuneh NA New Balance 28:00.22
11 Julio Cesar Perez NA New York Roa 28:02.50
12 Haron Lagat NA New Balance 28:05.23
13 Alejandro Suarez NA adidas 28:05.28
14 Suehiro Ishikawa NA Honda Motor 28:07.04
15 Seigo Ikegami NA Honda Motor 28:21.10
16 Josh Moen NA Team USA MN/Brooks 28:26.26
17 Fernando Cabada NA Reebok 28:42.72
18 Matt Gabrielson NA Reebok 28:44.05
19 Teodoro Vega NA New York Roa 28:45.49
20 Juan Carlos Romero NA Nike 29:11.63
-- Mark Matusak NA Brutus Hamilton DNF
-- Guor Marial JR Iowa State DNF
-- Ed Moran NA Nike DNF
-- Bolota Asmerom NA Nike DNF

Tough conditions Tiger. I saw 57f which is about 12 degrees celcius but 30mph winds with it.
Michael Shelleys time sees him edge ahead of Dave McNeill and Rob De Castella on the all time list.

[scurry711]

Brilliant, both Aussies.

[Ewen]

Great race by Collis.

The 10,000 is a tough event. Would have ranked 45th best performance for 2008, but 3rd "non-African".

[Uncle Dave]

Nearly 5 seconds faster than Mottram's pb, and coupled with his victory over Mottram at Melbourne last year, could this signal a changing of the guard? ...or is it a matter of horses for courses, with Mottram still the man at 5000m?

He has talked at various stages about moving up to even the marathon later in his career, it would be interesting to see first if he can match Collis at the 10,000m.

[superflake]

Forgot to mention. Birmingham also claimed the Oceania record as a result of this run.
IAAF has already updated the list.

OCEANIA 27:29.73 Collis Birmingham 27/12/1984 AUS Berkeley, CA 24/04/2009

[glenda]

Fantastic.

[k_run]

Great run by Collis. Mottram has had a number of attempts on getting this record and missed. Collis has shown great range this season with 3:37, 13:16 and now 27:29.

Also great run by Shelly with another B qualifier. It now makes an interesting situation with McNeil selected in 10km for world champs but only ranked 3rd Aussie on times.

Lara had a great run with another big Pb and has had a great trip.

Ben has confirmed his new level with another great run in windy conditions. He also claimed some great scalps in this race with a number of Olympians finishing behind him.