by A teenager Hercules Wimbledon Athlete timed the fastest 16th time ever recorded in the United Kingdom by a runner.
On Wednesday, July 3, at the Hercules Wimbledon 3000m Festival, Theo Creed, 15, joined three other athletes who ran under nine minutes for the first time in the seven of the evening race.
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The four athletes returned home in seventh, eighth, ninth and 11th respectively.
The Creed time of 8: 51.86 was more than nine seconds faster than any other athlete of his age group this year.
At night, the fastest Hercules athlete was Charlie Eastaugh, who finished fourth in the second fastest night race with a time of 8: 27.43.
The three race saw Ruby Carter secure third place with a personal record of 9: 34.67.
Joe Clark won the victory in the next race, recording his best time in the past six years by finishing it in 9: 14.21 minutes.
In the same race, Joe Rumfitt and Sam Dyson of the categories of under 20 and under 17, respectively, finished in sixth and seventh position, each establishing new personal records of 9: 26.31 and 9: 26.88.
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In the next race, two Hercules athletes failed to break the threshold of nine minutes but have made significant personal performance.
Noah Fernandez arrived second with 9: 02.27, while Max Barckhahn finished third in 9: 04.59.
From the same club, Vitaly Baranov pleased the crowd when he arrived 13th in the next race with a time of 9: 09.94.
Next weekend, the championships in the south of England under 13 / under 15 / under 17 years old took place at the Crystal Palace Athletics Stadium.
Tommaso Crosara continued its successful summer, winning boys under 15, 300m, missing the title of only 0.02 seconds.
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Crosara has already been crowned champion of the Surrey County on the same distance in May.
Creed began his hectic four days by obtaining a bronze under 15 at 1500m.
Freia Harper-Tee and Anna Wait finished fourth and fifth in the girls’ division, with respective times of 4: 54.08 and 4: 54.75.
Another experienced athlete, Isabella Harrison, finished third in the female race for those under 17, standing at 4: 31.63, reflecting his position in the British ranking for his age group.
Barckhahn has again set a new personal record in the male race under 17, finishing in 10th with a time of 4: 13.29.
Matthew Wehrle added a total of the club medals in the men’s 400m under 17, finishing third with a time of 49.48.
