Athletics
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Sam Ruthe beats the national 1500m schoolboy record, hit time of 3:38 smashes the previous best time set in 1989.
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/06/sam-ruthe-shatters-nz-schoolboy-1500m-record/
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Took a look at the world record progressions to see which year Sam Ruthe's personal bests would have set a world record.
800m - 1938
1,500m - 1956
Mile - 1953
3,000m - 1954Interestingly his younger sister Daisy (14) has run just over 4:30 for 1,500m and that would have set the women's world record in 1956.
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Sam Ruthe smashed the NZ U20 and U19 records, clocking 13:40.48 in his 5000m debut at Night of 5s. 13:35.84 Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the record for his age.
In Sydney, Boh Ritchie took down both the NZ U20 and U19 800m records at the Albie Thomas Mile. A record set in 1974 by Lorraine Moller.
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Some of his numbers are mental, moreso because of his age, seems like he's well grounded too.
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With Sam Ruthe, it is amazing how good his times are in the range from 800 - 5,000m. It suggests that the longer distances may be where his future lies given he obviously has speed - but the top 800 - 1,500m speeds might be too hard for him to achieve. Entirely possible that his sister will be as good as he is in a couple of years ....
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World cross country champs on rn in Florida, Aussies won the mixed relay event earlier.
