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NZ Herald
5 days ago
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Tauranga's Sam Ruthe breaks two NZ records in LA
Teenage Tauranga middle-distance runner Sam Ruthe is making a habit of rewriting the record books. Ruthe has lowered his own national Under-17 and U18 1500m records and ran his first sub-3m 40s race in the process, Athetics New Zealand reported. The 16-year-old raced in the Sound Running Sunset Tour Men's
1News
5 days ago
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Kiwi teen athlete Sam Ruthe breaks two more NZ records in the US
Kiwi middle distance runner Sam Ruthe has broken two New Zealand records for the 1500m race with a fifth-place finish at an event in Los Angeles. The 16-year-old lowered his own national under-17 and under-18 1500m records with the performance during the Sound Running Sunset Tour at Occidental College's Jack Kemp Stadium. He came within 0.4 seconds of Sam Tanner's under-19 and under-20 New Zealand records and his time of 3:39.17s marked his first sub 3:40 performance. Competing in the top section of the race, Ruthe remained in contention from the start. "I went out pretty hard," he said. ADVERTISEMENT "With one lap to go the pace lights were right beside me, and I thought I was feeling quite good, but over the last lap it felt like the pace light sped up." Less than half a second separated second through fifth place, with Ben Allen of Empire Elite Track Club taking the win with a strong kick at the finish. Ruthe's performance in Los Angeles concluded a short US racing stint. Just a week earlier, he ran a sub-four-minute mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. He said there was a learning curve when racing against more senior athletes. "They obviously race a bit smarter. Having a field this deep is obviously handy — there won't be as many breaks in the line."
Scoop
5 days ago
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Sam Ruthe Breaks Two NZ Records In LA - Runs Sub 3.40 1500m
The kiwi teenage middle-distance phenom, Sam Ruthe, is making a habit of rewriting record books. Ruthe has lowered his own national U17 and U18 1500m records, and run sub 3 minutes and 40 seconds for the first time in the process. Ruthe raced in the Sound Running Sunset Tour 1500m in Los Angeles at Occidental College - Jack Kemp Stadium. Ruthe's time of 3:49.17s to finish in 5th place also came within 0.4s of Sam Tanner's U19 and U20 NZ Records. The now 16-year-old has concluded a short racing stint in the USA, which included a 4 minute mile performance at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon last weekend. 'I went out pretty hard' 'With one lap to go the pace lights were right beside me, and I thought ooh feeling quite good. The last lap it felt like the pace light sped up.' On running against senior men 'they obviously race a bit smarter, having a field this deep is obviously handy, there wont be as many breaks in the line.' Competing in the top section of the men's 1500m, Ruthe was right amongst the race from the gun. 'I went out pretty hard' said Ruthe. 'With one lap to go the pace lights were right beside me, and I thought I was feeling quite good but over the last lap it felt like the pace light sped up.' Aside from a strong kick from Ben Allen of Empire Elite Track Club to take out the race, you could throw a blanket over the second through fifth place finishers, only separated by less than half a second. Ruthe has made a rapid turnaround in his season, flipping from the cross country season in winter to the international track and field circuit in just three weeks. Ruthe finished second at the 2025 New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships at Barge, Park in Whanganui to setting national records over the 1500m in Los Angeles. Ruthe finished behind the impressive Caleb Wagener, who since has the world U19 duathlon title in Pontevedra, Spain.
RNZ News
02-07-2025
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- RNZ News
Kiwi teenager Sam Ruthe has another crack at a sub-four-minute mile
New Zealand runner Sam Ruthe. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/ Tauranga teenager Sam Ruthe has another sub four minute mile in his sights as he prepares to compete at the famous Prefontaine Classic in the United States this weekend. In March, Ruthe became the youngest runner to break four minutes for the mile, with a 3m 58.35s performance at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium. Paced throughout by training partner and two-time Olympian Sam Tanner, Ruthe became the first 15-year-old to duck under the mythical benchmark for middle-distance running. The pair will line-up together again in Eugene, Oregon on Sunday in the International Mile which is a part of the Diamond League meeting. Now 16-years-old, Ruthe aims to be the youngest ever to break four minutes in the mile on US soil, a record currently held by Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Ingebrigtsen was 16 years and 250 days old at the time. Technically the B race at the meet, the International Mile does have some quality runners featuring 3:50 miler Cooper Teare of the US and the USA's top high-schooler Owen Powell. Shot-putters Tom Walsh and Maddison-Lee Wesche are also competing at the event. Anna Grimaldi stars in an ever growing para-program at the Prefontaine Classic. Competing in a mixed-classification 100m para. She'll line up against USA's Brittni Mason who finished ahead of Grimaldi at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games over the 100m T47. Mitch Joynt will also line up at the 50th edition of the Pre Classic in the 200m T62 / T64 Para. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
NZ Herald
12-06-2025
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- NZ Herald
Whangārei hosts NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs for first time
Whangārei is hosting the NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships this weekend, with teenage middle-distance prodigy Sam Ruthe among the 700 athletes competing. This is the first time Whangārei has hosted the event, which is in its 51st year. Nigel Stewart from Athletics Whangārei said hosting such an event, and
