TOM FARRELL BREAKS UK & EUROPEAN 3000M RECORD
Border Harrier Tom Farell set a new UK and European under 20 record for 3000m indoors at the Husky Invitational at Seattle, Washington on 13 February. Winning his heat in 7 mins 58.68 seconds he broke Ian Stewarts (the current UK Athletics Endurance Performance Director) previous record set 42 years ago.
This run moves Tom up to 3rd on the UK All time U20 3000m list indoor or outdoor and follows his good run 8:02:18 run indoors in on 23 January when he came very close to the record. Tom is one of only four British U20 athletes in history to run sub 8 mins for the distance.
His performance on the 13th February was also his parents 22nd wedding anniversary! We travelled out to the USA to watch the race. Results
Tom adds indoor 5,000m to his record list
Tom completed a very successful month of indoor racing with another UK under 20 indoor records. Running at Iowa he finished in 3rd place over 5000m in 14 mins 12.62secs a new UK indoor record for an under 20. He was 50 seconds inside the previous record of 15 mins 04.04secs set in Bedford at AAA's Under 20's in 2009
Athletics News & Events
BH Website
march 31, 2010 11:40am
Welcome to the Border Harriers Website. Border Harriers and Athletic Club is based at the Sheepmount Stadium, Bitts Park, Carlisle. Bitts Park is behind Carlisle Castle.
The Stadium has a modern all weather eight lane track and in addiiton to the usual facilities the stadium boasts two throwing cages, each catering for Hammer & Discus.
