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NZ Herald
13-07-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
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
13-07-2025
- Sport
- 1News
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
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Scoop
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.
