Cameron Myers’ incredible season has continued in spectacular fashion, breaking the Australian and Area Record in the men’s mile at the Eugene Diamond League in the United States today.
Myers (ACT, Dick Telford) ran his usual gutsy race and never looked like being beaten in the Bowerman Mile as its’ named, with a time of 3:46.06.
It comes just a week after he won the 1500m in Paris last week.
WIth this latest win, he is seen by many as the best middle distance runner in the world right now.
“I’m super excited,” he said after the race.
“I know I won Paris last week, but that wasn’t an official Diamond League.
“So it’s nice to finally win one.
I had a few seconds and thirds in Diamond Leagues, so it’s great to win, especially in the Bowerman Mile.”
Myers said he was in very good shape going into the race and felt like anything is possible on the track..
“I just ran hard, I think that gave me the best probability to win, so it turned out great.”
With so many brilliant times and records that Myers has run this year, he can now just go out there and go hard without any pressure.
“I feel like I’ve ticked off the times, so I;’ll just turn my focus to winning the races and that was the mindset I had today.
Myers will now head to Glasgow to prepare for the Commonwealth Games which are later in the month.
Jessica Hull (NSW, Simon Hull) continued her consistent form this year, always in the lead pack and eventually finished fifth in a hotly contested and bunched up women’s mile, with a time of 4:18.03.
“I kind of expected it to be a little bit like that today, I think we got the vibe from Faith (Kipyegon) in the press conference yesterday that maybe she wasn’t excited to lead the whole field around like previous years, and honestly, I respect that.
“I tried to do that for three races this year, it’s not the funnest run so I completely understand.
“I think it just meant we had a really good race.”
In her first Diamond League, Hayley Kitching came ninth in the 800mwith a time of 1:59.57.
With so many races under her belt this year, running at NCAA meets across America, it’s been a very busy few months of racing for the American based athlete.
“It was my first Diamond League, so I was very excited to be racing such a great group of women,” she said.
“I didn’t really have a race plan, just trying to hang on the back for as long as I could.
“It was fun.”
Earlier in the night Australia’s Lachlan Kennedy (QLD, Andrew Iselin) came sixth in a super strong field in men’s 100m with a time of 10.09.
That race was won by Nigerian Kayinsola Ajayi with a very fast 9.84.
Matthew Denny (Dale Stevenson) was just short of the podium, finishing fourth with a throw of 66.27 in the men’s discus throw.
That event was won by Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna with a throw of 71.06.
“Today was really disappointing,” Denny said.
“I didn’t expect today to go this way, in training I’ve been showing different results and I feel really great, in the best shape of life.
“I just can’t seem to finish the throw in the comp.”
On the first day of competition on July 3, Daniel Williams (NSW, Andrew Rowlings) finished sixth in his first Diamond League with a time of 1:45.42, Kye Robinson (QLD, Dathan Ritzenhein finished seventh with a time of 8:12.16, and rounding out the Aussies Oliver Hoare (NSW, Dathan Ritzenhein) finished 11th with a time of 3:55.35
Full results for the Eugene Diamond League HERE
By Luke Dennehy, Australian Athletics
Posted 5/7/2026
