CSB - Ben Ruthe - New Zealand Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships - The Country Sport Breakfast

Another day, another record.

Sam Ruthe is making bettering long-standing benchmarks something of a habit, writing his name into the record books for the second time in as many days this morning.

The teenage runner’s 800m time of 1m 46.81s in the final at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships set a new record for the meeting. Ruthe passed the previous record set by Brad Mathis in 2011, which was 1m 50.24s.

The 16-year-old from Tauranga Boys’ College wasn’t the only one in the final to better Mathis’ mark, with runner-up Joe Martin from Wellington College finishing in 1m 49.74s.

Ruthe also finished with a better time than the current Under-17, U18, U19 and U20 national records in the 800m.

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