Long-distance runner Adriaan Wildschutt continued his record-breaking spree on Sunday, opening his season with another explosive performance in Boston.
Competing at the Boston University Last Chance meeting, Wildschutt clocked 12:55.02 over 25 laps of the indoor track.
He took second place behind American athlete Nico Young, who won the race in 12:51.56.
Another national record
Wildschutt took nearly two seconds off his previous SA short track mark of 12:56.76 which he set in Boston in January last year.
His time of 12:55.02 was the fastest ever run by a South African, either indoors or outdoors, over the 5 000m distance.
It was the 26-year-old athlete’s fifth successive national record, after he set new SA marks over various distances in his last four races of the 2024 season.
* Featured image of Adriaan Wildschutt by Cecilia van Bers
