Sunday, 31 January 2021, 6:16 am
Few athletics venues in the world are as synonymous with
the mile as Cooks Gardens in Whanganui, and Camille Buscomb
and Sam Tanner lived up to that rich tradition by claiming
the New Zealand Mile Championship titles on a historic night
of action at the Cooks Classic.
After a 52-year
absence, both national mile crowns were re-introduced with
the men’s race following the script as the gifted
20-year-old Tanner added the national title over the
‘classic distance’ to the New Zealand 3000m crown he
snared last weekend in Hastings.
Producing a
performance the great, late Sir Peter Snell – who smashed