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    Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title

    Teenage middle distance runner Samuel Ruthe's become the youngest man to win a national senior track and field title


    The 15-year-old has won the men's 3000m at the Potts Classic in Hastings in a time of seven minutes 56.18

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     03 Feb: Sam Ruthe is halfway towards fulfilling his part of the bargain for a chance to board the plane to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games
     02 Feb: Sam Ruthe's coach Craig Kirkwood is refusing to put a limit on the teenage phenom's future in middle-distance running
     01 Feb: New Zealand's teenage running star says he wants to go even faster .. after another Worlds' best
     31 Jan: A personal best for kiwi pole vaulter Imogen Ayris at a World Athletics indoor meet in France
     27 Jan: Sam Tanner is adamant teen running phenom Sam Ruthe is a once-in-a-generation athlete
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