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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1399/
- Published: 2026-02-01T05:25:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-01T05:27:31.000Z
- Description: Teenage running sensation Sam Ruthe breaks Sir John Walker’s New Zealand mile record.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Running sensation Sam Ruthe clocked a sizzling 3min 48.88sec on his way to winning the Boston University Terrier Classic on Sunday (NZT).  
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> Not only did it shatter Nick Willis’ previous indoor mark of 3min 51.06sec, set a decade ago in New York, it knocked off Sir John Walker’s overall mile mark, clocked more than four decades ago. \[...\]  
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> Not only did Ruthe’s time set a new national standard, it shattered his own under-20 world record, and was the 11th fastest indoor mile of all-time, just 0.01sec behind world champion Josh Kerr.

> In a race in which Ruthe was the youngest in the field by three years, he finished well clear of second-placed Belgium Pieter Sisk (3min 50.31sec).  
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> [Stuff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360932348/i-cant-even-believe-it-16-year-old-sensation-breaks-sir-john-walkers-nz-mile-record?ref=goodoil.news)

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