Pat Tiernan has broken the Oceania 10,000m in Los Angeles, USA. Running at the Sound Running event, put on for athletes to try and qualify for the rescheduled Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.
Pat ran 27:22.55, to take over a second off the record, held by Stewart McSweyn from the Zatopek Classic in 2019, a race which Tiernan lead and ultimately came second to McSweyn.
Tiernan, shared the lead with Ed Cheserek and Eric Jenkins, taking the lead of the race with 1000m to go. He couldn’t shake Jenkins, who would out sprint him down the home straight.
Tiernan, who originally hails from Toowoomba, in Queensland, Australia, moved to the USA for his University studies. He attended Villanova University, where he had a successful NCAA career, highlighted by winning the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
From there he represented Australia in the 2016 Olympic Games and continued to train in Philadelphia under his college coach Marcus O’Sullivan, until a move this year saw Tiernan join Oregon Track Club in Eugene, Oregon and be coached by Olympic medallist Mark Rowland
10000 METRES
32:58.0 Alleyn GAINSFORD AUS 03 1+ Sydney 04.09.28
31:09.0 John SAVIDAN NZL 301101 4 Los Angeles 31.07.32
30:31.0 Les PERRY AUS 290123 1 Melbourne 04.12.51
30:23.0 Les PERRY AUS 290123 1 Melbourne 17.10.53
30:02.4 Dave POWER AUS 140728 1 Sydney 03.11.55
29:50.8 Allan LAWRENCE AUS 090730 1 Sydney 08.07.56
29:20.0 Allan LAWRENCE AUS 090730 1 Sydney 01.09.56
28:53.61 Allan LAWRENCE AUS 090730 3 Melbourne 23.11.56
28:48.0 Murray HALBERG NZL 070733 1 Auckland 28.03.60
28:37.64 David POWER AUS 140728 3 Rome 08.09.60
28:15.5 Ron CLARKE AUS 210237 1 Melbourne 18.12.63
28:14.0 Ron CLARKE AUS 210237 1 Turku 16.06.65
27:39.89 Ron CLARKE AUS 210237 1 Oslo 14.07.65
27:31.92 Shaun CREIGHTON AUS 140567 2 Melbourne 25.11.96
27:29.73 Collis BIRMINGHAM AUS 271284 2 Berkley 24.04.09
27:24.95 Ben ST LAWRENCE AUS 071181 3 Palo Alto 01.05.11
27.23.80 Stewart MCSWEYN AUS 010695 1 Melbourne 14.12.19
27.22.55 Patrick TIERNAN AUS 110994 2 Los Angeles 05.12.20
