Expectation around the 18-year-old is sky high after the Australian athlete twice broke the under-20 mile recordAt the end of his final day of high school in December, Cameron Myers cut his hair. It was done without forethought or fanfare at his friend’s house in Canberra, as one of the world’s most highly-touted teenage athletes marked the end of one chapter, and the start of another.Cropped short, the new style has stuck, part of a personal overhaul in the past 12 months that has elevated him from schoolboy of promise to contender in the greatest era of men’s middle distance running. “Having short hair is a nice change, and almost just feels like you’re a different person,” he says. Continue reading...
18-year-old Australian athlete Cameron Myers, who twice broke the under-20 mile record, is transitioning from promising schoolboy to contender in middle distance running. After a US trip where he set impressive times, Myers is focused on controlling every variable to reach his potential after a year of modest improvement and disappointment.
