Markovc makes history for Wakefield Harriers with British record run in New York

United States-based club member Amy-Eloise Markovc became the first athlete in Wakefield Harriers' history to hold a senior British record when she competed in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, in Staten Island, on Sunday.

By Mark Berry

Published 16th Feb 2021, 08:50 BST

Amy-Eloise Markovc. Picture: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Markovc (nee Neale), was among the athletes who registered record-breaking runs in the latest stop on the World Athletics World Indoor Tour, when she finished seventh in the 2-mile race with a new British record of 9:30.69.

En route the 25-year-old also recorded a new 3,000m club record of 8:54.11, beating her previous record from 2019 and also clocking a time within the qualifying standard for next month’s European Indoor Championships.

The women's 2-mile race was won by rising star Elle Purrier in 9:10.28 - a North American record run that puts her her third on the all-time list. Only Genzebe Dibaba and Meseret Defar have ever gone quicker, indoors or out.

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