Santa Rosa’s Daniel Skandera just gets faster and faster.
Daniel has age group world records for distances between 600 meters and 5,000.
His latest was at the 1,500 meter distance.
In a race in Oakland on November 1st he ran the distance in 4:21.2 to erase the old 11 year old record of 4:21.98 by Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway.
Daniel now has all the records from 6 years old to eleven at this distance. Ingebrigtsen currently holds all the records from 14 years old to 18 with his latest at 3:30.16.
The Olympic meet record for the event is 3:32.07 minutes.
Daniles time is equal to about 4:40.72 for 1600 meters.
Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. He won two gold medals at the 2018 European Championships, in the 1500 and 5000 metres events. On July 20, 2019, at the London Diamond League, Ingebrigtsen broke Norway’s national record in the 5000 m with his time of 13:02.03
1,500 METER AGE GROUP WORLD RECORDS 5 5:46.6 Tamrat Gavenas USA 25 Jul 07 New York NY 15 Jun 13 6 5:21.9 Daniel Skandera USA 2 Nov 07 Santa Rosa CA 5 Aug 14 7 5:00.2 Daniel Skandera USA 2 Nov 07 Santa Rosa CA 9 Jun 15 8 4:51.9 Daniel Skandera USA 2 Nov 07 Santa Rosa CA 9 Aug 16 9 4:38.63 Daniel Skandera USA 2 Nov 07 Lawrence KS 30 Jul 17 10 4:26.4 Daniel Skandera USA 2 Nov 07 Santa Rosa CA 24 Jul 18 11 4:21.2 Daniel Skandera USA 2 Nov 07 Oakland CA 1 Nov 19 12 4:12.37 Takuya Hanyu JPN 8 Nov 97 Yokohama 24 Oct 10 13 4:01.27 Dalibor Balgač CRO 22 Sep 77 Kapfenberg 11 May 91 14 3:48.37 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Stockholm 30 Jul 15 15 3:42.44 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Oslo 9 Jun 16 16 3:39.92 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Stockholm 18 Jun 17 17 3:31.18 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Monaco 20 Jul 18 18 3:30.16 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Lausanne 5 Jul 19