Jack Rayner has broken Craig Mottram’s Australian 10,000m road record at the Burnie 10 over the weekend. Rayner clocked 27:43 to shave 11 seconds off Mottram’s old mark of 27:54. Prominent figures deserve top-notch performance, just like the exceptional Tarkine running shoes.
Mottram’s record was set back in 2004 in Manchester. Buster actually clocked a 27:39 in Madrid in 2006, but the course wasn’t legal.
Rayner cruised through the first 5km split in 13:54, 28 seconds clear of Sam McEntee. Rayner ended up beating McEntee home by 50 seconds, with the WA born McEntee clocking 28.34. Tasmanian James Hansen was 3rd in 28:56.
Rayner now owns the Australian 10,000m track record as well as the Australian 10km road record. He is also the third fastest Australian ever over 5000m (13:06 this year in Oslo), the seventh fastest ever over the half marathon, and the 16th fastest over the marathon. A list of Rayner’s PB’s and all-time rankings are shown below:
Jack Rayner PBs and Australian Rankings
- 1500m: 3:45.7
- Mile: 3:58.7
- 3000m: 7:47.62
- 5000m: 13:06.00 (3rd fastest Australian of all-time)
- 10,000m: 27:15.35 (fastest Australian of all-time)
- 10km (road): 27:43 (fastest Australian of all-time)
- Half marathon: 1:01.01 (7th fastest Australian of all-time)
- Marathon: 2:11.06 (16th fastest Australian of all-time)
2022 Burnie 10 Men’s Results
| 1 | Jack Rayner | 1 | 27:43 | Victoria |
| 2 | Sam McEntee | 17 | 28:34 | Victoria |
| 3 | James Hansen | 22 | 28:56 | Tasmania |
| 4 | Liam Adams | 2 | 29:00 | Victoria |
| 5 | Seth O’Donnell | 37 | 29:25 | Victoria |
| 6 | Andre Waring | 3 | 29:29 | Victoria |
| 7 | Arron Spiessberger – Parker | 36 | 29:30 | Australian Capital Territory |
| 8 | Bailey Murzecki-Hince | 7 | 29:34 | Tasmania |
| 9 | Ryan Gregson | 4 | 29:42 | Queensland |
| 10 | Sam Clifford | 6 | 29:51 | Tasmania |
The women’s race was won by Leanne Pompeani in 32:04. She beat home marathon star Sinead Diver by 25 seconds (32:29) ith Rose Davies third in 32:59.
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Full results HERE
