Day’s swift 5K earns him USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS -- Tyler Day (Flagstaff, Arizona) set an American collegiate indoor best in the men’s 5,000m to earn USATF Athlete of the Week.
 
Day, who was 10th in the 5,000m at the 2019 Pan American Games, ran the fastest-ever indoor 5,000m by an American collegian at the John Thomas Terrier Classic at Boston University, covering the 25 laps in 13:16.95. The previous best was 13:18.12 by Oregon’s Galen Rupp in 2009. Day, a Northern Arizona senior, clipped almost nine seconds off his previous overall PR of 13:25.06 from last year’s Payton Jordan Invitational .
 
Full results are here.
 
Other notable performances from the past week:
 

• Andreas Gustafsson — Gustafsson won the Olympic Trials men’s 50km race walk in Santee, California, by more than two minutes in 4:12:11.
• Robyn Stevens — Stevens won the women’s USATF 50km race walk title by almost 10 minutes, clocking 4:37:33.
• Donavan Brazier — Brazier’s 1:14.39 to win the 600m at the New Balance GP was the second-fastest time in history, surpassed only by his world best at last year’s USATF Indoor Championships.
• Sascha Scott — Scott, 44, won the masters women’s mile by more than 10 seconds at the New Balance GP in 4:56.67.
• Bryce Hoppel — Hoppel won the 1,000m at the New Balance GP in 2:17.41, making him the third-fastest American ever.
• Ellie Purrier — Purrier recorded the sixth-fastest indoor women’s two-mile time in U.S. history at the New Balance GP with a 9:29.17 to win by almost three seconds.

 
Now in its 19th year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.
 
2020 Winners: January 9, Miranda Melville; January 16, Paul Perry; January 23, Natosha Rogers; January 30, Tyler Day.
 
We welcome your nominations!
 
To nominate an athlete for USATF Athlete of the Week, please send a detailed email about his/her performance to communications@usatf.org.
 
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