Amos Bartelsmeyer sets new mile personal best in London Diamond League meet...

LONDON—University of Washington volunteer coach Amos Bartelsmeyer (left/photo by Paul Merca) set a personal record with his sixth place finish in the men’s mile Sunday at the Müller Anniversary Games at London Stadium, the tenth stop in the IAAF’s Diamond League tour.

Bartelsmeyer ran 3:53.33 to eclipse his previous outdoor personal best of 3:58.18 set earlier this year in St. Louis, and his indoor personal best (oversized) of 3:55.32 set in January at the UW Preview.

In doing so, the Georgetown alum just missed the world championships standard of 3:53.10.

Samuel Tefera of Ethiopia won the race in a world leading time of 3:49.45.

In the same race, Josh Kerr of Great Britain, who competes for the Seattle based Brooks Beasts, finished eighth, also in a personal best of 3:53.88.

Kerr already has the world championships and Olympic standards in his pocket when he won the 1500 meters at the Brooks PR meet at Husky Track last month, running 3:33.60.

Incoming Husky freshman Carley Thomas of Australia finished eighth in the women’s 800, running a personal best of 2:01.01, just short of the world championships standard of 2:00.60.

Great Britain’s Lynsey Sharp won the race in 1:58.61.

It was a rough go for Washington alum Amy-Eloise Neale in the women’s 5000, as she finished 20th in her first ever appearance in an IAAF Diamond League meet.

Neale, a product of Snohomish’s Glacier Peak HS, ran 15:35.02, as Hellen Obiri of Kenya won in a meet record and 2019 world leading time of 14:20.36.

With various national championships on the horizon in the upcoming weeks, the IAAF Diamond League tour pauses until August 18th, when Birmingham, England hosts the Müller Grand Prix Birmingham, stop number 11 of the season-long tour.

Complete results of the Müller Anniversary Games are available here.

In San Jose, Costa Rica, University of Washington freshman Cass Elliott finished seventh in the 400 meter hurdles at the Pan American Under-20 Championships at Estadio Nacional.

Elliott was in about sixth as they approached the final hurdle, which he hit. He stumbled over the hurdle, but was able to maintain his composure and remain upright, and crossed the line in 52.83.

Alison Alves of Brazil won in 48.49, followed by Elliott’s US teammate James Smith of Arizona in 49.84. Rovane Williams of Jamaica was third in 50.29.

Complete results of the Pan American Under-20 Championships are available here.

NOTE:  The IAAF and the Pan American Under-20 Championships contributed to this report.