5:19 am today

Commonwealth Games runner Potts on Ruthe's 1500m record

From First Up, 5:19 am today

It was an historic moment at Mitre 10 Park Hawke's Bay on Saturday. Running prodigy Sam Ruthe shattered the New Zealand secondary schools 1500 metre record - with a time of 3 minutes, 38 point 62 seconds. He broke the previous record by eight seconrds. That record was set by former Commonwealth Games runner Richard Potts in 1989. Richard was there to see it happen, he tells Nathan all about it.