Beamish Bullish at Melbourne's Zatopek 10,000

Hugo Beamish, former Big East 5000 meter champion for Villanova, came 8th overall on Saturday in Melbourne at the Zatopek 10,000 meters. The race was won by 2012's world leader at 10,000 meters Emmanuel Bett, who came home a full 36 seconds ahead of Australian Olympian and NR holder Ben St Lawrence. Recent Villanova graduate Hugo Beamish led the Kiwi contingent in the race in a new PR, coming 8th in a crisp 28:53.19 (see race highlights above). Beamish, 23, had recently returned home from Philadelphia to get in some good summer training down under. He had experienced some excellent results before leaving, finishing a very close 2nd at the Camden Cooper-Norcross Bridge Challenge (10K) in 30:00 (November 4), coming 4th at the Rothman 8K run in Philadelphia, in a very fast 23:02 (November 17), and winning the Four Seasons Parkway Run (5K) in Philadelphia in 14:41 (October 30).

Men 10000 metres Open
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National: N 27:24.95 2011 Ben St Lawrence, NSW
Meet Record: M 27:22.54 1998 Luke Kipkosgie
WC B-Qual: B 28:05.00
WC A-Qual: A 27:40.00
Name Year Team Final Points
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 1. Emmanuel Bett KENYA 27:59.23B
 2. Ben St Lawrence 81 NEW SOUTH WALES 28:35.92
 3. Ben Moreau 82 GREAT BRITAIN 28:40.83
 4. Mitchel Brown 90 VICTORIA 28:44.16
 5. Brett Robinson 91 ACT 28:45.39
 6. Liam Adams 86 VICTORIA 28:47.49
 7. Steve Kelly 88 VICTORIA 28:52.30
 8. Hugo Beamish 90 NEW ZEALAND 28:53.19
 9. Jeffrey Hunt 83 NEW SOUTH WALES 29:11.33
10. Stephen Dinneen 79 VICTORIA 29:18.13
11. Aaron Pulford 92 NEW ZEALAND 29:26.66
12. Bradley Croker 82 NEW SOUTH WALES 29:59.70
13. Neil Berry 92 NEW SOUTH WALES 30:01.32
14. Duer Yoa 91 VICTORIA 30:11.46
15. Brad Milosevic 89 NEW SOUTH WALES 30:12.10
16. Rhydian Cowley 91 VICTORIA 30:49.47
17. Paul Morgan VICTORIA 30:55.67
18. Tyson Popplestone 88 VICTORIA 30:58.33
19. Josh Harris 90 TASMANIA 31:25.18
20. Toby Rayner 86 VICTORIA 31:58.40
–   Kane Wille 89 VICTORIA DNF
–   Tim Hodge 87 NEW ZEALAND DNF