Aussie based Ben Ashkettle unofficially set a new national record in the Men’s Half Marathon on the 7th of this month at the Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff.
Picture credit: Suva Marathon Club and Athletics Fiji
Ashkettle ran in an impressive 1:07:36 to break the old record of 1:07:57 that was set by Binesh Prasad in 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada USA.
Ben, now a regular at the annual Island Chill Suva Marathon for the past 2 years, was recently inspired by Fiji’s win at the Olympics in the Men’s 7’s and started applying for citizenship the same year and is now a proud holder of a Fijian Passport.
The Melbourne native with maternal links to Lautoka finished 29th out of 3,567 competitors in the Men’s Senior Category and 31st overall out of 19,095 runners.
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Story by: Eugene Vollmer, Athletics Fiji (11/10/2018)