Damien Bateman made another big step forward by setting an impressive personal best time of 13:52.51 in the open 5,000m at the annual “Mount Sac Relays” in California on Friday 17th April.

This is a very impressive time for the distance and moves Damien right up the rankings in the event and together with his PB for 1,500m a month ago demonstrates that he is really coming into serious form in the USA at the moment.