A golden night for Stewart McSweyn saw him win his third straight Zatopek 10 in an Australian record and a third different Olympic qualifier.
The 24-year-old King Islander's time of 27:23.80 was more than a second inside the national record and means he now has Tokyo qualifying times over 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m.
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McSweyn broke away with Queenslander Pat Tiernan and went solo in a blistering final lap at Box Hill in Melbourne.
"With five laps to go I was hurting and tried to avoid looking at the lap counter and with two to go I thought maybe I could get close to the national record and just gave it everything I had over that last 400m," he said.
In the men's 1500m, Launceston's James Hansen led for much of the race before being overtaken on the finishing straight.
Callum Davies (3:43.51) won the race from Jeffrey Riseley (3:43.73) with 26-year-old Hansen third in 3:43.85.
Rob Shaw
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
