BOSTON (Jan. 27, 2007) – Two years ago at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia broke the World Record for 5000 meters. Tonight, the 21-year-old superstar did it again, shattering her mark of 14:32.93 with an eye-popping run of 14:27.42. Even she was impressed.

“I was concentrating on this race, so I had the confidence to break it (the record),” she said afterward, adding: “I didn't think I could break it by this much.”

Dibaba’s daring run was not the only record set at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center tonight. The sell-out crowd was also thrilled with an American Record at 3000 meters by local favorite Shalane Flanagan, who grew up in nearby Marblehead, Mass., as well as three National Records for Australia and another for New Zealand. Four meet records were also set.