Indoors, the rarely contested mile event at New York's famous Millrose Games went to USA's Jonathan Hallman in 6:07.6, while first woman home over the boards was Maria Machita in 6:40.0.
Italy's former World Cup junior winner Antonella Palmisano posted a nippy 12:53.63 for 3000m in Ancona and Giorgio Rubino 19:32.51 also broke the indoor tape at 5km.