Andrew Begley
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Personal information | |
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Born | Topeka, Indiana |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Event(s) | 5000 m, 10000 m |
College team | Arkansas Razorbacks |
Now coaching | Atlanta Track Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 3000 m: 8:09.55 5000 m: 13:58.58 |
Andrew Begley is a former long distance runner for the University of Arkansas, and is currently head coach of Atlanta Track Club's elite team alongside wife and former Olympian Amy Yoder Begley.[1][2]
Running career[]
As an athlete, Begley qualified for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials, placing sixteenth with a time of 29:28.79.[3] While attending the University of Arkansas, he was part of nine NCAA championships and twelve SEC championships, earning All-America honors three times and winning the 5,000 meter indoor at the SEC indoor championships in 2000.[1] [2]
Coaching career[]
Prior to Atlanta Track Club, Begley was an assistant coach at the University of Connecticut, where he coached seven individuals to conference championships and two NCAA regional qualifiers. As a high school coach, he coached seven different runners to eighteen state championship titles in Indiana, Louisiana, and Oregon, qualifying three to the Footlocker National Cross Country Championships.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Coaching Staff | Atlanta Marathon | ATC | Atlanta Track Club". www.atlantatrackclub.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ a b "ARRS - Runner: Andrew Begley". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ "USATF - Events - 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field". www.usatf.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- Living people
- People from LaGrange County, Indiana
- Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes
- UConn Huskies track and field coaches
- American male long-distance runners
- American track and field coaches