Galen Rupp

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Galen Rupp
Galen Rupp Celebrates 2012 Olympics (cropped).jpg
Rupp at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1986-05-08) May 8, 1986 (age 35)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight135 lb (61 kg)
Sport
Country United States
SportAthletics/Track, Long-distance running
Event(s)10,000 meters, 5000 meters, 3000 meters, 1500 meters, Half marathon, Marathon
College teamOregon Ducks
ClubNike
Turned proJune 2009
Coached byMike Smith
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • 2007 Osaka
  • 10,000 m, 11th
  • 2009 Berlin
  • 10,000 m, 8th
  • 2011 Daegu
  • 10,000 m, 7th
  • 5000 m, 9th
  • 2013 Moscow
  • 10,000 m, 4th
  • 5000 m, 8th
  • 2015 Beijing
  • 10,000 m, 5th
  • 5000 m, 5th
Olympic finals
  • 2008 Beijing
  • 10,000 m, 13th
  • 2012 London
  • 10,000 m,  Silver
  • 5000 m, 7th
  • 2016 Rio de Janeiro
  • 10,000 m, 5th
  • Marathon,  Bronze
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • Marathon, 8th
Personal best(s)
  • Outdoor [1]
  • 1500 m: 3:34.15 (Brussels 2014)
  • Mile: 3:52.11 (London 2013)
  • 5000 m: 12:58.90 (Eugene 2012)
  • 10,000 m: 26:44.36 AR (Eugene 2014)
  • Indoor [1]
  • 800 m: 1:49.87i OT (Seattle 2009)
  • 1500 m: 3:34.78i+ (Boston 2013)
  • Mile: 3:50.92i (Boston 2013)
  • 3000 m: 7:30.16i AR (Stockholm 2013)
  • 2-mile: 8:07.41i AR (Boston 2014)
  • 5000 m: 13:01.26i AR (Boston 2014)
  • Road [1]
  • Half marathon: 59:47 (Rome 2018)
  • Marathon: 2:06:07 (Prague 2018)
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Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Marathon
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bridgetown 5000 m
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place 2017 Chicago Marathon
Silver medal – second place 2017 Boston Marathon

Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, and 2021 in Tokyo. In London, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 meters, and in Rio de Janeiro, he won the bronze medal in the men's marathon. Rupp competed for the University of Oregon and trained under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Nike Oregon Project. He won the 2017 Chicago Marathon, the first American to do so since Khalid Khannouchi in 2002. Rupp won the US Olympic trials in Atlanta on February 29, 2020, in a time of 2:09:20, qualifying for the Tokyo Olympic Games, where he took 8th place.

Rupp holds multiple American records at high school, collegiate, and senior levels. They include records in the 10,000 meters with a time of 26:44.36 and at the indoor 2 mile, 3000 meters, and 5000 meters with times of 8:07.41, 7:30.16, and 13:01.26, respectively.

Early career (2002–2004)[]

Born in Portland, Oregon, in a Catholic family,[2] Rupp set junior and American high school records while competing for Portland, Oregon's Central Catholic High School. Originally a soccer player, he caught the eye of American marathon legend Alberto Salazar, who coached him to great high school success, including two Oregon state titles in cross country (2002 and 2003) and three individual championships in track and field (1500 m in 2004 and 3000 m in 2003 and 2004). After winning the Oregon state title in cross country in 2003, he went on to finish second nationally in the 2003 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships. In the spring of 2004, Rupp won his 5000 m heat against college runners at the Stanford Cardinal Invitational with a time of 13:55.32, fourth-best in U.S. prep history. He went on to break the Oregon state records for 1500 m (3:45.3) and the mile (4:01.8), the latter mark being the ninth-best in American high school history at the time. In June 2004, Rupp broke the U.S. high school record for 3000 m with a time of 8:03.67 (since broken by German Fernandez), also breaking the high school record for 2000 m en route (5:18.5). On July 31 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, he broke Gerry Lindgren's 40-year-old U.S. high school record for 5000 m by almost seven seconds, running 13:37.91 for the distance. He finished his high school career with a 10,000 m race in 29:09.56 in Brasschaat, Belgium, fourth-fastest ever for an American high schooler. He was the Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 2004.[3]

Rupp delayed entering college, instead continuing to train and compete while coached by Salazar. He won the USA Junior Cross Country title in mid-February 2005 then placed 20th at the 2005 World Junior Cross Country Championships in France in mid-March. He then enrolled at the University of Oregon in time for the outdoor track season.

Collegiate career (2005–2009)[]

On May 7, 2005, at the Oregon Twilight Meet, Rupp broke Rudy Chapa's U.S. junior (age 19 and under) record for 10,000 m with a time of 28:25.52,[4] which is still the current North American and Pan American junior record. Two months later, he placed second in the 10,000 m at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship.[5] On July 17, 2005, Rupp broke Gerry Lindgren's U.S. junior record in the 3000 m in Lignano, Italy, with a time of 7:49.16,[4] also the current North American and Pan American junior record.

After he led the team in the Willamette Invitational (sixth) and Pre-NCAA Invitational (12th), an injury brought Rupp's 2005 cross country season to an early end.

In indoor track, Rupp placed fifth place in the 5000 m and sixth in the 3000 m at the 2006 NCAA indoor championships, earning All American status in both events. His 2006 outdoor season was brief due to the onset of hypothyroidism.

Rupp came back in 2006 to defeat two-time Pac-10 champion Robert Cheseret, Bernard Lagat's brother, of the University of Arizona to become Oregon's 10th male runner to win a Pac-10 Conference cross country title. He also led a young Oregon team to victory over the Stanford Cardinal, who had won the previous six Pac-10 titles. Rupp went on to finish sixth in the 2006 NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship.

The following March, Rupp capped his indoor season by placing third in the 5000 m and fourth in the 3000 m at the 2007 NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship. He began his outdoor season by running a 28:35 10,000 m at Stanford.[5] During the race, he caused some controversy by frequently slowing down to wait for another athlete. On April 20, 2007, Rupp made a huge comeback in the last 200 meters of a 5000 m race to edge out Chris Solinsky, improving personal best to 13:30. On April 29, 2007, Rupp defeated a stellar field to win the men's 10,000 m at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford. Rupp's time of 27:33.48 set an American-born NCAA Collegiate Record for the event and also gave him the seventh-fastest time in U.S. history. Two weeks later, Rupp won the 10,000 and 5000 m at the Pac-10 conference meet and helped Oregon to the team title.[5] As in his freshman year, he went on to finish second in the 10,000 m at the NCAA track and field championships.

Rupp made his global senior debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and came in eleventh in the 10,000 m race.[6]

A few months later, Rupp finished second (1 second behind the champion, Liberty's Josh McDougal) and led the Oregon Ducks to the 2007 NCAA men's cross country team championship.

Rupp redshirted the 2008 college track season to focus on the 10,000 m at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, where he finished second (27:43.11), earning a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. He went on to finish 13th in the 10,000 m at the 2008 Olympics with an American Olympic-record time of 27:36.99.[5]

Recovering from the Olympics, Rupp avoided the early 2008 cross country season, running his first race at the Pac-10 Conference Championships, which he won in a course-record 22:55 over 8K. He then repeated as NCAA West Regional champion by running 27:41.24 to win the 10K race. In the 2008 NCAA national cross country championships, Rupp won his first individual NCAA title by outkicking Liberty University's Sam Chelanga in a time of 29:03.8, a new course record on the Terre Haute, IN, site, and leading the Ducks to repeat as NCAA team champions.[7]

Rupp's 2009 track season was a resounding success. Indoors, he joined the sub-4:00 club for the mile on March 7 by running 3:57.86 at the Husky Last Chance Qualifier Meet in Seattle, WA. On February 13, 2009, he broke the American indoor 5000 m record with a time of 13:18.12 at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[8] At the NCAA indoor nationals, he won an unprecedented triple in the 5000 m (13:41.45), the distance medley relay (running a 3:57.07 1600 m anchor leg only 90 minutes after his 5000 victory), and the 3000 m (7:48.94, the next day). This triple victory helped Oregon win its first-ever indoor national team title.

Outdoors, Rupp helped break the NCAA 4 x mile record on May 10. Rupp (3:58.93) anchored the relay, which also included his Oregon teammates Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (3:59.53), Andrew Wheating (3:59.60), and Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott (4:05.21); they shaved a little more than a second off the old record with their time of 16:03.24. After helping Oregon defend its Pac-10 title, Rupp won the 5000 and 10,000 m at the 2009 NCAA Division I outdoor track championships.[9] In all, Rupp earned 14 All American honors at Oregon along with five individual championships, a relay championship, two NCAA cross country team titles and an indoor track NCAA team title.

In his last appearance for the University of Oregon, Rupp won the 10,000 m at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field with a time of 27:52.53.[10]

Rupp won the inaugural Bowerman Award in 2009. The Bowerman Award is given to college track's Athlete of the Year.[11]

Professional career[]

2009–2010[]

Rupp at the 2009 World Championship in Berlin

Having earned himself a place on the American team for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, Rupp announced that he was turning pro, and that Michael Johnson would be his agent. At the World Championships, Rupp placed eighth in the 10000m, where he was one of only two non-Africans in the top 12 alongside Dathan Ritzenhein.[12]

He then qualified for and competed at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. He set a personal best of 7:42.40 for 3000 meters, taking fifth place in the final.[13]

Rupp knocked more than twenty seconds off his previous 10,000 m best with a run of 27:10.74 in Palo Alto at the Payton Jordan Stanford Invitational. Before that race, the American 10,000 m record was 27:13.98 by Meb Keflezighi and though Rupp's time was over three seconds faster than that, he was beaten to the punch by Chris Solinsky, who won the race with a new American record of 26:59.60. Two months later, Rupp retained his national title in the 10,000 m with a win at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[14] Rupp competed on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit and made a series of improvements to his personal records. He broke four minutes for the mile run at the Pre Classic, running 3:57.72,[15] set a 3000 m outdoor best of 7:43.24 at the London Grand Prix,[16] and then improved his 5000 m time to 13:07.35 at the season-ending Weltklasse meeting.[17]

2011[]

Rupp took part in the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in 2011 and finished second behind Mo Farah, helping the American team to second place.[18] He then took part in the New York City Half Marathon, his debut at that distance and finished third in a time of 1:00:30,[19][20] making him the third-fastest American at the distance. At the 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships he once again retained his national 10,000 m title, running the last 800 meters in a quick 1:52.59, and came back the next day to finish third in the 5000 m. Later in July, he improved his 5000 m personal best to 13:06.86 at the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, outsprinting the reigning world cross country champion Imane Merga for second behind winner Mo Farah.

At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, Rupp finished seventh in the 10,000 m in a seasonal best of 27:26.84. He then doubled back to run the 5000 m and though he was in the lead with Farah with a little more than a lap remaining, he was outkicked and finished in ninth place with a time of 13:28.64.

Rupp finished his track season with a new American record in the 10,000 m when he ran 26:48.00 to finish third behind winner Kenenisa Bekele at the Memorial Van Damme meet on September 16, 2011.[21] This time made Rupp the 16th-fastest performer in history for that distance.

2012[]

Rupp broke Bernard Lagat's American indoor 2-mile record when he won the meet in a time of 8:09.72 on February 11, 2012. (Lagat reclaimed the record in 2013 at the Millrose Games in New York City.) In June, Rupp became the sixth American to break 13 minutes for 5000 m when he ran 12:58.90 at the Prefontaine Classic.[22] He won the 10,000 m at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in a time of 27:25.33. The run set a new Trials record, breaking Meb Keflezighi's 27:36.49 from 2004, and secured Rupp's second trip to the Olympic Games.[23]

Rupp on the medal podium at the 2012 Olympics

On June 28, 2012, Rupp broke Steve Prefontaine's last remaining record, the Olympic Trials 5000-meter record from 1972, winning the race in 13:22.67.[24][25]

On August 4, 2012, at the London Olympic Games, Rupp took a surprise silver medal in the 10,000 m behind his training partner Mo Farah, with a time of 27:30:90, after running his last lap in 53.8 seconds. This was the first time a U.S. man had medaled in the Olympic 10,000 m in 48 years, the last medal being Billy Mills's gold in the 1964 Olympics. On August 8, 2012, Rupp advanced to the final of the 5000 m with a sixth-place finish in 13:17.56. On August 10, in the 5000 m Olympic final, Rupp placed seventh in 13:45.04.

2013[]

On January 26, 2013, at the indoor Terrier Classic at Boston University, Rupp made an attempt to break the American indoor mile record, where he won the mile in 3:50.92, the fifth-fastest indoor mile ever run, in a field that included four other sub-four-minute performers.[26][27][28] Rupp's time was behind only that of Bernard Lagat among Americans. Rupp was second at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix 3000 m. On February 21, 2013, Rupp broke Lagat's national indoor record at 3000 m by more than two seconds with a time of 7:30.16 at the XL Galan meet in Stockholm, Sweden.[29]

During the start of his 2013 outdoor season, he DNFed in the 5000 m at the Oxy High Performance Meet, but he got second in the 1500 m at this same meet in 3:36.98. He was sixth in the Prefontaine Classic 5000 m. At the 2013 USATF Championships, he won his fifth consecutive US 10k Outdoor title, in a time of 28:47.32. His teammate, Dathan Ritzenhein, led the last four laps or so, but he was to be outkicked by Rupp in the end. He was also the runner up in the 5000 m to Bernard Lagat, much like last year but with the opposite outcome. This qualified Rupp for two events at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow. He raced the 5000 m at the Monaco Diamond League Meet, where there were rumors of him and Lagat going after the American record in that race. However, Rupp came out on top because Lagat DNFed, no American record was broken that day. At the London Diamond League meet, his last race before Moscow, he raced in the Emsley Carr Mile, where he was the top American in an international field, even though he is a 10k specialist. He set an outdoor personal best of 3:52.11, beating out a field that included his 1500 m specialist teammate Matthew Centrowitz.

On August 10, 2013, at the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, Galen Rupp placed 4th in the Men's 10,000m Final with a 27:24.39, seasonal-best performance. He followed up that performance with a 13:29.87 run in the Finals of the 5000 m championship, placing 8th.

2014[]

Galen Rupp set the American Indoor 5000 meter record at Boston University on January 16, 2014, in a time of 13:01.26, breaking Lopez Lomong's previous record of 13:07.00.

On January 25, Rupp set the American record in the Indoor 2 Mile with a time of 8:07.41, breaking the previous record of 8:09.49 by Bernard Lagat on February 16, 2013.[30]

On May 30, 2014, Rupp ran a 26:44.36 at the Prefontaine Classic in the 10000 meters, breaking his own American Record of 26:48.00 set on September 16, 2011.

On June 27, 2014, Rupp won his sixth consecutive USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 10000m run with a time of 28:12.07. [31]

On June 10 and July 5, Galen went for the American record attempt in the outdoor 5000m. He did not achieve this on either attempt.

In its annual World Rankings issue, Track & Field News magazine recognized Rupp as the world's top athlete in the 10,000 meters for 2014, marking the first time an American runner claimed the number-one position since the 1985 season.

2015[]

Galen Rupp approaching the halfway point of the 2017 Boston Marathon, in which he placed second

At the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Rupp won his 7th consecutive national title in the 10,000m, finishing in 28:11.61 - less than 3 seconds ahead of Ben True.[32][33]

On August 22, 2015, at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Galen ran with the breakaway lead pack of his training partner Mo Farah and three Kenyan athletes trying to act as a team to beat Farah. Farah started a long kick resulting in a 54.15 last lap for the victor, as Rupp placed 5th in 27:08.91.

2016[]

On February 13, 2016, Rupp qualified for the U.S National Team for the 2016 Rio Olympics as a marathoner. It was the first marathon that Rupp had competed in, becoming the second American runner in history to win the Olympic marathon trials on his first attempt. He beat second-place finisher Meb Keflezighi by over a minute, recording the winning time of 2:11:13 on a warm day in Los Angeles.[34][35]

Four and a half months later on July 1 at the track Olympic Trials, he won the 10,000 meters in 27:55.04 to also gain a qualifying spot in that event. He placed ninth in the 5,000 meter at the same meet.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Rupp finished 5th in the 10000 meters. Eight days later, Rupp finished third and received a bronze medal in the Olympic Marathon with a time of 2:10:05.[36]

2017[]

On April 1, 2017, Rupp finished 11th in the Prague half marathon, finishing in 1:01:59.[37] On April 17, 2017, Rupp finished second in the 2017 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:09:58, which was 21 seconds behind winner Geoffrey Kirui.[38]

On September 4, 2017, Rupp won at the 20k championship at the Faxon Law New Haven Road Race in 59:04, holding off Leonard Korir at the finish line, and Sam Chelanga with a close third in 59:16. [39]

On October 8, 2017, Rupp won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:09:20,[40] becoming the first American male to win the race since Khalid Khannouchi in 2002 and the first American-born runner to win since Greg Meyer in 1982.

2018[]

On March 11, 2018, Rupp won the Ostia Half Marathon in 59:47, the second American to run under 60 minutes. He missed Ryan Hall's American record by 4 seconds.[41]

At the 2018 Boston Marathon, Rupp dropped out near the 20-mile mark, just before Heartbreak Hill.[42]

On May 6, 2018, Rupp won the Prague Marathon, setting a new personal best of 2:06:07.[43]

On October 7, 2018 Rupp finished 5th at the 2018 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:06:21. The race was won convincingly by his former training partner, Mo Farah in 2:05:11.[44]

Rupp underwent surgery in late 2018. The surgery on October 19 was to correct a condition called Haglund's Deformity, a bony bump on his heel that was causing his Achilles tendon to fray. Haglund's Deformity is thought to be a congenital disorder. Rupp has the bumps on both heels, although to date only the left one has been problematic.[45]

2019[]

Controversy rose when Rupp's former coach Alberto Salazar was accused of providing his athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. In October 2019, Salazar was given a 4-year ban from athletics by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.[46]

2020[]

On February 29, 2020, Rupp won the 2020 United States Olympic Marathon Trials in a time of 2:09:20 in Atlanta, Georgia. This is his second victory at the US Men's Olympic Marathon Trials, which he also won in 2016.[47]

2021[]

Rupp finished 8th in the Men's Olympic Marathon, held in Sapporo, Japan on August 8th. Rupp ran with the leaders through 30K, but could not match the move made by eventual winner Eliud Kipchoge, finishing 3 minutes and 3 seconds behind Kipchoge in 2:11:41.

Personal life[]

Rupp is married to Keara Rupp. They have four children: twins Emmie and Grayson, born in July 2014, Jaden, born in November 2016, and Lucas, born in February 2019. [48] [49]

Controversy[]

Rupp and his coach Alberto Salazar were at the center of doping allegations in 2015.[50] In October 2019, it was announced that Salazar, as well as Nike consultant Dr. Jeffrey Brown, would be banned from the sport for a period of 4 years due to the trafficking of testosterone, the prohibited use of L-carnitine, and tampering with doping controls. Salazar disputes the findings and plans to appeal.[51] In January 2020, Rupp announced his new coach would be Mike Smith, who is the head coach at Northern Arizona University.[52]

Competition record[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing the  United States
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 7th 3000 m 8:10.42 PB
Pan American Junior Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 1st 5000 m 14:20.29 PB
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 9th 5000 m 13:52.85 PB
2005 World Cross Country Championships Saint-Galmier, France 20th Junior race 25:05
Pan American Junior Championships Windsor, Canada 4th 1500 m 3:50.96
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 11th 10,000 m 28:41.71
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 13th 10,000 m 27:36.99 SB
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 8th 10,000 m 27:37.99 SB [53]
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 5th 3000 m 7:42.40 PB
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 7th 10,000 m 27:26.84 SB [54]
9th 5000 m 13:28.64 [55]
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th 1500 m 3:43.39 PB
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 2nd 10,000 m 27:30.90 [56]
7th 5000 m 13:45.04
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 4th 10,000 m 27:24.39 SB
8th 5000 m 13:29.87
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 4th 3000 m 7:55.84
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 5th 10,000 m 27:08.91 SB
5th 5000 m 13:53.90
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th 10,000 m 27:08.92 SB
3rd Marathon 2:10:05 PB
2017 Boston Marathon Boston, Massachusetts 2nd Marathon 2:09:58 PB
Chicago Marathon Chicago, Illinois 1st Marathon 2:09:20 PB
2018 Boston Marathon Boston, Massachusetts DNF Marathon —
Prague Marathon Prague, Czech Republic 1st Marathon 2:06:07 PB
Chicago Marathon Chicago, Illinois 5th Marathon 2:06:21
2019 Chicago Marathon Chicago, Illinois DNF Marathon —
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 8th Marathon 2:11:41

USA National Championships[]

Outdoor Track and Field[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing the  United States
2007 USA Outdoor Championships Indianapolis, Indiana 2nd 10,000 m 28:23.31
2008 US Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 8th (h) 5000 m 13:59.141 SB
2nd 10,000 m 27:43.11 SB
2009 USA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 1st 10,000 m 27:52.53 SB
2010 USA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa 1st 10,000 m 28:59.29
2011 USA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 1st 10,000 m 28:38.17 SB
3rd 5000 m 13:25.52 SB
2012 US Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 1st 10,000 m 27:25.33 CR/TR/SB [57]
1st 5000 m 13:22.67 TR
2013 USA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa 1st 10,000 m 28:47.32 SB
2nd 5000 m 14:54.91
2014 USA Outdoor Championships Sacramento, California 1st 10,000 m 28:12.07
2015 USA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Oregon 1st 10,000 m 28:11.61 SB
3rd 5000 m 13:51.54 [58]
2016 US Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 1st 10,000 m 27:55.04 SB
9th 5000 m 13:41.09
2017 USA Outdoor Championships Sacramento, California 5th 10,000 m 29:04.61

1Did not start the final

Indoor Track and Field[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing the  United States
2010 USA Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 2nd 3000 m 8:13.49 [59]
2011 USA Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 2nd 3000 m 7:59.91 [60]
2012 USA Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 3rd 1500 m 3:48.44 SB [61]
3rd 3000 m 7:57.36 SB
2014 USA Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 2nd 3000 m 7:48.19 [62]
2016 USA Indoor Championships Portland, Oregon 8th 3000 m 7:48.34 SB

Road Running[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing the  United States
2016 US Olympic Trials Los Angeles, California 1st Marathon 2:11:12 PB [63]
2017 US 20 km Champs New Haven, Connecticut 1st 20 km 59:04 [64]
2020 US Olympic Trials Atlanta, Georgia 1st Marathon 2:09:20

NCAA championships[]

Outdoor Track and Field[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing Oregon
2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships Sacramento, California 2nd 10,000 m 28:23.75 [65]
2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships Sacramento, California 20th (h) 5000 m 14:14.02 [66]
2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships Sacramento, California 2nd 10,000 m 28:56.19 [67]
2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships Fayetteville, Arkansas 1st 10,000 m 28:21.45 SB [68]
1st 5000 m 14:04.12

Indoor Track and Field[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing Oregon
2006 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Arkansas 5th 5000 m 13:56.41 [69]
6th 3000 m 8:07.85
2007 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Arkansas 3rd 5000 m 13:40.38 [70]
4th 3000 m 7:56.79
2009 NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 1st 5000 m 13:41.45 [71]
1st DMR 9:29.59
1st 3000 m 7:48.94

Cross Country[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing Oregon
2006 NCAA Cross Country Championships Terre Haute, Indiana 6th 10 km 31:03.0 [72]
2007 NCAA Cross Country Championships Terre Haute, Indiana 2nd 10 km 29:23.4 [73]
2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships Terre Haute, Indiana 1st 10 km 29:03.2 CR [74]

Personal bests[]

Surface Distance Time Date Location Notes
Outdoor track 800 m 1:50.00 May 2, 2009 Palo Alto, CA
Payton Jordan Invitational
1500 m 3:34.15 September 5, 2014 Brussels, BEL
Memorial Van Damme		 [75]
Mile 3:52.11 July 27, 2013 London, ENG
Anniversary Games
3000 m 7:43.24 August 13, 2010 London, ENG
Grand Prix
5000 m 12:58.90 June 2, 2012 Eugene, OR
Prefontaine Classic		 Formerly U.S. 6th, now 8th all-time
10,000 m 26:44.36 AR, NR May 30, 2014 Eugene, OR
Prefontaine Classic		 World 15th all-time
Indoor track 800 m 1:49.87 OT February 28, 2009 Seattle, WA
MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships
1500 m 3:34.78+ January 26, 2013 Boston, MA
BU Terrier Invitational		 U.S. 2nd all-time
Mile 3:50.92 January 26, 2013 Boston, MA
BU Terrier Invitational		 [76] Formerly U.S. 2nd, now 4th, & World 5th, now 9th all-time
3000 m 7:30.16 AR, NR February 21, 2013 Stockholm, SWE
XL Galan		 World 7th all-time
2 mile 8:07.41 AR, NR January 25, 2014 Boston, MA
BU Terrier Invitational		 [77] Formerly World 6th, now 7th all-time
5000 m 13:01.26 AR, NR January 16, 2014 Boston, MA
BU Limited Open Meet		 [78] World 7th all-time
Road racing 5 km 13:39 November 26, 2010 San Jose, CA
Silicon Valley Turkey Trot
10 km 28:09+ March 11, 2018 Rome, ITA
Roma-Ostia Half Marathon
15 km 42:43+ March 11, 2018 Rome, ITA
Roma-Ostia Half Marathon
20 km 56:48+ March 11, 2018 Rome, ITA
Roma-Ostia Half Marathon
Half marathon 59:47 March 11, 2018 Rome, ITA
Roma-Ostia Half Marathon		 [79]
U.S. 2nd all-time
Marathon 2:06:07 May 6, 2018 Prague, CZE
Prague Marathon		 U.S. 2nd all-time

Record performances[]

Distance Time Date Location Notes
3000 m 8:03.67 June 23, 2004 Richmond, Canada HSR until June 19, 2008
5000 m 13:37.91 July 31, 2004 Heusden, Belgium AJR until May 2, 2009, HSR
3000 m (i) 7:58.02i OT March 5, 2005 Seattle, Washington AJR until February 14, 2009
10,000 m 28:15.52 May 7, 2005 Eugene, Oregon AJR
3000 m 7:49.16 July 17, 2005 Lignano, Italy AJR
10,000 m 27:33.48 April 29, 2007 Palo Alto, California CR until April 24, 2009, ACR until April 29, 2012
3000 m (i) 7:44.69i February 7, 2009 Boston, Massachusetts ACR until February 11, 2012
5000 m (i) 13:18.12i February 13, 2009 Fayetteville, Arkansas AR until February 6, 2010, CR until February 11, 2012, ACR
4 × mile 16:03.24 May 9, 2009 Eugene, Oregon CR
5000 m (i) 13:11.44i February 19, 2011 Birmingham, England AR until February 11, 2012
10,000 m 26:48.00 September 16, 2011 Brussels, Belgium AR until May 30, 2014
2 mile (i) 8:09.72 February 11, 2012 Fayetteville, Arkansas AR until February 10, 2013
10,000 m 27:25.33 June 22, 2012 Eugene, Oregon TR
5000 m 13:22.67 June 28, 2012 Eugene, Oregon TR
3000 m (i) 7:30.16 February 21, 2013 Stockholm, Sweden AR
5000 m (i) 13:01.26 January 16, 2014 Boston, Massachusetts AR
2 mile (i) 8:07.41 January 25, 2014 Boston, Massachusetts AR
10,000 m 26:44.36 May 30, 2014 Eugene, Oregon AR

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2009 		Succeeded by
United States Ashton Eaton
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