- Craig Huffer
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Craig David Huffer (born 27 October 1989) is an Australian sub-4 minute miler. He is best known as having the fastest 1500 metre/mile times of all NCAA recruits for the 2010/11 season and choosing a small division II school Adams State College, over large division I institutions.
Before signing Craig broke some of Craig Mottram's junior records over the 1500 meters in his state in Australia and won National All Schools titles over the 800 meters.[1]
In 2008 as an 18-year-old Craig won the Leonara Golden Gift, the richest mile race in Australia.[2]
In 2009 as a 19-year-old Craig placed 3rd at the 2009 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane,[3] and recorded 3:39.98 at the Sydney Track Classic[4] to rank the third fastest Australian junior ever over the 1500 meters.
In 2010 he became the 47th ever Australian to run a sub-4 mile in Nashville, USA, and went onto run his current 1500 meter personal best of 3:36.35 at the Reunion Internacional Ciudad de Barcelona [5],[6] to rank 15th on the all-time Australian senior list.[7] He represented Australia at the 2008 World Junior Championships[8] and was the only Australian track athlete to achieve an A-qualifying mark in 2010 not be selected for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
A foot injury sidelined Craig from the 2011 outdoor track season.
References
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=aus/athcode=228354/index.html
- ^ http://www.leonora.wa.gov.au/council/news/golden_gift_2008.html
- ^ http://www.athletics.com.au/history/national/matf55.htm
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/results/eventcode=4211/sex=M/discCode=1500/result.html
- ^ http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion_Internacional_Ciudad_de_Barcelona_2010
- ^ http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa12799357.htm
- ^ http://www.runnerstribe-statscentral.com/?page_id=885
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/wjc08/results/eventcode=3739/racedate=07-08-2008/sex=M/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#detM_1500_hash_hand
External links
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- Australian middle distance runners
- Australian athletics biography stubs
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