Galen Rupp

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Galen Rupp
Galen Rupp Celebrates 2012 Olympics (cropped).jpg
Rupp at the 2012 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1986-05-08) May 8, 1986 (age 27)
Portland, Oregon
Residence Portland, Oregon
Height 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m)
Weight 138 pounds (63 kg)
Sport
Country  United States
Event(s) Mile run, 5000 m, 10,000 m, Cross country
College team Oregon Ducks
Coached by Alberto Salazar
Achievements and titles
World finals

2007 10,000 m, 11th

2009 10,000 m, 8th[1]

2011 10,000 m, 7th[2]

5000 m, 9th[3]
Olympic finals

2008 10,000 m, 13th

2012 10,000 m, 2nd[4]

5000 m, 7th
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver 2012 London 10,000 m
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold 2003 Bridgetown 5000 m

Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986) is an American track and field and cross-country athlete, who competed for the University of Oregon and currently trains under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Oregon Track Club. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Rupp took second place in the 10,000  meters, earning the silver medal. He is the current American record-holder at 10,000 meters with a time of 26:48.00 and at the indoor 3000 meters with a time of 7:30.16.

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Early career (2002-2004) [edit]

Born in Portland, Oregon, Rupp set junior national 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 (1500 meters in 2004 and 3000 meters 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 meters 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 meters (3:45.3) and the mile (4:01.8), the latter mark being the eighth-best in American high school history at the time. In June of 2004, Rupp broke the U.S. high school record for 3000 meters with a time of 8:03.67 (since broken by German Fernandez), also breaking the high school record for 2000 meters 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 meters by almost seven seconds, running 13:37.91 for the distance. He finished his high school career with a 10,000-meter race in 29:09.56 in Brasschaat, Belgium, fourth-fastest ever for an American high schooler.

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 of 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.

College career (2004-2009) [edit]

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 meters with a time of 28:25.52,[5] which is still the current North American and Pan American junior record. Two months later, he placed second in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship.[6] On July 17, 2005 Rupp broke Gerry Lindgren's U.S. junior record in the 3000 meters in Lignano, Italy, with a time of 7:49.16,[5] 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 in the 5000 meters and sixth in the 3000 meters 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 meters and fourth in the 3000 meters at the 2007 NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship. He began his outdoor season by running a 28:35 10,000 meters at Stanford.[6] 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-meter 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 meters 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 meters at the Pac-10 conference meet and helped Oregon to the team title.[6] As in his freshman year, he went on to finish second in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA track and field championships.

Rupp made his global senior debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and he came in eleventh in the 10,000 m race.[7]

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 meters 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 meters at the 2008 Olympics with an American Olympic-record time of 27:36.99.[6]

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.[8]

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-meter record with a time of 13:18.12 at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[9] At the NCAA indoor nationals, he won an unprecedented triple in the 5000 meters (13:41.45), the distance medley relay (running a 3:57.07 1600 meter anchor leg only 90 minutes after his 5000 victory), and the 3000 meters (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 meters at the 2009 NCAA Division I outdoor track championships.[10] 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 meters at the 2009 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field with a time of 27:52.53.[11]

Rupp won the inaugural Bowerman Award in 2009. The Bowerman Award is given to college track's Athlete of the Year.[12]

Professional career (2009- Present) [edit]

Rupp at the World Championship Athletics 2009 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, where he was one of only two non-Africans in the top 12 alongside Dathan Ritzenhein.[13]

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.[14]

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-meter 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,ooo meters with a win at the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[15] 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,[16] set a 3000 m outdoor best of 7:43.24 at the London Grand Prix,[17] and then improved his 5000 m time to 13:07.35 at the season-ending Weltklasse meeting.[18]

Rupp took part in the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in 2011 and finished second behind Mo Farah, helping the American team to second place.[19] 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,[20][21] 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-meter title, running the last 800 meters in a quick 1:52.59, and came back the next day to finish third in the 5000 meters. Later in July, he improved his 5000-meter 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 meters in a seasonal best of 27:26.84. He then doubled back to run the 5000 meters, and though he was in the lead with Mo 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 meters when he ran 26:48.00 to finish third behind winner Kenenisa Bekele at the Memorial Van Damme meet on September 16, 2011.[22] this time made Rupp the 16th-fastest performer in history at the distance.

Rupp broke Bernard Lagat's American indoor 2-mile record when he won the USATF Classic 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 fifth American to break 13 minutes for 5000 meters when he ran 12:58.90 at the Prefontaine Classic.[23] He won the 10,000 meters 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.[24]

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.[25][26] This was a special race for Rupp because it was his first victory over Bernard Lagat, the current U.S. 5000-meter record-holder. Rupp finished the race with a superlative last lap of 52 seconds.

On August 4, 2012 at the London Olympic Games, Rupp took the silver medal in the 10,000 meters behind Mo Farah, his training partner, 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 meters in 48 years, the last medal being Billy Mills's gold in the 1964 Olympics. Rupp was the only athlete in the top 10 not of East African origin. On August 8, 2012, Rupp advanced to the final of the 5000 meters with a sixth-place finish in 13:17.56. On August 10, in the 5000-meter Olympic final, Rupp placed seventh in 13:45.04.

On January 26, 2013, at the indoor Terrier Classic at Boston University, Rupp 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. [27][28] [1] Rupp's time was behind only that of Bernard Lagat among Americans.

On February 21, 2013 Rupp broke Lagat's national indoor record at 3000 meters by more than two seconds with a time of 7:30.16 at the XL Galan meet in Stockholm, Sweden.[29]

Personal bests [edit]

Surface Event Time Date Event
Outdoor track 800 m 1:50.00 May 3, 2009 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite
1500 m 3:34.75 May 18, 2012 Oxy High Performance
Mile 3:57.72 July 3, 2010 Prefontaine Classic
3000 m 7:43.24 August 13, 2010 London Grand Prix
5000 m 12:58.90 June 2, 2012 Prefontaine Classic
10,000 m 26:48.00 (AR, NR) September 16, 2011 Belgacom Memorial Van Damme[30]
Indoor track 1500 m 3:34.78 (en route) January 26, 2013 Boston University Terrier Invitational
Mile 3:50.92 January 26, 2013 Boston University Terrier Invitational[31]
3000 m 7:30.16 (AR, NR) February 21, 2013 XL Galan Stockholm, SWE
2 mile 8:09.72 February 11, 2012 USATF Classic
5000 m 13.11.44 February 19, 2011 Birmingham, GBR
Indoor track (oversized) 800 m 1:49.87 February 28, 2009 MPSF Championships
Road 5000 m 13:39 November 26, 2010 Silicon Valley Turkey Trot
Half marathon 1:00:30 March 20, 2011 New York City Half Marathon

References [edit]

  1. ^ "USA Track & Field - Galen Rupp". Usatf.org. 
  2. ^ "Galen Rupp after finishing seventh in 10,000 final at Daegu 2011 World Championships | Galen Rupp Videos". Flotrack. August 28, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Galen Rupp battles in 5k and finishes 9th at Daegu 2011 World Track Championships | Galen Rupp Videos". Flotrack. September 4, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Silver Medalist Galen Rupp Olympic Journey | Galen Rupp Videos". Flotrack. August 4, 2012. 
  5. ^ a b "American Junior Outdoor Track & Field Records". USATF Records Lists. USA Track & Field. February 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
  6. ^ a b c d "Galen Rupp". USATF Athlete Bios. USA Track & Field. January 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-20. 
  7. ^ 2007 World Championships - 10,000 Metres - M Final. IAAF (2007-08-27). Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  8. ^ "Rupp, Oregon Men win NCAA Cross Country title". OregonLive.com. November 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-24. 
  9. ^ Binder, Doug (February 13, 2009). "Rupp breaks U.S. indoor record for 5,000 meters". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  10. ^ "Rupp wins second title". Associated Press. June 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-13. 
  11. ^ "Rupp Wins First USA Title". Register Guard. June 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
  12. ^ Anderson, Curtis (December 16, 2009). "sp.ruppwins.1217". The Register-Guard. Retrieved December 17, 2009. 
  13. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-17). Event Report - Men's 10,000m - Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  14. ^ Landells, Steve (2010-03-14). EVENT REPORT - MEN's 3000 Metres Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  15. ^ 2010 US Championships - 10,000m Men. USATF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  16. ^ Monti, Dave (2010-07-03). Kiprop leads 20 men under 4 minutes at Pre Classic . Universal Sports. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  17. ^ Foster, Anthony (2010-08-13). Gay's world leader lights up London. Track Alerts. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  18. ^ Solinsky third, Rupp 12th in PR at Zurich meet. Portland Tribune (2010-08-19). Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  19. ^ Wenig, Jorg (2011-01-08). Kipchoge and Masai prevail in snowy Edinburgh. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-09.
  20. ^ "Home | NYRR". Web2.nyrrc.org. February 4, 2012. 
  21. ^ Farah triumphs in Half-Marathon debut in New York. IAAF (2011-03-20). Retrieved on 2011-03-20.
  22. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (2011-09-17). After Area 10,000m record, more success for the Rupp/Farah/Salazar team. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-18.
  23. ^ Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian. "U.S. Olympic trials: Galen Rupp's steady climb continues, with plenty of tweaks along the way". OregonLive.com. 
  24. ^ "Galen Rupp Puts On a Clinic as the Sub-13 Guys Punch Their Tickets to London". Letsrun.com. June 22, 2012. 
  25. ^ http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120628/UPDATE/120628034/Olympic-Trials-Rupp-wins-men-s-5-000?odyssey=nav%7Chead
  26. ^ Pilon, Mary (June 28, 2012). "Galen Rupp Makes U.S. Team and Shatters Record - NYTimes.com". Eugene (Ore);London (England): London2012.blogs.nytimes.com. 
  27. ^ http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/01/galen-rupp-runs-350-92-for-the-mile-to-become-the-fifth-fastest-in-the-mile-ever/
  28. ^ letsrun, staff (January 26, 2013). "Galen Rupp Runs 3:50.92 for the Mile to Become the Fifth Fastest in the Mile Ever". Boston (MA): letsrun.com/news/. 
  29. ^ http://www.letsrun.com/news/2013/02/galen-rupp-breaks-american-3000m-record/
  30. ^ "10.000m Men". Diamondleague-brussels.com. 
  31. ^ http://www.lancertiming.com/results/winter13/BUTerrier/130125F012.htm

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Awards
Preceded by
---		 The Bowerman (Men's winner)
2009		 Succeeded by
United States Ashton Eaton
1876-1878
New York Athletic Club
  • 1876-79: Not held
1879-1888
NAAAA
1888-1979
Amateur Athletic Union
1980-1992
The Athletics Congress
1993-onwards
USA Track & Field
Notes
  • Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
  • OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996 & 2000 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
  • Distance: Until 1924 the event was 5 miles; from 1925-27 and from 1929-31 it was over 6 miles.
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