Anthony Colón

Antonio Colón
Personal information
Nationality	Puerto Rican ; American
Born	February 24, 1952 (age 72); Unspecified, Puerto Rico
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	5000 meters, 10,000 meters
College team	Manhattan College
Retired	now he is a Spanish 2 teacher at Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland,Texas.
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 meters: 3:40.20 ; Mile: 3:56.4 ; 3000 meters: 7:53.9 ; 5000 meters: 13:48.7 ; 10,000 meters: 28:35.60

Anthony Colón (born February 24, 1952) is a retired Puerto Rican middle-distance runner. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres.^[2]

Running career

Colón attended high school at Power Memorial Academy, where he ran cross country and track. By the time he graduated from PMA, he recorded personal-bests of 4:06.0 in the mile and 1:52.8 in the 880 yards.^[3] At Manhattan College, he ran track for the Jaspers. Along with Michael Keogh, Colón won the team 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and was part of the distance medley relay championship team.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e All-Athletics. "Profile of Antonio Colon".
^ "Antonio Colón Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
^ "PMA Track Records". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
^ "The Manhattan Project | Running Times". runnersworld.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-25.

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