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Todd Harbour

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Todd Harbour
Personal information
Born (1959-03-24) March 24, 1959 (age 65)
Home townPort Isabel, Texas
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 metres5000 metres
College teamBaylor Bears
ClubNike
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking9 (1982)
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1979 San Juan 1500 metres

Todd Harbour (born March 24, 1959) is a retired American middle and long-distance runner.

Career

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Harbour competed collegiately for Baylor University, and later was the head track and field and cross-country coach at for 22 years, before retiring in 2021.[2] In 1979, he won a silver medal in the 1500 metres at the Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[3] He currently holds the collegiate record in the outdoor mile, when he ran 3:50.34 in Oslo in 1981 during his senior year.[4] During college, he was also a five-time All-American and won eight individual Southwest Conference titles. Harbour was inducted into the Baylor Athletic Hall of Fame, the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame and the Rio Grande Valley Hall of Fame. He competed professionally for Nike from 1981 to 1987, and ran 54 sub-4-minute miles during his career.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Todd Harbour at World Athletics
  2. ^ Brown, Darby (June 30, 2021). "Baylor's Harbour announces retirement as head track & field coach". kwtx.com. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  3. ^ Full results
  4. ^ "USTFCCCA InfoZone: Records and Lists ::: USTFCCCA". USTFCCCA. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Todd Harbour – Track & Field Coach". baylorbears.com. Baylor University. Retrieved February 23, 2023.