Amy Cragg Explained

Amy Cragg
Birth Date:21 January 1984
Birth Place:Long Beach, California, U.S.
Height:5 ft 4 in
Weight:100 lb
Sport:Track and field
Event:10,000 metres, Marathon
Collegeteam:Arizona State University
Club:Bowerman Track Club
Coach:Jerry Schumacher
Turnedpro:2007
Olympics:2012
10,000 m, 11th
2016
Marathon, 9th
Worlds:2011
5000 m, 14th
2013
10,000 m, 14th
2017
Marathon,

Amy Cragg (née Hastings; born January 21, 1984) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in long distance running events. She is the 2015 American champion in the Marathon, the 2012 American champion in the 10,000 meters, and a qualifier for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Early career

Hastings went to high school at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas. During her career, she captured three state titles on the track and won the state cross country championships.[1]

She was an Arizona State University teammate of Desiree Davila, the qualifying second-place finisher in that same race. Running for ASU, Hastings had been the 2005 NCAA Indoor Champion in the 5000 meters. Amy earned her first All-American honor at 2003 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship in 25th place.[2] Hastings ranks as one of the all-time greats to pass through the ranks in the Maroon and Gold, earning seven All-America honors for track and field and three for cross country. Her 10 total All-America honors rank her second in ASU history. Hastings was the 2006 NCAA Champion at 5,000-meters NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[3]

International competition

Amy Hastings Cragg trained in Providence, Rhode Island, with Kim Smith and Molly Huddle under the guidance of Coach Ray Treacy until November 2015.

Sponsored by Brooks, 2011 was her breakthrough year. She knocked 34 seconds off her previous results in the 5000 meters, to become runner up at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 15:14.31. The results of that race also qualified her for the 2011 IAAF World Championships, where she qualified for the final.[4] [5]

2011 was also the year she tried her first marathon, at the Los Angeles Marathon. Her second-place finish in 2:27:03 made her the eighth fastest American.[6]

In 2012, she finished in fourth place in the United States Marathon Olympic Trials. She won the 10,000 meters at the 2012 US Olympic Trials. At the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Hastings was able to stay with the lead group of East Africans until the 18 minute mark before falling back to finish 11th in 31:10, roughly 50 seconds behind the gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba.

In the 10,000 m at the 2013 World Championship in Moscow, Russia, Hastings finished 14th in 32:51.19.[7] Hastings announced she will run New York Marathon in November and will focus on the distance in future world events.[8] Hastings finished 20th in 2013 New York City Marathon in 2:42:50.[9]

On July 4, 2014, Hastings won the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, GA with a time of 32:16. The race also served as the 10,000 meter National Championship.[10]

On October 12 at the 2014 Chicago Marathon, Amy Hastings finished fifth in 2:27:03.[11]

On March 14, 2015, Cragg won USA title by 32 seconds at USA Track and Field 15 km championship in Jacksonville, Florida, with a time of 50:18.[12] [13]

On June 25, 2015, Cragg finished 4th in 10,000 meters in 32:03.95 at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. On 7 September 2015, she placed 14th at USA 20K Championship during the New Haven Road Race in 1:11:22.[14] On 13 February 2016, she placed first at the US Olympic Marathon Trials, finishing in 2:28:20 on a warm day in Los Angeles.[15] On August 14, 2016, she placed 9th at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon in 2:28:25. On August 6, 2017, she placed 3rd at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, in 2:27:18.[16]

Competition record

Representing the
2003World Cross Country ChampionshipsLausanne, Switzerland20thJunior race22.34
2008World Cross Country ChampionshipsEdinburgh, Scotland62ndSenior race28:18
2009World Half Marathon ChampionshipsBirmingham, England32ndHalf marathon1:13:20
2010World Cross Country ChampionshipBydgoszcz, Poland25thSenior race26:20
2011Los Angeles MarathonLos Angeles, California2ndMarathon2:27:03
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea14th5000 m15:56.06
2012Olympic GamesLondon, England11th10,000 m31:10.69
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia14th10,000 m32:51.19
New York City MarathonNew York, New York20thMarathon2:42:50
2014Chicago MarathonChicago, Illinois4thMarathon2:27:03
2016Rio Olympic MarathonRio de Janeiro, Brazil9thMarathon2:28:25
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, UK3rdMarathon2:27:18
2018Tokyo MarathonTokyo3rdMarathon2:21:42

USA National Championships

Road

2009USA 20 km Championships New Haven, Connecticut5th20 km1:08:58
USA 5 km Championships Providence, Rhode Island9th5 km16:11
2010USA Half Marathon ChampionshipsHouston, Texas3rdHalf marathon1:11:19
USA 15 km Championships Jacksonville, Florida8th15;km51:55
USA 7 Mile ChampionshipsDavenport, Iowa2nd7 Mile38:33
USA 20 km ChampionshipsNew Haven, Connecticut7th20 km1:09:52
2011USA Half Marathon ChampionshipsDuluth, Minnesota7thHalf marathon1:14:07
2012US Olympic TrialsHouston, Texas4thMarathon2:27:17
2014USA 10 km ChampionshipsAtlanta, Georgia1st10 km32:16
USA 7 Mile Championships Davenport, Iowa7th7 Mile38:27
USA 20 km Championships New Haven, Connecticut2nd20 km1:08:54
2015USA 15 km ChampionshipsJacksonville, Florida1st15 km50:18
USA 20 km Championships New Haven, Connecticut14th20 km1:11:22
2016US Olympic Trials1stMarathon2:28:20

Track and Field

2003USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1st5000 m16:28.60
2006USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships[17] Indianapolis, Indiana15th5000 m16:22.82
2007USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships[18] Indianapolis, Indiana9th5000 m16:08.71
2008US Olympic Trials[19] Eugene, Oregon14th10,000 m33:37.52
14th5000 m16:07.03
2009USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships[20] Eugene, Oregon6th10,000 m32:56.20
10th5000 m15:52.37
2010USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships[21] Des Moines, Iowa5th10,000 m32:49.07
2011Eugene, Oregon2nd5000 m15:14.31
2012US Olympic TrialsEugene, Oregon1st10,000 m31:58.36
2013USA Outdoor Track and Field ChampionshipsDes Moines, IA4th10,000 m32:31.28
2015Eugene, Oregon4th10,000 m32:03.95

Cross country

2008USA Cross Country ChampionshipsSan Diego, California8thSenior race27:12
2010USA Cross Country ChampionshipsSpokane, Washington3rdSenior race26:06

NCAA championships

Outdoor Track and Field

Representing Arizona State
2005NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships10,000 mDNF[22]
2006NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships4th10,000 m33:41.18[23]
2007NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships4th10,000 m33:08.27[24]

Indoor track and field

Representing Arizona State
2004NCAA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsFayetteville, Arkansas11th5000 m16:24.58[25]
2005NCAA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsFayetteville, Arkansas5th5000 m16:06.62[26]
2006NCAA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsFayetteville, Arkansas19th3000 m9:42.55[27]
NCAA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsFayetteville, Arkansas1st5000 m15:51.63
2007NCAA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsFayetteville, Arkansas6th3000 m9:19.31[28]
NCAA Indoor Track and Field ChampionshipsFayetteville, Arkansas4th5000 m15:52.10

Cross country

Representing Arizona State
2002NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipsTerre Haute, Indiana92nd21:14.3[29]
2003NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipsWaterloo, Iowa25th20:32.9[30]
2004NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipsTerre Haute, Indiana22nd20:56.9[31]
2005NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipsTerre Haute, Indiana13th20:09.0[32]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amy Hastings Profile - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site . 2012-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130406141631/http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/c-xc/mtt/hastings_amy00.html . 2013-04-06 . dead .
  2. Web site: TBD . Amy Hastings Profile . TheSunDevils.com . April 4, 2013 . July 15, 2017.
  3. Web site: Amy Hastings (track and field – USA) . Asunews.asu.edu . July 20, 2012 . July 15, 2017.
  4. Web site: Amy Cragg; Profile . iaaf.org . July 15, 2017.
  5. Web site: From . Ryan . Amy Hastings qualifies to 5k final at Daegu 2011 World Championships . FloTrack . August 29, 2011 . July 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013905/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238947-IAAF-World-Championships-in-Athletics-Track-and-Field-Daegu-2011/video/505268-Amy-Hastings-qualifies-to-5k-final-at-Daegu-2011-World-Championships . September 24, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  6. Web site: USA Track & Field - Amy Hastings . Usatf.org . January 21, 1984 . July 15, 2017.
  7. Web site: Athletics-World championships women's 10000m results - Yahoo! News . news.yahoo.com . 26 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20130812051253/http://news.yahoo.com/athletics-world-championships-womens-10000m-results-175844708.html . 12 August 2013 . dead.
  8. Web site: From . Ryan . Amy Hastings will look for answers after tough 10k at Moscow World Champs 2013 . FloTrack . August 11, 2013 . July 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013937/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251036-IAAF-World-Championships-Moscow-2013-Interviews-Races/video/719181-Amy-Hastings-will-look-for-answers-after-tough-10k-at-Moscow-World-Champs-2013 . September 24, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  9. Web site: 2013 New York City Marathon . FloTrack . November 3, 2013 . July 15, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151204145843/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250963-New-York-City-Marathon-2013/article/22961-RESULTS-ING-New-York-City-Marathon-2013 . December 4, 2015 . dead . mdy-all .
  10. Web site: Atlanta Running Club . Peachtreeroadrace.org . July 15, 2017.
  11. Web site: WATCH: 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon . Nbclosangeles.com . July 15, 2017.
  12. Web site: Gate River Run 15K . Gate-riverrun.com . March 14, 2015 . July 15, 2017.
  13. Web site: USATF 15 km Championships - Official Website . Usatf.Tv . 2015-03-14 . July 15, 2017.
  14. Web site: USA Men's & Women's 20k National Championship Races. www.newhavenroadrace.org. July 15, 2017.
  15. Web site: 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon/Results . USA Track & Field . July 15, 2017.
  16. Web site: Marathon Women − Final − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  17. http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2006/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/fullResults.asp 2006 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Results - June 21-25, 2006 IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium, IUPUI - Indianapolis, Indiana
  18. http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2007/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/fullResults_open.asp 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Results - June 20-24, 2007 IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium, IUPUI - Indianapolis, Ind.
  19. http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/fullResults.asp 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Track & Field Results - June 27 - July 6, 2008 Hayward Field, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon
  20. http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2009/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results.asp 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Results 6/25-28/2009 - Hayward Field - Eugene, Oregon
  21. http://www.legacy.usatf.org/events/2010/USAOutdoorTFChampionships/results/completeresults.asp 2010 USA Track & Field Championships Results - 6/23/2010 to 6/27/2010 Drake Stadium - Des Moines, Iowa
  22. Web site: 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships results . www.flashresults.com . March 2, 2016.
  23. Web site: 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships results . www.flashresults.com . March 2, 2016.
  24. Web site: 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships results . www.flashresults.com . March 2, 2016.
  25. Web site: 2004 NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships results . www.ustfccca.org . March 2, 2016.
  26. Web site: 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships results . March 2, 2016.
  27. Web site: 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships results . www.ustfccca.org . March 2, 2016.
  28. Web site: 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships results . www.ustfccca.org . March 2, 2016.
  29. Web site: NCAA XC 2002 Women. www.trackandfieldnews.com. July 15, 2017. en-gb. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091558/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/archivemenu/33-archive/339-ncaa-xc-2002-women. October 11, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  30. Web site: NCAA XC 2003 Women. www.trackandfieldnews.com. July 15, 2017. en-gb. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307092130/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/archivemenu/33-archive/340-ncaa-xc-2003-women. March 7, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  31. Web site: NCAA XC 2004 Women. www.trackandfieldnews.com. July 15, 2017. en-gb. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091538/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/archivemenu/33-archive/341-ncaa-xc-2004-women. October 11, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  32. Web site: NCAA XC 2005 Women. www.trackandfieldnews.com. July 15, 2017. en-gb. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091515/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/archivemenu/33-archive/342-ncaa-xc-2005-women. October 11, 2016. dead. mdy-all.

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