Track and Field Bios


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Malia Cali

The 2008 NSIC 2 mile champion. more »

Christian Cantwell

Christian Cantwell his one of the best if not the best shot putter in the world to not have competed in the Olympics yet. 2004 was filled with ups and downs. The year started off great as he won the… more »

Andrew Carlson

Profile | At the University of Minnesota, where he was a kinesiology major, he ran cross country and track for the Golden Gophers. His career highlights at Minnesota include school record holder in the outdoor 5000 meters (13:44.64), 2002 and 2004 Midwest… more »

Mike Carmody

Competed at Dartmouth and started grad school during the fall of 2008 at the University of Texas where he finished out his eligibility in track. more »

James Carney

In 2008, Carney won the USA Half Marathon Championship and followed that performance up placing 6th at the US XC Championships and 4th at the US 8k title race in March. He is sponsored by New Balance, represented by Kimbia… more »

Matt Centrowitz

Matt Centrowitz is one of the best American distance runners of all time. Coached by Bill Dellinger, he competed in two Olympics and broke the American 5k record. At Oregon he broke Prefontaine?s 1500 meter school record and won a… more »

Matt Centrowitz, Jr

2008-2009: Helped Oregon win its second straight NCAA Cross Country Championship as the Ducks’ No. 4 runner at the national meet. Finished 45th overall in his championships debut in 30:21.3. Varsity opener came at the Pac-10 Championships where he helped… more »

Robert Chapman

Robert Chapman's propensity for understanding the chemistry of successful training is something that he brings to his coaching style. While Chapman was at Indiana University the Hoosiers achieved NCAA Championships, All-American Honors, All-Big 10 Honors---when he became Head Coach in… more »

Steeple Chase

This is dedicated to steeple bloopers around the world. more »

Boaz Cheboiywo

Trains with James Carney and is coached by Brad Hudson with Marathon Performance training group. more »

Robert Cheseret

Robert Cheseret of Kaptel, Kenya is currently in his last semester at the University of Arizona. As a Wildcat he has won 2 NCAA titles, several conference championships and All-American honors. Robert attended Kurgung Boys High School in Kapsabet, Kenya.… more »

Doug Clark

Doug Clark and current Kansas head track and field coach Stanley Redwine have worked together for almost 20 years and three different schools. Clark moved to Fayetteville to train 1988 Olympic trials under legendary coach John McDonnell. While at Arkansas… more »

Hazel Clark

Hazel Clark never wanted to run track when she was growing up because her whole family ran and had been so successful. The thought of always being compared to her siblings did was not something Hazel was excited about. Finally… more »

Joe Clark

oe Louis Clark (born May 7, 1938 in Rochelle, Georgia) is the former principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, one of New Jersey's toughest inner city schools. He is also the subject of the 1989 film Lean on Me,… more »

Joetta Clark-Diggs

Joetta Clark-Diggs is a four-time Olympian ('88, '92, '96, '00), six-time U.S. Indoor Champ ('88, '89, '90, '96, '97, '98), and five-time U.S. champ ('88, '89, '92, '93, '94) in the 800. In 2000, she joined her sister Hazel and… more »

Kerron Clement

Kerron was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the US with his family in 1998. Six years later, he became a US Citizen. As a freshman at the University of Florida, Kerron won the NCAA… more »

Treniere Clement

Treniere Clement grew up in the suburban town of Monroe Falls, Ohio where she started running because a lot of her friends were on the track team. When it came time to pick a college Clement wanted to escape the… more »

Emma Coburn

In high school, Emma was twice an All-American, placing 2nd and 4th in the 2,000m Steeplechase at Nike Outdoor Nationals in 2008 and 2007. As a freshman at Colorado, she broke the US National Junior 3,000m Steeplechase Record. more »

Nicole Cochran

Wrongly disqualified in the 2008 Washington 4A 3200m State Championship race. more »

Michael Coe

While in high school, Michael was the runner-up at the Footlocker National Championships and state cross country champion. In track, he was the Nike Indoor National Champion in the two mile and Nike Outdoor National Champion in the mile. At… more »

Rob Conner

Coach Conner has guided the Portland Pilots for the past 17 seasons to national recognition with 7 national appearances and 4 All-Americans. Portland has posted 4 top 12 finishes and 3 top ten. The 2001 7th place team finish is… more »

Mark Conover

Mark Conover is currently in his 10th year as the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo cross country and distance coach. Coach Conover has been at Cal Poly since 1996. In 2004 the Cal Poly men's team finished 10th in the… more »

Alistair Cragg

Cragg had an outstanding college career with the Arkansas Razorbacks under Coach McDonnell, winning individual NCAA titles at 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m on the track, as well as indoor titles. In 2004, Cragg was voted SEC athlete of the year1… more »

Shawn Crawford

Shawn was All-American 11 times and won 3 NCAA titles while at Clemson. He has won the US 200m title 3 times outdoors and once indoors (he also won the 60m title one time indoors). Internationally, Shawn is the 2004… more »

Shayne Culpepper

Profile | After realizing that she couldn't be the best on a track team without working out, Shayne Culpepper took seriously her role as University of Colorado Track and Field team member...so seriously that she achieved her spot on the 2004 Olympic… more »

Bobby Curtis

Bobby Curtis ran his high school days in Louisville, Kentucky and later moved on to a successful career at Villanova University in Philadelphia. Bobby's achievements were capped off when he won the 2008 NCAA 5k title at Drake University beating… more »