Alan Webb (athlete)
Webb at the KBC Night of Athletics in 2007
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
January 13, 1983 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track |
| Event(s) | 1500 m, One mile |
| College team | Michigan |
| Club | Oregon Track Club |
| Coached by | Jerry Schumacher |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals |
2005 1500 m 2007 1500 m |
| Personal best(s) |
800 meters: 1:43.84 1500 meters: 3:30.54 Mile: 3:46.91(NR) 3000 meters: 7:39.28 5000 meters: 13:10.86 10,000 meters: 27:34.72 |
2005 1500 m
Alan Webb (born January 13, 1983, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American former track and field athlete and current triathlete. He holds the American national record in the mile, with a time of 3:46.91 (min:sec). Webb represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500-meters race. He competed professionally for Nike until the end of 2013. He retired after the 2014 Millrose Games to focus on training for the triathlon.
Webb attended South Lakes High School in Reston, Virginia. In 1999, he broke Jim Ryun's national sophomore mile record of 4:07.8 by running 4:06.94. During the fall season of his senior year, Webb placed second at the 2000 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships behind Dathan Ritzenhein. At the New Balance Games in January 2001, Webb's mile time of 3:59.86 at New York City’s Armory made him the first American high schooler ever to run a sub-four minute mile indoors. Webb's time broke the previous American indoor high school record of Thom Hunt — a 4:02.7 — as well as Hunt's indoor HS AR in the 1500 m (3:46.6) as Webb came through the 1500 mark in 3:43.27. Webb's record was surpassed fifteen years later by Andrew Hunter from Loudoun Valley High School in Virginia with a time of 3:58.25 set on the same track. Four months later, on May 27, 2001 at the Prefontaine Classic, Webb ran a mile in 3:53.43 to shatter Ryun's 36-year-old national high school record of 3:55.3. En route Webb passed the 1500 mark in 3:38.26 to take down Ryun's 37-year-old high school AR of 3:39.0 set in 1964. He followed up his run at Prefontaine by winning the Virginia State High School 800 m title in 1:47.74 to become the fourth-fastest high schooler ever at that distance. He was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 2001.
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