David Torrence (athlete)
Torrence at the 2016 Olympics
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| Nationality |
  
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November 26, 1985 Okinawa, Japan |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) |
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 800–5000 m |
| College team | UC Berkeley |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
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| Personal best(s) |
800 meters: 1:45.14 1500 meters: 3:33.23 Mile: 3:52.01 3000 meters: 7:40.78 5000 meters: 13:16.53 |
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Medal record
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| Updated on June 3, 2016. | |
David Torrence (born November 26, 1985) is a Peruvian-American middle-distance runner and the current indoor American record holder in the 1000 meters. Born in Okinawa, Japan, Torrence was raised in Tarzana, California. After graduating from Loyola High School in 2003, he went on to run for UC Berkeley and graduated in 2008. He currently runs for Hoka One One and represented Peru at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Torrence ran cross country and track at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California. During his junior year, he ran personal bests of 2:01 in the 800m, 4:35 in the 1600m, and 10:01 in the 3200m. He improved significantly during his senior year, improving in all three of those distances and winning state titles. By the end of his senior year, his personal bests had lowered to 1:58 in the 800m, 4:11 in the 1600m, and 9:05 in the 3200m. Also during his senior year, he led his team to a state and CIF cross country title in the fall while placing 3rd in the 1600m at the California state meet during the outdoor track season. By the end of the year, he ranked in the top ten in the state for both the 1600m and the 3200m.
In college, Torrence competed for UC Berkeley. In his cross country season in 2003, he placed 44th at the Pac-10 Championships and 73rd at the NCAA West Regional with times of 28:28 and 31:36, respectively. In 2004, he won the National Junior Championships in the 1500m, qualifying for the World Junior Championships. There, he set the UC Berkeley freshman record in the 1500m with a time of 3:43.62. Later on his career, at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in 2006, he ran a 4:07.55 in the mile. In his final year of cross country at UC Berkeley, he made the All-West Region team, finishing 13th at the West Regional. This qualified him for the NCAA Cross Country Championships in which he placed 92nd out of 250. His final track season at Berkeley was one of success, improving upon his personal bests at multiple distances. He set the mile record for his school with a time of 3:58.62 at the California Collegiate Challenge. At the PAC-10 Championships he set a PB in the 800m with a time of 1:49.87, but would go on to lower his best time in three more events that season: the 1500m at the USA Championships with a time of 3:40.8, the 3000m at the Big Meet with a time of 8:16.63, and the 5000m at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 13:59.65.
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