Amy Cragg (née Hastings; born January 21, 1984) is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete, specializing in

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events. She is the 2015 American champion in the Marathon, the 2012 American champion in the

10,000 meters The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The ...

, and a qualifier for the

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Early career

Hastings went to high school at

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. During her career, she captured three state titles on the track and won the state cross country championships. She was an

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teammate of

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, the qualifying second-place finisher in that same race. Running for ASU, Hastings had been the 2005 NCAA Indoor Champion in the

5000 meters The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a s ...

. Amy earned her first All-American honor at 2003

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in 25th place. 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

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International competition

Amy Hastings Cragg trained in

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, with Kim Smith and

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under the guidance of Coach Ray Treacy until November 2015. Sponsored by

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, 2011 was her breakthrough year. She knocked 34 seconds off her previous results in the 5000 meters, to become runner up at the

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in 15:14.31. The results of that race also qualified her for the

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, where she qualified for the final. 2011 was also the year she tried her first

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, at the

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. Her second-place finish in 2:27:03 made her the eighth fastest American. 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

, 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

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. In the 10,000 m at the 2013 World Championship in

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, Hastings finished 14th in 32:51.19. Hastings announced she will run New York Marathon in November and will focus on the distance in future world events. Hastings finished 20th in

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in 2:42:50. On July 4, 2014, Hastings won the

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in Atlanta, GA with a time of 32:16. The race also served as the 10,000 meter National Championship. On October 12 at the

2014 Chicago Marathon The 2014 Chicago Marathon was the 37th edition of the Chicago Marathon, held in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, October 12. Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race in a time of 2:04:11 hours, with a winning margin of seventeen seconds. Mare Dibaba won t ...

, Amy Hastings finished fifth in 2:27:03. On March 14, 2015, Cragg won USA title by 32 seconds at

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15 km championship in

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, with a time of 50:18. On June 25, 2015, Cragg finished 4th in 10,000 meters in 32:03.95 at

2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held at Hayward Field, University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Organized by USA Track and Field, the four-day competition took place June 25–28 and served as the national championships i ...

. On 7 September 2015, she placed 14th at USA 20K Championship during the

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in 1:11:22. 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. On August 14, 2016, she placed 9th at

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in 2:28:25. On August 6, 2017, she placed 3rd at the

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in London, United Kingdom, in 2:27:18.

Competition record

USA National Championships

Road

Track and Field

Cross country

NCAA championships

Outdoor Track and Field

Indoor track and field

Cross country

References

External links

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