Rod DeHaven (born September 21, 1966, in

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, California) is the Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach and Track and Field Coach at

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(2011 to present). SDSU is his ''alma mater'' where he holds several school records in track.South Dakota State Track & Field School Records
SDSU Athletics at GoJacks.com, retrieved February 14, 2012. Before returning to SDSU, Rod spent time as a professional runner. His most notable achievement is winning the 2000 Olympic Trials marathon and being the only athlete to represent the United States at the

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at the

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. DeHaven is also the course record holder for the

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, with a 1:03:12 time set in 2000.

International competitions

Personal bests

*800 meters - 1:48.67 (1986 - SDSU School Record) *1500 meters - 3:40.15 (1987 - SDSU School Record) *8 kilometers - 22:54 (1999 Cedar Rapids) *10,000 meters- 28:17.25 (2000 Palo Alto) *Half marathon - 1:03:12 (2000 Naples FL) *Marathon - 2:11:40 (2001 Chicago)

References

* * 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Palo Alto, California Track and field athletes from California American male long-distance runners American male marathon runners Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States {{US-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub