Craig David Huffer is an Australian sub-4 minute miler. He is best known as having the fastest 1500 metre/mile times of all NCAA recruits for the 2010/11 season and choosing a small division II school
Adams State CollegeAdams State College is a small state-supported liberal arts college in Alamosa, Colorado, U.S., in the San Luis Valley.-History:Adams State was founded in 1921 as a teacher's college but now offers a variety of programs including masters degrees in many fields...
, over large division I institutions.
Before signing Craig broke some of Craig Mottram'sCraig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner.-Biography:Born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria, Mottram specialises in the 5000 m event. He attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School. At 6 feet 2 inches he is unusually tall for a distance runner.Amongst...
junior records over the 1500 meters in his state in Australia and won National All Schools titles over the 800 meters.
In 2008 as an 18-year-old Craig won the Leonara Golden Gift, the richest mile race in Australia.
In 2009 as a 19-year-old Craig placed 3rd at the 2009 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane, and recorded 3:39.98 at the Sydney Track Classic to rank the third fastest Australian junior ever over the 1500 meters.
In 2010 he became the 47th ever Australian to run a sub-4 mile in Nashville, USA, and went onto run his current 1500 meter personal best of 3:36.35 at the Reunion Internacional Ciudad de BarcelonaThe Míting Internacional d´Atletisme Ciutat de Barcelona is an annual athletics meeting held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Spain. The Meeting was held annually from 1982 to 1990, in 1993 and annually from 1998 to 2000. Before 1990 it was held at Estadio Joan Serrahima...
, to rank 15th on the all-time Australian senior list. He represented Australia at the 2008 World Junior ChampionshipsThe 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008....
and was the only Australian track athlete to achieve an A-qualifying mark in 2010 not be selected for the 2010 Commonwealth GamesThe 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
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A foot injury sidelined Craig from the 2011 outdoor track season.
External links
- http://www.ascgrizzlies.com/profile.asp?playerID=2286
- http://www.runnerspace.com/video.php?video_id=35986-Craig-Huffer-Pre-Meet-2011-New-Balance-Indoor-Grand-Prix
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