Christopher Giesting
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Christopher Carl "Chris" Giesting (born December 10, 1992) is an American
Career
Born in
At the 2013 Big East Indoor Championships, he placed in the top three of the 200 m, 500 m and 4 × 400 m relay events. He then went on to place eighth in the 400 m at the NCAA Indoors. He narrowly missed out on retaining his Big East Outdoor double, winning the 400 m, but being runner-up over 200 m. In his third year, he was an NCAA Outdoor finalist in both the 400 m individual and relay events. At the
Giesting performed less well on the track in his final year at Notre Dame, but ended his career with an indoor 200 m best of 21.02 seconds to take his fifth indoor school record. He competed at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships but did not make any individual final.[2]
In his first international call-up, he represented the United States on home turf in Portland, Oregon, taking the gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Running in a team with Kyle Clemons, Calvin Smith Jr. and Vernon Norwood, they ran the third fastest time ever in the history of the indoor 4 × 400 m relay at 3:02.45 minutes.[3]
In 2017, Giesting joined the New Jersey-New York Track Club under the coaching guidance of Frank Gagliano in an effort to move up to the 800m. He would run 1:46.49 in his first year competing at the distance. In 2018, he was a member of the World Indoor Record setting 4x800m with a time of 7:11.30.
National titles
- NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
- Distance medley relay: 2012
Personal records
- 400-meter dash– 45.53 seconds (2014)
- 800 meters – 1:46.48 (2019)
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.45 |
References
- ^ Christopher Giesting. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
- ^ a b c Chris Giesting Archived 2016-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Fighting Irish. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
- ^ senior indoor 4x400 Metres Relay men All time. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-20.
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