Joshua McAdams
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Born | Atlanta | March 26, 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72.7 kg (160 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 3,000m Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Brigham Young University '06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | New Balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua McAdams (born March 26, 1980) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.
Education
McAdams attended
Professional career
In June 2009 McAdams won the USA Outdoor Steeplechase to become National champion for a second time. McAdams represented USA in the World championships in Berlin, Germany in August 2009.
McAdams is also a 2007
After a successful 2007, McAdams finished third in the 2008 Olympic Trials for 3,000 meter steeplechase. Following the win at the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Championships, he won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 8 minutes 30.49 seconds. Also that year, he improved his personal best time to 8:21.36, ending the 2007 campaign ranked #1 in the U.S. by Track & Field News.
McAdams won the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships 3,000m steeplechase title with his then personal best time of 8:34.10. With this victory, he was the first runner from BYU to win a distance National Champion since his coach, Ed Eyestone, who won the 5,000-meter title in 1985.
He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics after coming in 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials.
Accomplishments
- 2009: USA Outdoor champion (8:29.91)
- 2008: 9th in opening round at Olympic Games (8:33.26)…3rd at Olympic Trials (8:21.99)...ranked #3 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 8:21.99.
- 2007: USA Outdoor champion (8:24.46)…Pan American Games champ (8:30.49)… 5th in heats at World Outdoors (8:32.46)...2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (8:21.36PR)…2nd at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational (8:23.69)…ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 8:21.36.
- 2006: NCAA champion (8:34.10)…10th at USA Outdoors (8:37.91)…best of 8:34.10.
- 2005: 8th at USA Outdoors (8:39.81)…9th at NCAA Outdoors (8:36.88)…best of 8:34.84.
- 2004: Best of 8:45.26.[3]
Personal life
McAdams is a member of
, with his wife, Whitney, and four kids.References
- ^ "Runner's World Racing News". Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Miles Eye Center - Dr McAdams". Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/athletes/bios/McAdams_Joshua.asp
- ^ "Mormon Times, August 25th, 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
External links
- Joshua McAdams at World Athletics
- Joshua McAdams at legacy.USATF.org (archived)
- byucougars.com
- YahooOlympics