Tyler Pennel

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Tyler Pennel
10,000m: 28:22.90[1]
½ marathon: 1:01:44[1]
Marathon: 2:13:32[1]

Tyler Pennel (born December 21, 1987) is an American distance runner. Having grown up in Colorado, he competed in cross country and track at

Western State College
. He runs for ZAP Fitness and is known for a competitive range from the mile to the marathon.

Running career

High school

Pennel attended Golden High School in Golden, Colorado, where he recorded personal bests of 4:25 in the 1600 and 9:49 in the 3200.[2]

Collegiate

Pennel stayed in Colorado and committed to Western State College where he won an individual national title, a team national title, and was an 11-time

NCAA DII Outdoor T&F Championships.[4] At Western State, Pennel trained almost always at an altitude higher than 4,000 feet.[4]

Post-collegiate

Pennel won the 2014

four minute mile at the Festival of Miles in St. Louis, where he finished second in 3:58.99.[7]

In 2016, Pennel competed in the

Olympic Marathon Trials which doubled as the USA Marathon Championships in Los Angeles where he finished 5th in 2:14:57.[8]

Pennel planned to compete in the 5000m and 10000m trials for the 2016 Olympics but a stress fracture in April ended his Olympic plans.

In his first 2016 race back from injury, he finished 8th in the 2016 NYC Marathon, with a time of 2:15:09.[9] He was the third American man across the finish line.

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ Gary Cohen (October 2014). "Tyler Pennel Interview". Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  3. ^ [1] Tyler Pennel Running: About Me.
  4. ^ a b Scott Douglas (December 2, 2015). "Olympic Marathon Trials Contender: Tyler Pennel". Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  5. ^ Mario Fraioli (October 6, 2014). "Runaway Champion: Exclusive Interview with Tyler Pennel".
  6. ^ [2] Larry Eder. Run Blog Run: IAAF World Half Marathon Championships a Huge Success. March 2014.
  7. ^ TRXC Timing (June 4, 2015). "2015 NIKE Festival of Miles". Retrieved February 1, 2015.
  8. ^ "2016 Olympic Marathon Trials results" (PDF). February 16, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  9. ^ [3] Top NYC Marathon Results