Amy Cashin Explained

Amy Cashin
Birth Name:Amy Cashin
Birth Date:28 July 1994
Birth Place:East Melbourne, Victoria
Height:1.68 m[1]
Sport:Track and Field
Event:3000m steeplechase

Amy Cashin (born 28 July 1994) is an Australian Olympic athlete.[2]

A steeplechaser from Victoria who studied at West Virginia University, Cashin qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics after competing at the Stumptown Twilight meet in Portland, Oregon, in June 2021; by shaving 15 seconds off of her personal best time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase run, she was given a finishing time of 9:28.60.[3]

Cashin ran the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase where she finished eleventh in heat three in a time of 9:34.67.[4]

She competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[5]

She won the Australian national championship title in Adelaide on12 April 2024 in a time of 9:39.53.[6] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase.[7]

Early years

In 2013 Cashin was selected in the Australian team for the World Cross Country Championships. She competed in the under-20 race. She left Australia an went to study at West Virginia University. Here during 2013/14 she ran cross country and indoor track. But her 2014 season was cut short when she was concussed after a door shut on her head. After she recovered she ran a few 800m and 1500m races mid-year in 2019.[8]

Personal life

Her brother Liam Cashin is also an athlete who won the gold medal at the 2022 Oceania Athletics Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[9] [10] [11]

Achievements

In 2017 Cashin ran 10:01 in her regional meet and qualified for her first NCAA. In 2018 she achieved across all her distances, 1500m, mile, 3000m, 5000m and steeplechase.

Cashin meanwhile completed her master's degree and commenced a Ph.D. in 2021, focusing on coaches' mental health.

She then seriously concentrated on the steeplechase and ran 9:48. She then ran a PB of 9:43.89 and then 9:28.60 in June which qualified her for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cashin Amy. olympics.com. 31 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Amy CASHIN | Profile . worldathletics.org . 10 June 2021 . 10 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210610202000/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/amy-cashin-14336764 . live .
  3. Web site: Former WVU Runner Amy Cashin Qualifies for 2021 Olympics . West Virginia University Athletics . 4 June 2021 . 10 June 2021 . 10 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210610202001/https://wvusports.com/news/2021/6/4/track-field-cashin-named-a-2021-olympic-qualifier.aspx . live .
  4. Web site: Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results . 1 August 2021 . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803204952/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-3000m-steeplechase-rnd1-000300-.htm . dead.
  5. Web site: Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 24 August 2023 . 23 August 2023 . 24 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230824070108/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4572/women-s-3000m-steeplechase-results-world-athletics-championships-2023 . live .
  6. Web site: World Athletics. 12 April 2024. 12 April 2024. Women's 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Final.
  7. Web site: Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics. Watch Athletics. 30 August 2024. 6 August 2024.
  8. Web site: Amy Cashin . Australian Olympic Committee . 24 September 2021 . 25 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925000123/https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/amy-cashin/ . live .
  9. Web site: The Sentimental Bloke – And the Cashin Family . Runners Tribe . 4 April 2022 . 31 December 2022 . 31 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221231132141/https://www.runnerstribe.com/latest-news/the-sentimental-bloke-and-the-cashin-family/ . live .
  10. Web site: Cashin makes first Aussie team . Wyndham.Starweekly.com.au . 11 May 2022 . 31 December 2022 . 31 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221231132150/https://wyndham.starweekly.com.au/sport/cashin-makes-first-aussie-team/ . live .
  11. Web site: Hobbs and Doran break sprint records at Oceania Athletics Championships . insidethegames.biz . 31 December 2022 . 31 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221231132144/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124437/hobb-and-doran-sprint-success-oceania . live .
  12. Web site: Athletics - CASHIN Amy . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 25 September 2021 . 16 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016180450/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1805148-cashin-amy.htm . dead .

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