Anthony Colón Explained

Antonio Colón
Sport:	Track
Event:	5000 meters, 10,000 meters
Nationality:	Puerto Rican American
Birth Date:	24 February 1952
Birth Place:	Unspecified, Puerto Rico
Collegeteam:	Manhattan College
Retired:	now he is a Spanish 2 teacher at Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland,Texas.
Pb:	1500 meters 3:40.20^[1] Mile: 3:56.4 3000 meters: 7:53.9 5000 meters: 13:48.7 10,000 meters: 28:35.60

Anthony Colón (born February 24, 1952) is a retired Puerto Rican middle-distance runner. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres.^[2]

Running career

Colón attended high school at Power Memorial Academy, where he ran cross country and track. By the time he graduated from PMA, he recorded personal-bests of 4:06.0 in the mile and 1:52.8 in the 880 yards.^[3] At Manhattan College, he ran track for the Jaspers. Along with Michael Keogh, Colón won the team 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and was part of the distance medley relay championship team.^[4]

Web site: Profile of Antonio Colon. All-Athletics.
Web site: Antonio Colón Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/antonio-colon-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. sports-reference.com. 2014-07-25.
Web site: PMA Track Records . 2014-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063258/http://www.powermemorialacademy.8m.com/track.html . 2016-03-04 . dead .
Web site: The Manhattan Project | Running Times . runnersworld.com . 2014-07-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727230406/http://www.runnersworld.com/college-racing/manhattan-project?page=single . 2014-07-27 .