Casey Comber | |
Nationality: | United States |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | 1500m |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1996 |
Birth Place: | Horsham, Pennsylvania |
Hometown: | Maple Glen, Pennsylvania |
Collegeteam: | Villanova[1] |
Club: | UA Mission Run Baltimore Distance |
Pb: | 1500m: 3:34.24 (Nice, 2023) One Mile: 3:56.33 (Dublin, 2023) One Mile (road): 4:02.88 (Des Moines, 2023) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Casey Comber (born November 4, 1996) is an American middle distance runner who competes for Under Armour.[2]
Comber attended Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School in Pennsylvania before studying Finance at Villanova University.[3]
While competing for the Villanova, he notably finished second in the mile at the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
In April 2023, Comber finished runner-up to Hobbs Kessler at the BAA Invitational mile in Boston, Massachusetts.[4] That same month, Comber finished runner-up at the USATF One Mile Championship.[5]
In June 2023, Comber ran a personal best time of 3:34.24 for the 1500m at the Meeting Nikaia in Nice, France.[6]
In November 2023, Comber won bronze at the Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres in Santiago, Chile.[7]
All statistics taken from World Athletics Profile
Year | Meet | Venue | Event | Place | Time | |
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2023 | USATF National Championships | Hayward Field | 1500m | H2 8th | 3:44.36 | |
Pan American Games | Julio Martínez National Stadium | 3rd | 3:39.90 | |||
2022 | US Indoor Championships | The Podium | 10th | 3:45.17 | ||
2021 | NCAA Outdoor Championships | Hayward Field | SF2 7th | 3:40.98 | ||
U.S. Olympic Trials | H1 8th | 3:46.25 | ||||
2019 | NCAA Indoor Championships | Birmingham CrossPlex | Mile | 2nd | 4:08.03 | |
NCAA Outdoor Championships | Mike A. Myers Stadium | 1500m | 8th | 3:42.77 | ||
2018 | NCAA Indoor Championships | Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium | DMR | 8th | 9:35.49 |
Surface | Event | Time | Date | Venue | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short track | One mile | 3:51.92 | February 11, 2024 | The Armory | |
3000m | 7:43.53 | January 28, 2023 | The Armory | ||
5000m | 13:55.51 | December 3, 2022 | Boston University | ||
Outdoor track | 1500m | 3:34.24 | June 17, 2023 | Nice, FR | |
One mile | 3:56.33 | July 14, 2023 | Morton Stadium | ||
5000m | 13:31.85 | May 26, 2023 | Drake Stadium | ||
Road | Mile | 3:51.15* | July 31, 2021 | Cleveland, OH |