Craig Huffer Explained
Craig David Huffer (born 27 October 1989) is an Australian sub-4 minute miler, who ran for Adams State College.
Before signing with Adams State, Huffer won National All Schools titles over the 800 metres[1] and represented Australia at the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[2]
In 2008 as an 18-year-old Huffer won the Leonara Golden Gift, the richest mile race in Australia.[3]
In 2009 as a 19-year-old Huffer placed 3rd at the 2009 Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane,[4] and recorded 3:39.98 at the Sydney Track Classic[5] to rank the fourth fastest Australian junior at the time over the 1500 metres.
In 2010 he became the 47th ever Australian to run a sub-4 mile in Nashville, USA, and went on to run a 1500 metres personal best of 3:36.35 at the Reunion Internacional Ciudad de Barcelona,[6] [7] to rank 16th on the all-time Australian senior list.[8]
In October 2011 Huffer joined the Very Nice Track Club to train under Ron Warhurst. The following Fall he finished fourth in the Fifth Avenue Mile in 3:53.5.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: iaaf.org - Athletes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080213043845/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=AUS/athcode=228354/index.html. 2008-02-13.
- Web site: iaaf.org - World Junior Championships in Athletics 2008 - Results 07-08-2008 - 1500 Metres M Heats. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080712074446/http://www.iaaf.org/wjc08/results/eventCode=3739/racedate=07-08-2008/sex=M/discCode=1500/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html. 2008-07-12.
- Web site: Shire Leonora - Huffer and Rilen take deepest and tightest Golden Gift in history . 2011-05-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110423050137/http://www.leonora.wa.gov.au/council/news/golden_gift_2008.html . 2011-04-23 .
- Web site: Australian Athletics Results - National . 10 April 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080731232722/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/national/matf55.htm . 31 July 2008 .
- Web site: iaaf.org - 2009 - M Results. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090305145846/http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/results/eventcode=4211/sex=M/discCode=1500/result.html. 2009-03-05.
- [:pl:Reunion Internacional Ciudad de Barcelona 2010]
- http://www.tilastopaja.org/staticresults/eaa12799357.htm Static results
- Web site: Runnerstribe – StatsCentral – Men's Track Rankings . 2011-05-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110202015151/http://www.runnerstribe-statscentral.com/?page_id=885 . 2011-02-02 .
- Web site: Athletics Australia – News – Huffer fourth in NYC 5th Avenue Mile .