Luke Caldwell Explained

Luke Caldwell (born 2 August 1991) is a Scottish long distance runner.[1]

Career

Caldwell competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games achieving 13th place in the 5000m and 14th in the 10,000m. A year later, he achieved his personal best of 28:29.61 minutes for the 10,000m at the 2015 Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California. However, he has not yet beaten his personal best in the 5000m of 13:29.94 which he achieved in the 2013 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, California.[2]

Personal life

In 2012, Caldwell obtained a physics degree from Oxford University and then went on to study at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.[3] By 2015, he had moved to western London to work as a science teacher and concentrate on athletics.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Athletics - Athlete: Luke Caldwell. european-athletics. 2017-10-16.
  2. Web site: Athlete Profile. www.thepowerof10.info. 2017-10-16.
  3. News: How they train - Luke Caldwell - Athletics Weekly. 2014-08-02. Athletics Weekly. 2017-10-17.
  4. Web site: Science teacher Luke Caldwell faces all-or-nothing year in athletics. HeraldScotland. 2017-10-17.