Amy Cragg
{{short description|American long-distance runner}}
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Amy Cragg
| image = Cragg LA16.jpg
| caption = Cragg in 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|1|21}}
| birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S.
| height = 5 ft 4 in
| weight = 100 lb
| country = {{USA}}
| sport = Track and field
| event = 10,000 metres, Marathon
| collegeteam = Arizona State University
| club = Bowerman Track Club
| coach = Jerry Schumacher
| turnedpro = 2007
| pb = {{unbulleted list
|5000 m: 15:09.59 (Waltham 2013)
|10,000 m: 31:10.69 (London 2012)
|Half marathon: 68:27 (Marugame 2017)
|Marathon: 2:21:42 (Tokyo 2018)
}}
| olympics = 2012
10,000 m, 11th
2016
Marathon, 9th
| worlds =
2011
5000 m, 14th
2013
10,000 m, 14th
2017
Marathon, {{bronze medal}}
| highestranking =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 London|Marathon}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Marathon Majors}}
{{MedalBronze| 2018 Tokyo | Marathon}}
}}
Amy Cragg (née Hastings; born January 21, 1984) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in long distance running events. She is the 2015 American champion in the Marathon, the 2012 American champion in the 10,000 meters, and a qualifier for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Early career
Hastings went to high school at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas. During her career, she captured three state titles on the track and won the state cross country championships.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/c-xc/mtt/hastings_amy00.html |title=Amy Hastings Profile - Arizona State University Official Athletic Site |access-date=2012-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406141631/http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/c-xc/mtt/hastings_amy00.html |archive-date=2013-04-06 |url-status=dead }}
She was an Arizona State University teammate of Desiree Davila, the qualifying second-place finisher in that same race. Running for ASU, Hastings had been the 2005 NCAA Indoor Champion in the 5000 meters. Amy earned her first All-American honor at 2003 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship in 25th place.{{cite web|author=TBD |url=http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=208244781 |title=Amy Hastings Profile |publisher=TheSunDevils.com |date=April 4, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2017}} Hastings ranks as one of the all-time greats to pass through the ranks in the Maroon and Gold, earning seven All-America honors for track and field and three for cross country. Her 10 total All-America honors rank her second in ASU history. Hastings was the 2006 NCAA Champion at 5,000-meters NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web|url=https://asunews.asu.edu/20120720_hastings |title=Amy Hastings (track and field – USA) |publisher=Asunews.asu.edu |date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
International competition
Amy Hastings Cragg trained in Providence, Rhode Island, with Kim Smith and Molly Huddle under the guidance of Coach Ray Treacy until November 2015.
Sponsored by Brooks, 2011 was her breakthrough year. She knocked 34 seconds off her previous results in the 5000 meters, to become runner up at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 15:14.31. The results of that race also qualified her for the 2011 IAAF World Championships, where she qualified for the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/united-states/amy-cragg-194201#honours |title=Amy Cragg; Profile |publisher=iaaf.org |access-date=July 15, 2017}}{{cite web |last=From |first=Ryan |url=http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238947-IAAF-World-Championships-in-Athletics-Track-and-Field-Daegu-2011/video/505268-Amy-Hastings-qualifies-to-5k-final-at-Daegu-2011-World-Championships |title=Amy Hastings qualifies to 5k final at Daegu 2011 World Championships |publisher=FloTrack |date=August 29, 2011 |access-date=July 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013905/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/238947-IAAF-World-Championships-in-Athletics-Track-and-Field-Daegu-2011/video/505268-Amy-Hastings-qualifies-to-5k-final-at-Daegu-2011-World-Championships |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
2011 was also the year she tried her first marathon, at the Los Angeles Marathon. Her second-place finish in 2:27:03 made her the eighth fastest American.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Athlete-Bios/Amy-Hastings.aspx |title=USA Track & Field - Amy Hastings |publisher=Usatf.org |date=January 21, 1984 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
In 2012, she finished in fourth place in the United States Marathon Olympic Trials.
{{blockquote|"I cried about it probably every day for a month. But at the same time, every single day it was getting back into it and going to work and trying to recover and doing everything right to prepare myself for this day."{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/trackandfield/story/_/id/8087787/2012-summer-olympics-amy-hastings-turns-heartbreak-triumph-trials |title=2012 Summer Olympics - Amy Hastings turns heartbreak into triumph at trials |publisher=Espn.go.com |date=June 23, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}}}
She won the 10,000 meters at the 2012 US Olympic Trials. At the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Hastings was able to stay with the lead group of East Africans until the 18 minute mark before falling back to finish 11th in 31:10, roughly 50 seconds behind the gold medalist Tirunesh Dibaba.
In the 10,000 m at the 2013 World Championship in Moscow, Russia, Hastings finished 14th in 32:51.19.{{cite web |url=http://news.yahoo.com/athletics-world-championships-womens-10000m-results-175844708.html |title=Athletics-World championships women's 10000m results - Yahoo! News |website=news.yahoo.com |access-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130812051253/http://news.yahoo.com/athletics-world-championships-womens-10000m-results-175844708.html |archive-date=12 August 2013 |url-status=dead}} Hastings announced she will run New York Marathon in November and will focus on the distance in future world events.{{cite web |last=From |first=Ryan |url=http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251036-IAAF-World-Championships-Moscow-2013-Interviews-Races/video/719181-Amy-Hastings-will-look-for-answers-after-tough-10k-at-Moscow-World-Champs-2013 |title=Amy Hastings will look for answers after tough 10k at Moscow World Champs 2013 |publisher=FloTrack |date=August 11, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013937/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251036-IAAF-World-Championships-Moscow-2013-Interviews-Races/video/719181-Amy-Hastings-will-look-for-answers-after-tough-10k-at-Moscow-World-Champs-2013 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Hastings finished 20th in 2013 New York City Marathon in 2:42:50.{{cite web |url=http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250963-New-York-City-Marathon-2013/article/22961-RESULTS-ING-New-York-City-Marathon-2013 |title=2013 New York City Marathon |publisher=FloTrack |date=November 3, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204145843/http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/250963-New-York-City-Marathon-2013/article/22961-RESULTS-ING-New-York-City-Marathon-2013 |archive-date=December 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
On July 4, 2014, Hastings won the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, GA with a time of 32:16. The race also served as the 10,000 meter National Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.peachtreeroadrace.org/tiny_files/USA_Championship_Womens_results.pdf |title=Atlanta Running Club |publisher=Peachtreeroadrace.org |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
On October 12 at the 2014 Chicago Marathon, Amy Hastings finished fifth in 2:27:03.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/Watch-the-2014-Chicago-Marathon-272105781.html |title=WATCH: 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon |publisher=Nbclosangeles.com |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
On March 14, 2015, Cragg won USA title by 32 seconds at USA Track and Field 15 km championship in Jacksonville, Florida, with a time of 50:18.{{cite web|url=http://www.gate-riverrun.com/grr15overallres.htm |title=Gate River Run 15K |publisher=Gate-riverrun.com |date=March 14, 2015 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do=view_event&event_id=2512&mgroup_id=45365&year=2015 |title=USATF 15 km Championships - Official Website |publisher=Usatf.Tv |date=2015-03-14 |access-date=July 15, 2017}}
On June 25, 2015, Cragg finished 4th in 10,000 meters in 32:03.95 at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. On 7 September 2015, she placed 14th at USA 20K Championship during the New Haven Road Race in 1:11:22.{{cite web|title=USA Men's & Women's 20k National Championship Races|url=http://www.newhavenroadrace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/new-haven-20K-results4.txt|website=www.newhavenroadrace.org|access-date=July 15, 2017}} On 13 February 2016, she placed first at the US Olympic Marathon Trials, finishing in 2:28:20 on a warm day in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2016/U-S--Olympic-Team-Trials---Marathon/Results.aspx |title=2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon/Results |website=USA Track & Field | access-date =July 15, 2017}} On August 14, 2016, she placed 9th at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon in 2:28:25. On August 6, 2017, she placed 3rd at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, United Kingdom, in 2:27:18.{{cite web|title=Marathon Women − Final − Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-MAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=IAAF|access-date=9 Aug 2017}}
Competition record
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="7"|Representing the {{USA}} |
|---|
| 2003
| World Cross Country Championships | 20th | Junior race | 22.34 |
| 2008
| World Cross Country Championships | 62nd | Senior race | 28:18 |
| 2009
| World Half Marathon Championships | 32nd | 1:13:20 |
| 2010
| World Cross Country Championship | 25th | Senior race | 26:20 |
| rowspan=2|2011
| style="background:silver;"|2nd | Marathon | 2:27:03 |
| World Championships
| 14th | 5000 m | 15:56.06 |
| 2012
| 11th | 10,000 m | 31:10.69 |
| rowspan=2|2013
| 14th | 10,000 m | 32:51.19 |
| New York City Marathon
| 20th | Marathon | 2:42:50 |
| 2014
| 4th | Marathon | 2:27:03 |
| 2016
| 9th | Marathon | 2:28:25 |
| 2017
| style="background:#c90;"|3rd | Marathon | 2:27:18 |
| 2018
| Tokyo | style="background:#c90;"|3rd | Marathon | 2:21:42 |
=USA National Championships=
==Road==
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| rowspan=2|2009
| USA 20 km Championships | 5th | 20 km | 1:08:58 |
| USA 5 km Championships
| 9th | 5 km | 16:11 |
| rowspan=4|2010
| USA Half Marathon Championships | style="background:#c90;"|3rd | 1:11:19 |
| USA 15 km Championships
| 8th | 15;km | 51:55 |
| USA 7 Mile Championships
| style="background:silver;"|2nd | 7 Mile | 38:33 |
| USA 20 km Championships
| 7th | 20 km | 1:09:52 |
| 2011
| USA Half Marathon Championships | 7th | Half marathon | 1:14:07 |
| 2012
| 4th | Marathon | 2:27:17 |
| rowspan=3|2014
| USA 10 km Championships | style="background:gold;"|1st | 10 km | 32:16 |
| USA 7 Mile Championships
| 7th | 7 Mile | 38:27 |
| USA 20 km Championships
| style="background:silver;"|2nd | 20 km | 1:08:54 |
| rowspan=2|2015
| USA 15 km Championships | style="background:gold;"|1st | 15 km | 50:18 |
| USA 20 km Championships
| 14th | 20 km | 1:11:22 |
| 2016
| style="background:gold;"|1st | Marathon | 2:28:20 |
==Track and Field==
==Cross country==
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| 2008
| USA Cross Country Championships | 8th | Senior race | 27:12 |
| 2010
| USA Cross Country Championships | style="background:#c90;"|3rd | Senior race | 26:06 |
=NCAA championships=
==Outdoor Track and Field==
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
! colspan=6| Representing Arizona State |
| 2005
| NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | {{sort dash}} | 10,000 m |
| 2006
| NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 4th | 10,000 m |
| 2007
| NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 4th | 10,000 m |
==Indoor track and field==
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
! colspan=6| Representing Arizona State |
| 2004
| NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | 11th | 5000 m |
| 2005
| NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | 5th | 5000 m |
| rowspan=2|2006
| NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | 19th | 3000 m |
| NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
| style="background:gold;"|1st | 5000 m |
| rowspan=2|2007
| NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships | 6th | 3000 m |
| NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
| 4th | 5000 m |
==Cross country==
| {{AchievementTable |
! colspan=6| Representing Arizona State
|-
| 2002
| NCAA Cross Country Championships
| 92nd
|-
| 2003
| NCAA Cross Country Championships
| 25th
|-
| 2004
| NCAA Cross Country Championships
| 22nd
|-
| 2005
| NCAA Cross Country Championships
| 13th
|}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics||Amy Cragg}}
- {{USATF|new_id=amy-hastings-cragg|name=Amy Hastings Cragg}}
- {{USATF|id=Amy-Hastings|name=Amy Hastings}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Leavenworth, Kansas
Category:Track and field athletes from Long Beach, California
Category:Track and field athletes from Kansas
Category:American female long-distance runners
Category:American female marathon runners
Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's track and field athletes
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners