Casey Comber
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| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 4, 1996 Horsham, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Maple Glen, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500m | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Villanova[1] Wildcats track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Club | UA Mission Run Baltimore Distance | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:34.24 (Nice, 2023) One Mile: 3:56.33 (Dublin, 2023) One Mile (road): 4:02.88 (Des Moines, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Casey Comber (born 4 November 1996) is an American middle distance runner who competes for Under Armour.[2]
Early life
Comber attended Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School in Pennsylvania before studying Finance at Villanova University.[3]
Career
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]
References
- ^ "Casey Comber". villanova.com. Villanova University. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ "Casey Comber". World Athletics. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "H-H's Casey Comber Signs with Villanova". April 18, 2015.
- ^ Reardon, Joe (April 15, 2023). "Hobbs Kessler, Newton's Amelia Everett shine at BAA Invitational Mile". Boston Herald. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ "CASEY COMBER 2ND PLACE MEN'S RACE - USATF 1 MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Runnerspace. April 26, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ Dutch, Taylor (July 6, 2023). "5 Under the Radar Athletes to Follow at the USATF Championships". Runners World. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
- ^ Soto, Pablo (November 2, 2023). "CANADA'S DAZZLING PERFORMANCE IN THE MEN'S 1,500M AND VENEZUELA'S FEAT IN THE WOMEN'S 5,000M". Panamsports. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- American male middle-distance runners
- Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
- Track and field people from Pennsylvania
- 21st-century American people
- Villanova Wildcats men's cross country runners
- Villanova Wildcats men's track and field athletes
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Villanova University alumni
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