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'''Alan Webb''' is the name of:
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'''Alan Webb''' (born ], ], in ]) is an ] track ].


* ], (b. 1983), American track athlete
Webb attended ] in ]. In 1999, he broke ]'s high school record for sophomores in the mile run. At the ] in January of ], Webb's mile time of 3:59.86 seconds at ]’s Armory made him the first American high schooler ever to run a ] indoors. Just four months later on May 27, 2001 at the ], Webb ran a mile in 3:53.43 to break Ryun's 36-year-old national high school record.
* ], (1906-1982), English actor

He followed up his run at Prefontaine by winning the Virginia State High School 800-meter title in 1:47.74 to become the fourth-fastest high schooler ever at the distance.

Webb went on to run for the ], but left the Wolverines during his freshman year (June of 2002) to turn professional and be coached again by his high school mentor Scott Raczko, who now coaches at ]. He now attends ].

In 2004, Webb won the Olympic Trials at 1,500 meters and went on to represent the United States at the ]. In 2005, he won another national title at 1,500 meters, and made it to the Finals of the ] in that event. He also set PRs at every distance from the 1,500 to the 5,000 meters, setting the American record at 2 miles along the way.

==Races By Event==

Note: All dates in MM.DD.YYYY format

'''800m'''
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|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Place
!Date
|-
|Seville Round B
|1
|1:46.53
|Seville, Spain
|06.05.2004
|-
|Grand Prix
|3
|1:47.13
|Malmo, Sweden
|08.16.2005
|-
|}

'''1500m'''
{| border="1" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:4px; border:4px solid #cccccc; "
|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Place
!Date
|-
|Home Depot Center Invitational
|1
|3:35.71
|Carson, California
|05.22.2004
|-
|Thales FBK Games
|4
|3:33.70
|Hengelo, Netherlands
|05.31.2004
|-
|Olympic Trials Quartefinals
|1
|3:47.10
|Sacramento, California
|07.15.2004
|-
|Olympic Trials Semifinals
|2
|3:39.92
|Sacramento, California
|07.16.2004
|-
|Olympic Trials Finals
|1
|3:36.13
|Sacramento, California
|07.18.2004
|-
|Olympic Qualifying Round 1
|9
|3:41.25
|Sacramento, California
|08.20.2004
|-
|USA Outdoor Champs
|1
|3:41.97
|Carson, California
|06.25.2005
|-
|World Track and Field Championships
|9
|3:41.04
|Helsinki, Finland
|08.10.2005
|-
|Rieti
|3
|3:32:52
|Rieti, Italy
|08.28.2005
|-
|}

'''Mile'''
{| border="1" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:4px; border:4px solid #cccccc; "
|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Place
!Date
|-
|Tyson Foods Invitational
|4
|3:57.52
|Fayetteville, Arkansas
|02.14.2004
|-
|Nike Prefontaine Classic
|1
|3:50.83
|Eugene, Oregon
|06.19.2004
|-
|Bislett Games
|4
|3:48.92
|Oslo, Norway
|07.29.2005
|-
|Fifth Avenue Mile
|2
|3:51.4
|New York, New York
|07.24.2005
|-
|}

'''3000m'''
{| border="1" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:4px; border:4px solid #cccccc; "
|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Place
!Date
|-
|Nike Prefontaine Classic
|3
|7:39.28
|Eugene, Oregon
|06.4.2005
|-
|}

'''2 Mile'''
{| border="1" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:4px; border:4px solid #cccccc; "
|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Place
!Date
|-
|Nike Prefontaine Classic
|2
|8:11.48 (American Record)
|Eugene, Oregon
|06.4.2005
|-
|Adidas Track Classic
|6
|8:33.92
|Carson, California
|05.21.2006
|-
|}

'''5000m'''
{| border="1" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:4px; border:4px solid #cccccc; "
|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Place
!Date
|-
|Penn Relays
|1
|13:46.31
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|04.29.2004
|-
|Penn Relays
|1
|13:30.25
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|04.28.2005
|-
|Berlin Golden League
|8
|13:10.86
|Berlin, Germany
|09.04.2005
|-
|}

'''10000m'''
{| border="1" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:4px; border:4px solid #cccccc; "
|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Place
!Date
|-
|Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational
|1
|27:34.72
|Palo Alto, California
|04.30.2006
|-
|}

'''Cross Country'''
{| border="1" width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin:4px; border:4px solid #cccccc; "
|- align="center" bgcolor="cccccc"
!Competition
!Ranking
!Timing
!Distance
!Place
!Date
|-
|USA Cross Country Championships
|8
|11:31
|4km
|Indianapolis, Indiana
|02.07.2004
|-
|USA Cross Country Championships
|4
|35:21
|12km
|Indianapolis, Indiana
|02.08.2004
|-
|USA Cross Country Championships
|6
|11:48.3
|4km
|Vancouver, Washington
|02.12.2005
|-
|}
<!-- Old results still needing addition

2003: 7th at USA Indoors (3:44.45)… 10th at USA Outdoors (3:47.35)...2nd at the Armory Indoor (3:59.49)...10th in mile at Nike Prefontaine Classic (3:58.84)...bests of 3:47.35 & 3:58.84.

2002: 1st at Big Ten Conference Outdoor Championships 1,500m (3:49.27)...4th in 1,500m at NCAA Outdoor Championships (3:43.23).

2001: Set prep national record for indoor mile (3:59.86), outdoor mile (3:53.43), and outdoor 1,500m (3:38.26 en route to his 3:53.43) ... won VA state 800m title in record time of 1:47.74, making him the fourth-fastest prep in history… ran the fastest 800m split by a high schooler in the history of the Penn Relays (1:49.1), where he anchored South Lakes to wins in the 4x800m relay and distance medley relay… bests of 3:53.43 and 1:47.74.

2000: Posted split time of 3:59.9 for 1600m at Penn Relays…second at FootLocker XC Championships… best of 4:03.33 in mile.

1999: Set prep national record for mile as a sophomore (4:06.94) … 8th at FootLocker XC Championships. -->

==Personal Records==
===Outdoors===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Distance
! Mark
! Date
! Location
|-
| 800 m || align=right | 1:46.53 || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| 1,000 m || align=right | 2:20.32 || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| 1,500 m || align=right | 3:32.52 || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| Mile || align=right | 3:48.92 || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| 3,000 m || align=right | 7:39.28 || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| 2 miles || align=right | 8:11.48<sup>(1)</sup> || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| 5,000 m || align=right | 13:10.86 || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| 10,000 m || align=right | 27:34.72 || align=right | ] || ]
|}

<sup>(1)</sup> American Record

===Cross Country===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Distance
! Mark
! Date
! Location
|-
| 4,000 m || align=right | 11:31 || align=right | ] || ]
|-
| 12,000 m || align=right | 35:21 || align=right | ] || ]
|}

==External links==
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* Sub 4:00: Alan Webb and the Quest for the Fastest Mile by Chris Lear (ISBN 1-59486-056-4)

==See also==
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Revision as of 13:04, 8 January 2007

Alan Webb is the name of: