USA Championships
2008 Olympic Trials champion (75.81m/248-09)
Four-time USA Outdoor champion – 2006 (75.81m/248-9); 2007 (78.10m/256-3); 2008 (75.81m/248-09); 2009 (75.31m/247-1)
Seven-time U.S. Indoor WT champion – 2003 (22.25m/73-0); 2005 (23.47m/77-0);
2006 (23.74m/77-10.75); 2007 (24.05m/78-11); 2009 (23.31m/76-5.75); 2010 (23.31m/76-5.75); 2012 (24.57m/80-7)
2011 USA Indoors runner-up (23.73m/77-10.25)
2004 Olympic Trials runner-up (76.02m/249-5)
Collegiate Championships
2001 NCAA Division II champion
About Alfred
Over the past decade, Kruger has become one of the best throwers in the country. Backing that up are his four consecutive USA Outdoor titles in the hammer throw, six USA Indoor crowns in the weight throw and two trips to the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008. Kruger’s coach, Jud Logan, knows a thing or two about success, as he is a four-time Olympian and the head of the Ashland Elite Club. “It was the biggest compliment in my life when Jud Logan recruited me (out of Morningside College),” Kruger said. “I would never be where I am without him. He is the master of getting you ready to go.” During his college years, Kruger was an NCAA Division II student-athlete at Morningside where he played football and was a member of the track & field team. In the fall of 2007, he married his wife Laura and they had their first child, Alfred George Kruger IV in August 2011.
Results
2012: USA Indoor champion (24.57m/80-7); Ohio State Invitational champion (21.13m/69-4); Findlay Open champion (24.68m/80-11); Akron Invitational champion (24.05m/78-11)
2011: 2nd at USA Indoors (23.73m/77-10.25); 3rd at USA Outdoors (73.01m/239-6)
2009: USA Outdoor champion (75.31m/247-1); USA Indoor champ (23.31m/76-5.75); 13th in Group A qualifying at World Outdoors (70.19m/230-3); 1st at Columbus (75.69m/248-4).
2008: Olympic Trials champion (75.81m/248-09); 14th in Group B qualifying at Olympic Games (71.21m/233-7); runner-up at USA Indoors (24.07m/78-11.75); 1st at Eugene (78.68m/258-2 U.S. Leader).
2007: USA Outdoor champion (78.10m/256-3); 9th in qualifying at World Outdoors (73.19m/240-1); USA Indoor champion (24.05m/78-11); 2nd at Lake Erie Association Championships (71.95m/); 1st at Sioux City Relays (77.11m/253-0); 2nd at Mt. SAC Relays (76.84m/252-1).
2006: USA Outdoor champion (75.81m/248-9); USA Indoor champion (23.74m/77-10.75); 1st at Mt. SAC (78.52m/257-7); 1st at Bloomington, Ind. (77.98m/257-7); 1st at Columbus (77.00m/252-7); 1st at Drake Relays (76.09m/249-7).
2005: U.S. Indoor champion (23.47m/77-0); 3rd at USA Outdoors (71.48m/234-6); 7th in Group A qualifying at World Outdoor Champs (74.37m/244-0; 2nd at Calvin (75.57m/247-11).
2004: 2nd at Olympic Trials (76.02m/249-5); did not qualify for Olympic final (69.38m/227-7); met Olympic A standard August 5 at Berea (Ohio) Open (79.26m/260-0PR); 2nd in WT at USA Indoors (22.56m/74-0.25); 1st in WT at Kent (22.87/75-0.5)
2003: USA Indoor WT champion (22.25m/73-0); no mark at USA Outdoors.
2002: 14th at USA Outdoor (64.59m/211-11); 6th at USA Indoors (19.50m/63-11.75).
2001: 1st at North Central Conference in hammer and discus; NCAA Div. II champion in HT; 19th in HT at USA Outdoors.
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Indoor bests – weight throw, 25.18m/82-7.50 (No. 1 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 76.34m/250-5 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 30 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – weight throw, 24.99m/82-0 (No. 1 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 77.35m/253-9 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 20 in the world)
2009: Indoor bests – weight throw, 24.11m/79-1.25 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 75.69m/248-4 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 34 in the world)
2008: Indoor bests – weight throw, 24.28m/79-8 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 78.68m/258-2 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 27 in the world)
2007: Indoor bests – weight throw, 24.78m/81-3.75 (No. 1 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 78.10m/256-3 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 18 in the world)
2006: Indoor bests – weight throw, 23.74m/77-10.75 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 78.52m/257-7 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 18 in the world)
2005: Indoor bests – weight throw, 23.47m/77-0 (No. 3 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 75.57m/247-11 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 44 in the world)
2004: Indoor bests – weight throw, 22.87m/75-0.5 (No. 4 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 79.26m/260-0 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 20 in the world)
2003: Indoor bests – weight throw, 22.25m/73-0 (No. 2 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 70.53m/231-4 (No. 7 in the USA)
2002: Indoor bests – weight throw, 22.58m/74-1 (No. 4 in the USA); Outdoor bests – hammer throw,
68.53m/224-10
2001: Indoor bests – weight throw, 19.32m/63-4.5; Outdoor bests – hammer throw, 65.66m/215-5; discus, 56.00m/183-9