Andrew Wheating
Event: 800m, 1500m
Height: 6-5
Weight: 175
PR: 1:44.56 (2010), 3:30.90 (2010) 3:51.74 (2010)
Born: 11/21/1987
Current Residence: Eugene, Ore.
High School: Kimball Union Academy (Meriden, N.H.) ‘06
College: Oregon '10
Coach: Vin Lananna
Agent: Self
Sponsor: Nike
Club: Oregon TC Elite
USA Championships
2008 Olympic Trials 800m runner-up (1:45.03)
International Championships
Member of Team USA for 2008 Olympic Games and 2011 World Outdoor Championships
Collegiate Championships
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 800m champion – 2009 (1:46.21); 2010 (1:45.69)
2010 NCAA Outdoor 1,500m champion (3:47.94)
2010 NCAA Indoor 800m runner-up (1:48.4)
2008 NCAA Outdoor 800m runner-up (1:45.32)
Awards and Honors
USTFCCCA NCAA West Region Track Athlete of the Year
2005 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic cross country champion (14:54.01)
About Andrew
Running a head taller than most of his competitors, Andrew Wheating has become a fan favorite in the 800m and 1,500m competing for the Oregon Track Club Elite. Primarily an 800m runner in college, Wheating bumped up to the 1,500m and in 2010 ran a 3:30.90 in Monaco. It was a personal best for Wheating of nearly seven seconds and the fifth-fastest time in the world that year. In the 800m final at the 2008 Olympic Trials in front of his home crowd in Eugene, Wheating was a part of one of the more memorable finishes in Olympic Trials history when Christian Smith dove across the finish line to make it a clean Oregon Track Club Elite sweep with Nick Symmonds, Wheating and Smith, respectively. Wheating ran only one track and field season and two cross country seasons in high school for legendary coach Jeff Johnson and focused on soccer in years prior. He competed in the 800m for first time in 2007 and ended the outdoor regular season ranked ninth nationally among freshman (1:50.17). In his debut collegiate cross country season in '07 he earned All-Pac-10 Second Team laurels for his top-14 league finish. In his first season of track and field in 2006, he ranked fourth nationally in 1,500m with his personal best of 3:54.48 from the USA Junior Championships.
Results
2011: 8th in heats at World Outdoors (3:42.68); 4th at USA Outdoors (3:48.19); 3:34.39 at Paris
2010: NCAA Outdoor 1,500m champ (3:47.94); NCAA Outdoor 800m champ (1:45.69); NCAA Indoor 800m runner-up (1:48.4); 5th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (3:51.74); 4th in Monaco (3:30.90); 2nd in London (1:44.56)
2009: NCAA Outdoor 800m champ (1:46.21); Pac 10 Outdoor 800m champ (1:49.83); 3rd at Pac 10 Champs 1,500m (3:51.27); PAC-10 Indoor 800m champion (1:46.21)
2008: Runner-up at Olympic Trials (1:45.03); 4th in opening round at Olympic Games (1:47.05); runner-up at NCAA Outdoors (1:45.32); runner-up in semis at Olympic Trials (1:46.23)
2007: 7th at 800m at Pac-10 Outdoors (1:50.96); 14th at Pac-10 Cross Country Champs (23:26.5 - 8,000m)
2006: 8th at USA Junior Champs (3:54.28)
2005: 1st at USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Champs (Young Men – 14:54.01)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2011: Outdoor bests – 800m, 1:45.95 (No. 16 in the USA); 1500m, 3:34.39 (No. 4 in the USA, No. 33 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests – 800m, 1:48.49 (No. 9 in the USA, No. 42 in the world); Outdoor bests – 800m, 1:44.56 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); 1500m, 3:30.90 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 4 in the world)
2009: Indoor bests – 800m, 1:48.54 (No. 8 in the USA, No. 41 in the world); mile, 3:59.11 (No. 6 in the USA, No. 14 in the world); Outdoor bests – 800m, 1:46.21 (No. 7 in the USA)
2008: Outdoor bests – 800m, 1:45.03 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 26 in the world)
2007: Outdoor bests – 800m, 1:50.17; 1500m, 3:45.17
2006: Outdoor bests – 1,500m, 3:54.28; 5000m, 15:11