Nick Symmonds
Event: 800m
Height: 5-10
Weight: 165
PR: 800m - 1:43.76 (2010); mile - 3:56.72i (2007); 1,500m - 3:38.18
Born: 12/30/1983
Current Residence: Springfield, Ore.
High School: Bishop Kelly (Boise, Idaho) High School '02
College: Williamette University '06
Coach: Mark Rowland
Agent: Chris Layne
Sponsor: Nike
Club: Oregon TC Elite
USA Championships
Four-time USA Outdoor champion – 2008 (1:44.10); 2009 (1:45.86); 2010 (1:45.98); 2011 (1:44.17)
2008 USA Indoor runner-up (1:46.96)
2007 USA Indoor champion (1:48.73)
Two-time USA Outdoor runner-up - 2006 (1:45.83); 2007 (1:45.17)
International Championships
Member of Team USA for 2008 Olympic Games
Three-time member of Team USA for World Outdoor Championships ('05, '07, '09)
Collegiate Championships
Four-time NCAA Division III Outdoor 800m champion - 2003 (1:49.51); 2004 (1:50.87); 2005 (1:49.87); 2006 (1:49.59)
Three-time NCAA Division III Outdoor 1500m champion - 2003 (3:46.66); 2005 (3:54.20); 2006 (3:40.91)
Awards and Honors
NCAA Division III national record holder
2005 NCAA Division III Track and Field Male Athlete of the Year
About Nick
In 2009 Symmonds became the first American to make the men's 800m final at the World Championships since Rich Kenah won the bronze medal and Mark Everett finished eighth in 1997. Symmonds duplicated that performance again in 2011. He qualified for his first Olympic team in 2008 at Hayward Field in one of the most memorable races of the Trials. A native of Boise, Idaho, Symmonds won seven NCAA Division III titles competing for Williamette University. Competing for the Oregon Track Club Elite, Symmonds worked to open the Tan Republic tanning salon.
Results
2011: USA Outdoor champion (1:44.17); 5th at World Outdoors (1:45.12); 3rd at Monaco (1:43.83)
2010: USA Outdoor champion (1:45.98); 3rd at Pre Classic 1,000m (2:16.35); 6th at Monaco (1:44.0; 3rd at Rieti (1:43.76); 4th at Stockholm (1:45.32); 1st at NY GP (1:45.05); 6th at Paris (1:44.93); 2nd at Ponce GP in 1,000m (3:40.33)
2009: USA Outdoor champion (1:45.86); 6th at World Outdoors (1:45.71); 1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1:45.8); 1st at Tyson Invitational (1:47.72); 1st at 1,000m at Reebok BIG (2:20.52); 3rd at Monaco (1:43.83)
2008: Olympic Trials champion (1:44.10); 5th in Olympic semifinal (1:46.96); USA Indoor runner-up (1:46.96); 4th at Nike Prefontaine Classic (1:45.01); 6th at World Indoor Champs (1:46.48)
2007: 6th in semis at World Outdoors (1:46.41); USA Indoor champion (1:48.73); USA Outdoor runner-up (1:45.17); 1st at Reebok Boston Indoor Games (1:48.15); 1st in mile at Seattle (3:56.72i); 2nd in mile at Tyson Invitational (4:01.21); Nike Prefontaine Classic champion (1:44.54); 3rd at Madrid (1:45.06); 5th at Heusden-Zolder (1:45.49)
2006: USA Outdoor runner-up (1:45.83); 4th at Stanford 1500m (3:40.91)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Best
2011: Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:43.83 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 6 in the world)
2010: Indoor bests - 800m, 1:47.59 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 21 in the world); Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:43.76 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 8 in the world)
2009: Indoor bests - 800m, 1:47.72 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 15 in the world); Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:43.83 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 11 in the world)
2008: Indoor bests - 800m, 1:46.48 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 10 in the world); Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:44.10 (No. 1 in the USA, No. 10 in the world)
2007: Indoor bests - 800m, 1:48.15 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 19 in the world); Outdoor bests - 1:44.54 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 14 in the world)
2006: Outdoor bests - 800m, 1:45.83 (No. 5 in the USA