ALFRED A.G. KRUGER
Event: Hammer Throw
Height: 6-4
Weight: 260
PRs: 79.26m/260-0 (2004)
Born: Feb. 18, 1979 in Sheldon, Iowa
Current Residence: Ashland, Ohio
High School: Sheldon, Iowa '97
Colleges: Morningside (Sioux City, Iowa) '01
Coach: Jud Logan
Agent: Self
Club: Nike
Career highlights: 2008 Olympic
Trials champion;
Two-time USA Outdoor champion
('06, '07); Four-time U.S. Indoor WT champion ('03, '05, '06, '07); 2004 Olympic
Trials runner-up; 2001 NCAA Div. II champion
Kruger qualified for his second Olympic Team with at the 2008 Olympic Trials with his winning toss of 75.81m/248-9. Kruger emphatically demonstrated his men’s hammer throw dominance in the U.S. in 2007 by winning his second consecutive national title and posting the top nine throws by an American that season. He also won his fourth straight indoor title. He ended the 2006 outdoor season owning the top seven hammer throws by an American that year. Kruger finished the 2005 season with four of the top seven hammer throws by Americans in that year.. A young thrower in an event which traditionally favors experienced competitors, Kruger made his first Olympic Team by placing 2nd at the 2004 Olympic Trials, then meeting the Olympic A standard with his personal best throw of 79.26m/260-0 on August 5 in Berea, Ohio, a mark that would have finished fourth at the 2004 Olympic Games...coached by 4-time Olympian Jud Logan, who heads the Ashland Elite Club. Of Logan, Kruger says, “”It was the biggest compliment in my life when Jud Logan recruited me two years ago [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.”
2009: Runner-up at 2009 USA Indoors (23.31m/76-5.75).
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)… ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 78.68m/258-2.best of 78.68m/258-2.
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)...ranked #1 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 78.10m/256-3.
2006:
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)...ranked #2 in U.s. by T&FN...best of 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)…ranked #2 U.S. by T&FN…best of 79.26m/260-0.
2003: USA Indoor WT champion (22.25m/73-0) …no mark at USA Outdoors …best of 70.31m/230-8. 2002: 14th at USA Outdoor (64.59m/211-11) … 6th at USA Indoors (19.50m/63-11.75) … best of 68.53m/224-10. 2001: 1st at North Central Conference in hammer and discus … NCAA Div. II champion in HT … 19th in HT at USA Outdoors … best of 65.66m/215-5 in HT and 56.00m/183-9 in DT.
6/24/09
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