MATT TEGENKAMP
Events: Middle Distance
Height: 6-1
Weight: 145
PRs: 1,500m - 3:34.25 (2007); Mile - 3:56.38 (2006); 3,000m - 7:34.98 (2006); 2 Mile - 8:07.07AR (2007); 5,000m - 13:04.90 (2006)
Born: January 19, 1982, in Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Current Residence: Portland, Ore.
High School: Lee’s Summit (Mo) HS ‘00
College: Wisconsin ‘05
Coach: Jerry Schumacher
Agent: Tom Ratcliffe
Club: Nike 

Career Highlights: American two-mile record holder; 2009 USA Outdoor 5,000m champ; Two-time USA Indoor 3,000m champ (’07, ’08); 4th at 2007 World Outdoor Champs 5,000m; 3-time USA Outdoors 5,000m runner-up (’06, ’07, ‘08); 2005 USATF Club XC champion; 5th in Junior race at 2001 World XC Championships; 2001 USA Junior XC champion

Tegenkamp qualified for his second World Outdoor Championships team with his first-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene. Tegenkamp bettered the 13-minute barrier in the 5,000 meters for the first time in his career in 2009 with his 12:58.56 clocking in Brussels on September 4. Tegenkamp joined Bob Kennedy, Bernard Lagat and Dathan Ritzenhein as the only Americans ever to accomplish that feat. Tegenkamp’s surprising fourth-place 5,000m finish at the 2007 World Outdoor Championships propelled him to a year-end world ranking (#10) by Track & Field News for the first time in his career. With fellow American Bernard Lagat ending the season ranked #4 globally, it marked the first time since 1985 that two Americans ended a season ranked in the top ten in the world at 5,000 meters since 1985. Tegenkamp’s 3,000m win at the 2007 USA Indoor Championships preceded a runner-up finish at the Outdoor Championships in the 5,000m. He also raised some eyebrows with his American record in the two-mile at the Prefontaine Classic of 8:07.07. Tegenkamp moved to #4 on the all-time U.S. 5,000m list with a 13:04.90 personal best at the 2006 DN Galan meet in Stockholm, Sweden on July 25, 2006. Also in 2006, Tegenkamp set personal bests at two other distances: 3:35.96 for 1500m and 3:56.38 for the mile. Tegenkamp first gained widespread attention in 2001, where at the World Cross Country Championships junior race, which was won by the great Kenenisa Bekele, he finished fifth. Tegenkamp is a 2005 graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he struggled with a series of injuries throughout his collegiate career. After Tegenkamp missed the 2003 cross country season with yet another injury, Wisconsin coach Jerry Schumacher changed his training regimen, emphasizing shorter, more frequent runs. Tegenkamp responded quickly in 2004, setting an indoor 5,000m best of 13:44.06 and an outdoor best of 13:30.90. He majored in human ecology at the University of Wisconsin.

2009: USA Outdoor 5,000m champion (13:20.57)...8th at World Champs (13:20.23)...7th at Brussels (12:58.56PR)...best of 12:58.56.
2008: 2nd at Olympic Trials in 5,000m (13:29.68)…13th at Olympic Games (13:33.13)…USA Indoor 3,000m champ (8:02:52)…13th in Brussels (13:25.71)…ranked #2 in U.S. at 5,000m by T&FN...bests of 3:40.04, 7:40.75, 13:25.71.
2007: 4th at World Outdoors (13:46.78)...USA Outdoor 5,000m runner-up (13:31.31)…USA Indoor 3,000m champ (7:46.08)…3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic 2 mile (8:07.07AR)…8th in 1,500m at Athens (3:34.25PR)…6th in 3,000m at Monaco (7:37.31)…6th in 1,500m at Heusden (3:36.48)…4th in 3,000m at Stockholm (7:35.68)…bests of 13:07.41, 7:37.31 & 3:34.25.
2006: Runner-up at 5,000m at USA Outdoors (13:15.00)…8th at Stockholm (13:04.90PR)…6th at Eugene 2-mile (8:16:50)…1st at Madison (3:56.38PR)…7th at Berlin 1,500m (3:35.96PR)…5th at Monaco (7:34.98PR)…ranked #3 at 1,500m/mile, #3 at 3,000m, #2 at 5,000m in U.S. by T&FN…bests of 13:04.90, 7:34.98.
2005: 6th at USA Outdoors 5,000m (13:25.36)…1st at 10 km at USATF Club XC Champs (29:47)…5th in 5,000m at NCAA Outdoors (13:41.07)…Big 10 1,500m champ (3:39.40)…ranked #10 U.S. at 5,000m by T&FN…bests of 13:25.36, 7:43.33.
2004: 3rd in 5,000m at NCAA Outdoors (14:11.45)…2nd at Big 10 Champs…best of 13:30.90.
2003: Injured, did not compete.
2002:  Runner-up at Big 10 Champs 5,000m…bests of 7:57.08i, 13:44.77.


06/23/08