The men’s 5000 meters is one of track and field’s premier long-distance events, testing endurance, pacing and race strategy over 12.5 laps of the track. It demands a combination of aerobic strength ...

Calysta Garmer won the 5,000-meter run at the New Balance National Championships with a record-breaking time. Garmer's time of 16:18 surpassed the previous record, along with six other girls' times.

After running the 5,000 meters in three Olympics, he coached the likes of Steve Prefontaine and Joaquim Cruz at his alma mater, the University of Oregon. By Frank Litsky See more of our coverage in ...

Last fall Alan Culpepper (Geog, Soc’96) was inducted into the Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame at Coors Events Center. He was on CU’s cross country and track teams and was the 1996 NCAA outdoor champion ...