Luke Caldwell

Luke Caldwell (born 2 August 1991) is a Scottish long distance runner.[1]

Career

Caldwell competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games achieving 13th place in the 5000m and 14th in the 10,000m. A year later, he achieved his personal best of 28:29.61 minutes for the 10,000m at the 2015 Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, California. However, he has not yet beaten his personal best in the 5000m of 13:29.94 which he achieved in the 2013 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, California.[2]

Personal life

In 2012, Caldwell obtained a physics degree from Oxford University and then went on to study at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.[3] By 2015, he had moved to western London to work as a science teacher and concentrate on athletics.[4]

References
  1. "European Athletics - Athlete: Luke Caldwell". european-athletics. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. "Athlete Profile". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. "How they train - Luke Caldwell - Athletics Weekly". Athletics Weekly. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. "Science teacher Luke Caldwell faces all-or-nothing year in athletics". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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