Jack Rowe (runner)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 30 January 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 3000m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 3:41.23 (Watford, 2022) Mile: 3:58.76 (London 2021) 3000m: 7:38.35 (Boston 2024) 5000m: 13:23.00 (Los Angeles, 2023) 10000m: 28:20.31 (London, 2022) Half marathon: 1:01:08 (London, 2023) |
Jack Rowe (born 30 January 1996) is a British long-distance runner.[1]
Early life[edit]
Born in Norwich, Rowe attended St Mary's University, Twickenham and the University of San Francisco.[2]
Career[edit]
In 2020 he won silver in the 5000m at the British Championships.[3] In December 2021 he finished eighteenth at the European Cross Country Championship that took place in Fingal, Dublin.[4]
He was selected for the Great Britain squad to compete in the 3000m, for the 2021 and 2023 European Indoor Athletics Championships, held at the Arena Toruń in Poland, and the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul respectively.[5] In 2021 and 2023 Rowe qualified for the final in the 3000m race.[6][7]
In September 2023, he won The Big Half in London.[8] His time met the qualifying mark for the half-marathon at the inaugural World Road Running Championships, held in October 2023 in Riga.[9] In September 2023, he also won the Vitality London 10,000m in a time of 28:13.[10]
In January 2024, he ran a new 3000m personal best of 7:38.35 in Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jack Rowe". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Jack Rowe". usfdons.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "British Athletics Championships: Silvers for Davies and Rowe in Manchester". BBC Sport. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "I see everything as multiples of my rent". viewsfromtheconcourse.com. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "GB & NI TEAM SELECTED FOR THE EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". British Athletics. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "European Indoor Athletics Championships: Holly Archer wins 1,500m silver after successful appeal". Sky Sports. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "European Indoor Championships: Laura Muir wins 1500m gold for fifth indoor title". BBC Sport. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Mo Farah finishes fourth in The Big Half in final London race". BBC Sport. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Adams, Tim (3 September 2023). "Six Brits qualify for half-marathon in Riga". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (26 September 2023). "Jack Rowe in great form in Vitality London 10,000". Athletics Weekly.
- ^ Henderson, Jason (27 January 2024). "Amber Anning breaks Katharine Merry's British indoor 200m record". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 January 2024.