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The following March, Rupp capped his indoor season by placing third in the 5000 m and fourth in the 3000 m at the 2007 NCAA Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championship. He began his outdoor season by running a 28:35 10,000 m at Stanford. During the race, he caused some controversy by frequently slowing down to wait for another athlete. On April 20, 2007, Rupp made a huge comeback in the last 200 meters of a 5000 m race to edge out Chris Solinsky, improving personal best to 13:30. On April 29, 2007, Rupp defeated a stellar field to win the men’s 10,000 m at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford. Rupp’s time of 27:33.48 set an American-born NCAA Collegiate Record for the event and also gave him the seventh-fastest time in U.S. history. Two weeks later, Rupp won the 10,000 and 5000 m at the Pac-10 conference meet and helped Oregon to the team title. As in his freshman year, he went on to finish second in the 10,000 m at the NCAA track and field championships.
| Beginning of Professional Career | 2003 |
| Retirement | N/A |
| Coach | Mike Smith |
| Honors | Athlete of the year |
In 2011, at the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene Oregon, Galen Rupp wore a type of surgical mask during the 10,000 meter final. Rupp was plagued by pollen allergies and ran the race in a black surgical mask with a filtering element.
Rupp now trains with Mike Smith, the coach at Northern Arizona University.
It’s right around 100 miles a week—a little less than what I would do for a normal marathon.
As for a 5k road race, the current men’s record is 12:49, held by Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi. This recent record was set on December 31, 2021. Now, onto the women. The current 5000-meter world record holder is Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, with a time of 14:06.62.
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