Cameron Levins

Cameron Levins (born March 28, 1989) is a Canadian long-distance runner from Black Creek and Courtenay, British Columbia.[4] He won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 10,000 m. Levins also competed in the 2012 London Olympics.

Cam Levins
Levins in 2013
Personal information
Birth nameCameron Levins
NationalityCanadian
Born (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989
Black Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportTrack, Long-distance running
University teamSouthern Utah
PartnerHoka One One
Former partner(s)Nike
Coached byEric Houle
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800 meters: 1:49.73[1][2]
1500 meters: 3:36.88[1]
Indoor mile: 3:54.74[1]
Indoor 2-mile: 8:14.69[1]
5000 meters: 13:15.19[1]
10,000 meters: 27:07.51[1]
Marathon: 2:09:25 NR[3]
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's Athletics
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow10,000 m
Updated on 18 March 2015.

Career

In 2012, Levins qualified for the 2012 London Olympics in the 10,000 metre and 5,000 metre events at the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials in track and field in Calgary, Alberta, where he was first in the 5000. At the 2012 Summer Olympics Levins finished 11th in the 10,000 meter run in a time of 27:40.68[5] and 14th in the 5,000 meter in a time of 13:51.87 despite catching the flu just before the finals.[6] Levins finished 14th in the 10,000 meters at the 2013 World Athletics Championship in Moscow, Russia.[7]

Levins was the men's 2012 Bowerman Award winner[8] - the NCAA's annual award to the most outstanding collegiate athlete in athletics. Levins was the first Canadian winner of the award.[9]

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he led down the final stretch with a "spectacular kick," but finished third in 27:56.23 less than a 10th of a second behind winner Moses Kipsiro.[10]

On October 21, 2018, making his marathon debut, Levins broke Jerome Drayton's 43-year-old Canadian men's record for the marathon, finishing fourth in the 29th annual Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2:09:25, a 44 second improvement on the previous national record.[3][11]

Career highlights

2015 IAAF World Championships

  • 10,000 meters

2014 Commonwealth Games

  • 10,000 meters — Bronze Medal

2013 IAAF World Championships

  • 10,000 meters

2012 London Olympics

2-time NCAA Champion:

  • 2012: 10000m, 5000m

14-time Summit League Champion:

  • 2008-09: 1500m
  • 2009-10: XC, mile (indoor), 3000m (indoor)
  • 2010-11: 1500m, 5000m
  • 2011-12: XC, 800m(indoor), mile (indoor), 3000m (indoor), 5000m (indoor), 1500m, 5000m, 10000m

3-time Canadian XC Champion:

  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012

Canadian record holder for

  • 2 mile - 8:14.69[12]
  • marathon - 2:09:25[3]

See also
  • Canadian records in track and field

References
  1. All-Athletics. "Profile of Cameron Levins".
  2. TFRRS. "2016 BYU Cougar Invitational".
  3. Harrison, Doug (21 October 2018). "Cam Levins obliterates Canadian men's record in marathon debut". CBC Sports. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  4. Cam Levins » Canada’s Greatest Distance Runner? | Canadian Running Magazine
  5. Levins finishes 11th in Olympic 10,000m
  6. Levins finishes 14th in Olympic 5,000m despite flu
  7. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/results/men/10000-metres/final/result
  8. http://www.ustfccca.org/2012/12/featured/cam-levins-kimberlyn-duncan-are-2012-recipients-of-the-bowerman
  9. Cameron Levins wins Bowerman Award
  10. Ewing, Lori (August 2, 2014). "Levins an 'also-ran' no more". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press.
  11. Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2018-10-21 results
  12. http://branchsportstech.com/2013_Meets/indoor/02-16-millrose/Results39-1.htm
Awards
Preceded by
Ngoni Makusha		 The Bowerman (men's winner)
2012		 Succeeded by
Derek Drouin
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