Casey Comber (born November 4, 1996) is an American middle distance runner who competes for Under Armour.
Early life Comber attended Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School in Pennsylvania before studying Finance at Villanova University.
Career While competing for the Villanova, he notably finished second in the mile at the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.
In April 2023, Comber finished runner-up to Hobbs Kessler at the BAA Invitational mile in Boston, Massachusetts. That same month, Comber finished runner-up at the USATF One Mile Championship. In June 2023, Comber ran a personal best time of 3:34.24 for the 1500m at the Meeting Nikaia in Nice, France. In November 2023, Comber won the bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile over 1500 metres.
In 2024, and 2025, Comber won the B.A.A. Invitational Mile Road Race in Boston, Massachusetts, finishing ahead of Canadian Aaron Ahl in both races. In February 2025, Comber acted as a pacemaker as Grant Fisher set a new 3000 metres indoors world record at the Millrose Games in New York City.
Results and personal records All statistics taken from World Athletics Profile
Championship results YearMeetVenueEventPlaceTime2023USATF National ChampionshipsHayward Field1500mH2 8th3:44.36Pan American GamesJulio Martínez National Stadium3rd3:39.902022US Indoor ChampionshipsThe Podium10th3:45.172021NCAA Outdoor ChampionshipsHayward FieldSF2 7th3:40.98U.S. Olympic TrialsH1 8th3:46.252019NCAA Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham CrossPlexMile2nd4:08.03NCAA Outdoor ChampionshipsMike A. Myers Stadium1500m8th3:42.772018NCAA Indoor ChampionshipsGilliam Indoor Track StadiumDMR8th9:35.49
Personal records SurfaceEventTimeDateVenueShort trackOne mile3:51.92February 11, 2024The Armory3000m7:43.53January 28, 2023The Armory5000m13:55.51December 3, 2022Boston UniversityOutdoor track1500m3:34.24June 17, 2023Nice, FROne mile3:56.33July 14, 2023Morton Stadium5000m13:31.85May 26, 2023Drake StadiumRoadMile3:51.15*July 31, 2021Cleveland, OH *Not Legal
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