Amanda Eccleston (; born 18 June 1990) is an American former

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

and 2013

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champion in the

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Biography

Eccleston (then Putt) graduated from Tecumseh High School with a modest 1600 metres personal best of 5:13. As a runner for

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school

Hillsdale College Hillsdale College is a Private university, private, Conservatism in the United States, conservative, Christian liberal arts college in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1844 by members of the Free Will Baptists. Women were admi ...

, she improved to a 4:15

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personal best and was a three time NCAA Division II champion. In 2012, Eccleston signed to the

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team to compete as a

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. At the

2013 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2013 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 48th NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 31st NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Randal Tyson Track Center ...

, she anchored the Michigan

team to a national title with a 4:32 1600 metres split. Eccleston earned her first national medal at the

2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Organised by USA Track and Field (USATF), the two-day competition took place from March 11 to March 12 and served as the national champ ...

, finishing 3rd in the 1500 metres though only the top two were selected to compete at the

2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held between March 17 and 20, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, United States. The event did not feature Russia. Following a WADA investigation into widespread and institutional doping practices ...

. Later that year, she again missed making the US national team by one place, finishing 4th at the 2016 United States Olympic trials. Eccleston won the 2017

Sir Walter Miler The Sir Walter Miler is an outdoor mile run, one mile race held annually at Meredith College in Raleigh North Carolina, typically the first Friday in August. The race is named after Sir Walter Raleigh. It is directed and promoted by Sir Walter Ru ...

in a time of 4:31.72. In 2021, Eccleston was named assistant coach of the Central Michigan Chippewas track and field team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eccleston, Amanda 1990 births American female middle-distance runners Sportspeople from Adrian, Michigan Michigan Wolverines women's track and field athletes Michigan Wolverines women's cross country runners Hillsdale Chargers athletes Central Michigan Chippewas track and field coaches Living people American track and field coaches NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century American sportswomen