Anthony Kostelac

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Anthony Kostelac
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1991-07-04) July 4, 1991 (age 31)
Charlottesville, Virginia
Sport
Sport Track
Event(s) 800 meters
College team Virginia
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 800 meters : 1:47.28 [1]
Updated on 11-12-2014.

Anthony Kostelac (born July 4, 1991) is a middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters. As a high schooler, he was a part of Albemarle High School's men's 4×800 meter relay team which broke a world junior record in 2012. [2] He went on to compete as an 800-meter runner with University of Virginia, in addition to building a reputation as a prolific relay runner.

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Running career

High school

Kostelac attended and ran for Albemarle High School. His coaches at Albemarle were "Buz" Male [3] and Lance Weisend. [2] In 2010 Kostelac was named Burger King Male Student Athlete of the Year. [4] In the years Kostelac attended Albemarle, the high school fielded a historic 4 × 800 men's relay team including Kostelac, Zach Vrhovac, Luke Noble, and Garrett Bradley. The four-man squad would set an indoor world junior record in 2009 at the Boston Indoor Championships. [2] They were also successful on a national level in the outdoor season, as the Albemarle 4x800 relay team would win a tightly-contested 2009 Penn Relays high school 4x800 relay race. Kostelac, Albemarle's anchor runner, got the baton behind Morris Hills High School's Liam Tansey, whose team was on the verge of winning the race before Kostelac (a junior during this season) took the lead in the last 175 meters and held it to win the race. [5] By the time he graduated from Albemarle, he was a high school record-holder in the 800 meters for the state of Virginia. [6] Kostelac graduated in 2010 with a 3.9 GPA. [4]

Collegiate

Kostelac was recruited by close-by University of Virginia, whose men's 4x800 relay team would become one of the most competitive in NCAA history with Kostelac, Robby Andrews, Lance Roller, and Brett Johnson. The quartet won the 2011 Penn Relays men's 4x800 relay race with a time of 7:12.15; it is the second fastest 4x800 relay time in Penn Relays' 127-year history, as well as the seventh fastest 4x800 relay result recorded in the United States. [7]

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References

  1. All-Athletics. "Profile of Anthony Kostelac".
  2. 1 2 3 Yemen, Ryan (24 January 2013). "The Daily Progress: Albemarle quartet enjoying national attention after 4x800 record".
  3. Miles, Brandon. VA Milesplit: Coach's Corner: Coach Buz Male (Albemarle) - March 7, 2009
  4. 1 2 Newsplex.com (3 June 2010). "Burger King Male Student Athlete of the Year: Anthony Kostelac".
  5. Lambert, Jim. Nj.com: Morris Hills Takes second in 4x800 in NJ record and U.S. No. 1 all-time 7:31.60 (High school Boys Outdoor Track news) - April 25, 2009
  6. Virginia Cavaliers Sports. "Anthony Kostelac Bio".
  7. NBC29: UVa 4X800 Relay Team Reacts to Penn Relays Win - May 3, 2011