Foster Malleck

Foster Malleck

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(2001-08-12) 12 August 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle-distance running
College team	Boston University Terriers
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 1:47.81 (2025) 1500m: 3:32.38 (2025) Mile: 3:53.82 (2025) 3000m: 7:50.96 (2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Canada NACAC Championships 2025 Freeport 1500 m NACAC U23 Championships 2023 San Jose 1500m

Foster Malleck (born 12 August 2001) is a Canadian middle-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships and competed for Canada at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. ^[1]

Career

He is from Kitchener, Ontario. ^[2] He won the gold medal over 1500 metres at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships. ^[3] He won the bronze medal at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica. ^[4]

Malleck competed collegiately for Boston University.

Malleck won both the mile run and 3000 metres at the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field championship on 3 March 2025. ^[5] He finished third in the mile at the 2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Virginia Beach in March 2025 competing for Boston University. ^[6] That month, he competed for Canada at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. ^{[7] [8]}

He finished as runner-up to Max Davies over 1500 metres at the 2025 Canadian Athletics Championships in Ottawa. ^[9] He ran a personal best 3:32.38 for the 1500m performance at La Classique de Montréal, a time that met the auto-qualifying standard for the upcoming world championships and moved him to second on the Canadian all-time list. ^[10]

He won the gold medal over 1500 metres at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in 3:37.55 to break the championship record previously held by Eric Holt. ^{[11] [12] [13]} He was named in the Canadian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. ^[14]

References

1. "Foster Malleck". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
2. "Ontario runner qualifies for world championships in last-ditch attempt". Running Magazine. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
3. "Pan American U20 Championships". World Athletics. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
4. "NACAC U23 Championships". World Athletics. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
5. "Ontario distance runner wins two NCAA conference titles". Running Magazine. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
6. Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (16 March 2025). "2025 NCAA Indoors Day 2 Men: Ethan Strand Gets Revenge on Gary Martin in 3K as Abel Teffra Takes Down Nathan Green in Mile". Lets Run. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
7. "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
8. "Sjöberg, Malleck Qualify for 2025 World Indoor Championships". Patriot League. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
9. "Canadian Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
10. "NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD TOUR GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE". Athletics.ca. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
11. "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
12. Boal, Erik (16 August 2025). "JANEE' KASSANAVOID REPEATS IN HAMMER TO HELP U.S. WIN SEVEN NACAC GOLDS, HANDAL ROBAN ROLLS IN 800". Youth Runner. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
13. "Roban makes history at NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
14. Dickinson, Marley (28 August 2025). "Athletics Canada names 59 athletes to 2025 World Championships team". Running Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2025.