Don Clary

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Don Clary
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Donald Gene Clary Jr. (born July 29, 1957) is an American former long-distance runner who competed mainly in 5000 meters and cross country running. He represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics and competed three times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, taking a junior title in 1975 and a senior team silver medal in 1980. He was the 3000 meters silver medallist at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games.

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Career

Don Clary was born in Anchorage, Alaska, [1] and graduated from East Anchorage High School in 1975. Clary had his first success as a junior (under-20) athlete at the 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships where his fifth-place finish took the American juniors to the team title, alongside Bobby Thomas, Roy Kissin, and Ralph Serna. [2] He went on to attend the University of Oregon and ran for the Oregon Ducks collegiate team. At the 1978 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships he placed seventh and was runner-up in the team rankings alongside classmate Alberto Salazar. [3] He ran the 3000-meter steeplechase at the 1978 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and reached seventh place. [4] He won his first national title that year, however, doing so in the one hour run. [1]

His senior international debut came at the 1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where his 43rd-place finish ina team of Craig Virgin (the winner), Daniel Dillon, Kenneth Martin, Steve Plasencia, and Mark Anderson brought the Americans the silver medals. [5] He began to focus on track running more and progressed up the national rankings, taking fifth in the 5000 meters at the 1980 United States Olympic Trials then third at the 1981 USA Outdoors. [4] He moved up the placings at the 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 27th overall, but the American team fared poorly in sixth. [6] A fourth-place finish at the national championships meant he missed the 1983 World Championships in Athletics, but he still gained selection for the 1983 Pan American Games, at which he came fifth. [1]

Clary was third in the 5000 m at the Olympic trials in 1984 and thus gained his first selection. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics he came twelfth in the semi-finals. [1] The only international individual medal of his career came at the newly launched 1985 IAAF World Indoor Games. At the event in Paris he was a close runner-up to Portugal's João Campos and took the silver medal. [7] He placed high nationally in the two following seasons, taking third in 1986 and fourth in 1987 at the national championships, but never competed at a major international event after that. [4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1975 World Cross Country Championships Rabat, Morocco5th Junior race 21:38
1stJunior team29 pts
1980 World Cross Country Championships Paris, France43rd Senior race 38:23
2ndSenior team163 pts
1982 World Cross Country Championships Rome, Italy27th Senior race 34:49
6thSenior team300 pts
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States12th (semis) 5000 m 13:46.02
1985 IAAF World Indoor Games Paris, France2nd3000 m7:57.78

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Don Clary". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 7.0km CC Men - Rabat Souissi Date: Sunday, March 16, 1975, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 16, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. pp. 7–9. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Don Clary. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
  5. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Paris Lonchamp Date: Sunday, March 9, 1980, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 18, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Roma Hippodromo della Campanelle Date: Sunday, March 21, 1982, Athchamps (archived, archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 20, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ IAAF World Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-02-14.
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