Twin City Track Club Winter Seminar with Craig Engels

Featured Speaker: Craig Engels

We are hosting our Winter Seminar the weekend of January 2-3, 2025 with American middle-distance runner & local native Craig Engels! Craig will participate in the Frosty Fifty races on Saturday, January 3 and will be the featured speaker for evening events.

 

About Craig Engels

Craig Engels (born May 1, 1994) is an American middle-distance runner. He is the 2019 US national champion in the 1500m. He also won the 2019 USATF Indoor Championships mile. He won an NCAA Championship as part of the Ole Miss men's distance medley relay team in 2017 and competed for the United States at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he won the men's 1500 meters.

Engels attended Ronald W. Reagan High School in Pfafftown, North Carolina, until he graduated in 2012. In addition to running cross country and track, he played for his school's soccer team and was a member of the Earth Club at his school. By the time he graduated from Reagan in 2012, he had set his school's records in the 800 meters, mile, and 3200 meters. His best high school mile time was recorded at the 2012 Adidas Grand Prix Dream Mile, where he ran 4:03.96, which is the state high school record mile time for North Carolina. Throughout high school, Engels was coached by RunCCG coach, Chris Catton.