Kieran Lumb - Wikiwand

Kieran Lumb (born August 2, 1998) is a Canadian middle- and long-distance runner. He competed collegiately for the UBC Thunderbirds (2016-2020) and the Washington Huskies (2021-2023) before turning professional in April 2023. He holds the Canadian record in the indoor and outdoor 3000 m, having set both records in 2023.

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Collegiate career

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UBC Thunderbirds (2016-2020)

Lumb enrolled at the University of British Columbia in 2016 where he would compete for the Thunderbirds cross country and track and field teams.

In his first collegiate track season, he placed fourth at the 2017 NAIA Championships, competing in the 5000 m.^[1]

The next fall, Lumb placed third at the NAIA Cross Country Championships in Vancouver, Washington.

At the 2018 NAIA Track and Field Championships, hw placed seventh in the 1500 m and third in the 5000 m. In 2019, he had his best showing at the NAIA Championships yet, winning the 5000 m title and finishing third over 1500 m.

In April 2021, he ran a personal best of 13:24.25 over 5000 m, a second place finish at the Drake Relays. In July, he made his first Diamond League appearance at the Bislett Games in Oslo, running 7:46.28 over 3000 m.

Washington Huskies (2021-2023)

In 2021, Lumb transferred to the University of Washington.

In fall 2021, he placed tenth at the Pac-12 cross country Championships and won the West Regional before placing 87th at the national championship.

In May 2022, he placed second in the 10,000 m at the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships just 0.32 seconds behind Stanford's Charles Hicks. In the process, he ran a 28:11.49 personal best, a University of Washington school record.

In February 2023, Lumb was also a part of a group of eight University of Washington teammates that ran a sub-4 minute mile in the same race.^[2] Shortly after, Lumb ran the second fastest indoor mile time in Canadian history, running 3:52.62 in Boston. That same year he was a part of the NCAA's second fastest DMR team of all time.^[3]^[4]^[5]

At the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships, Lumb finished eighth in the 3000 m and anchored Washington to a fourth place finish in the DMR.

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Professional career

On April 21, 2023, Lumb announced he had signed a pro contract with On Running.^[6]

In July 2023, at the Canadian Track and Field Championships, he won the 1500m in 3:37.34, setting a new meet record.^[7] The next month he competed at the World Championships in Budapest in the 1500 m, where he finished eighth in his heat, failing to advance to the semi-finals.

On 4 September, Lumb ran a 1500 m personal best of 3:34.55 in Padova, Italy. On 6 September, he broke Mo Ahmed's 3000 m Canadian record, running 7:38.92 in Rovereto, Italy. Just four days later, in Zagreb, he improved upon that time, running 7:36.46.

On 1 October, he competed in the road mile at the inaugural World Road Running Championships in Riga finishing fifth in a Canadian record of 3:56.98.

On 25 November, Lumb took first place at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in Ottawa. The following week he set the Canadian indoor 3000 m record, running 7:38.39 in Boston.

At the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Lumb competed in the 1500 m, where he would qualify for the final, placing 13th.

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Personal life

Lumb attended Lord Byng Secondary in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father went to the University of Utah and competed in cross country skiing while he was there. Lumb took after his father, placing 10th overall in the Junior Men's 8 km cross country ski race at the 2016 Canadian Cross Country Championships.^[3]^[8]

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Taken from World Athletics and TFRRS profile.^[9]^[1]

NAIA Championships