Foster Malleck
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 August 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:47.81 (2025) 1500m: 3:32.38 (2025) Mile: 3:53.82 (2025) 3000m: 7:50.96 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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]
References
- ^ "Foster Malleck". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Ontario runner qualifies for world championships in last-ditch attempt". Running Magazine. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Pan American U20 Championships". World Athletics. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "NACAC U23 Championships". World Athletics. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Ontario distance runner wins two NCAA conference titles". Running Magazine. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Sjöberg, Malleck Qualify for 2025 World Indoor Championships". Patriot League. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Canadian Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD TOUR GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE". Athletics.ca. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Roban makes history at NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.