Andy Trouard is a professional American Distance runner who competes in the 5000m for the Oregon Track Club Elite[1] and has a personal best in the event of 13:21.07.[2] In 2018, he won the NCAA Division I National Championship in the 3000m,[3] won two team NCAA national championships in Cross Country with Northern Arizona University in 2016[4] and in 2017,[5] and is an NCAA All-American in Track and Field.

Andy Trouard
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
BornApril 22, 1994
Alma materNorthern Arizona University
OccupationProfessional Runner
Years active2012 - Current
Sport
SportDistance running
Event5,000m
College teamNorthern Arizona University
ClubNike Oregon Track Club Elite
Turned pro2018
Coached byMark Rowland
Achievements and titles
National finals2018 NCAA DI Indoor Track & Field Championships:
5,000 m, 5th
3,000 m,  Gold
2018 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships:
1,500 m, 19th
2013 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships:
10,000 m, 200th
2016 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships:
10,000 m, 37th
2017 NCAA DI Cross Country Championships:
10,000 m, 35th
Personal best(s)800m: 1:53.97
(Alex Wilson, 2016)
1,500m: 3:38.96
(Bryan Clay, 2018)
Mile: 3:58.01
(UW Invite, 2018)
3,000m: 7:48.21
(Iowa State, 2018)
5,000m: 13:21.07
(Payton Jordan, 2018)
8,000m: 23:27.9
(Louisville Classic, 2017)
10,000m: 29:58.1
(NCAA DI Champs, 2017)

High school

Junior year

After competing in swimming and winning two state titles, Trouard decided to go out for Track & Field his junior year, his first time competitively running for his high school. During the season, he would win three state individual titles and quickly become one of the best runners in the state and still had a long way to develop as a runner.

Track & field

Trouard attended Salpointe Catholic High School, where he competed in track and field his junior and senior year and cross country his senior year. In just year of running track, Trouard posted times of 1:54.54 in the 800m, 4:13.12 in the 1600m, and 9:23.21 in the 3200m. That same season he would go on to win the triple in the 2012 Arizona Division II State Championships in all three distance events, winning the 800m, the 1600m, and the 3200m.[6]

Junior Year Track Results[7]
Meet Date Event Time Place
Ted James Invitational March 3, 2012 800m 2:05.64  Gold
1600m 4:35.62  Gold
Willie Williams Invitational March 17, 2012 1600m 4:21.64  Bronze
3200m 9:38.64  Gold
Chandler Rotary Invitatational March 24, 2012 800m 2:01.5 22nd
Mile 4:20.65  Bronze
Scottsdale Distance Classic March 30, 2012 3200m 9:23.12  Gold
Mario Castro Invitational April 20, 2012 800m 1:54.54  Silver
4 × 800 m 8:42.70  Bronze
Sabino Invitational April 26, 2012 1600m 4:18.22  Gold
AIA Division II State Championships May 9, 2012 800m 1:56.46  Gold
1600m 4:19.70  Gold
3200m 9:25.89  Gold
Arizona Meet of Champions May 16, 2012 1600m 4:13.12  Gold
800m

After running his first 800m of the season at the Ted James Invitational and winning in a time of 2:05.64,[8] he would be headed to the 73rd Chandler Rotary meet in Phoenix, the premier high school track and field meet in Arizona. In a field of 54 individuals, Trouard came in 22nd place, running a 2:01.50,[9] a new personal best but not fast enough to compete for a state title. About a month later, on April 20, Trouard raced at the Mario Castro Invitational verses Ryan Silva, who had run a 4:08 1600m just two weeks prior. Nearly lobbing off seven seconds off his PR, Trouard ran 1:54.54[10] and came second to Silva, who ran 1:53.65. This being his last 800m of the regular season, Trouard had proved his capabilities and was read for the state championship. He was able to win the race but only by a small margin, 0.11 seconds to be precise. Despite being almost two seconds slower than his season best, Trouard had two other races he had to compete in during the state championships, the 1600m and 3200m.

2012 AIA DII Track & Field State Championship 800m Final Results[11]
Place Time Name Grade School Medal
1 1:56.46 Andy Trouard 11 Salpointe Catholic  Gold
2 1:56.57 Ethan Hohman 11 Cactus Shadows  Silver
3 1:57.14 Goch Ajak 12 Peoria  Bronze
4 1:58.43 Tyler Dink 11 Verrado
5 1:59.34 Ian Stoddard 11 Sunrise Mountain
1600m
2012 AIA DII Track & Field State Championship 1600m Final Results[12]
Place Time Name Grade School Medal
1 4:19.70 Andy Trouard 11 Salpointe Catholic  Gold
2 4:21.25 Chris Lessard 12 Maricopa  Silver
3 4:22.22 Goch Ajak 12 Peoria  Bronze
4 4:22.70 Ethan Hohman 11 Cactus Shadow
5 4:25.50 Adrian Ortega 10 Vista Grande
3200m
2012 AIA DII Track & Field State Championship 3200m Final Results[13]
Place Time Name Grade School Medal
1 9:25.89 Andy Trouard 11 Salpointe Catholic  Gold
2 9:30.15 Eduardo Roa 12 McClintock  Silver
3 9:30.68 John Winfield 12 Ironwood Ridge  Bronze
4 9:45.81 Jordan Hellebuyck 10 Canyon Del Oro
5 9:51.67 Ethan Hohman 11 Cactus Shadow

Senior year

Cross country

In the fall of his senior year, Trouard decided to compete in cross country and ran a season best of 14:59.3 for 5,000m during his sectional race.[14] This time would rank him sixteenth in the nation for the 5,000m and earn him the school record for the distance, but would be broken two years later by his teammate, Nathan Thompson, who ran 14:54.0 on the same course to break his record and would go on to run for the Air Force Academy. The next week, Trouard competed in the Arizona Division II Cross Country Championships and would win by seventeen seconds in a time of 16:02.0 for the 5,000m distance.[15] Two weeks after the state championship, Trouard raced in the Nike Cross Regional South race and placed seventh in a time of 15:09.0 for 5,000m and would qualify him for Nike Cross Nationals as an individual.[16] At NXN, he would place 29th in a time of 17:53.0, forty-seven seconds behind the National Champion, Sam Wharton.[17]

Senior Year Cross Country Results[18]
Meet Date Event Time Pace/Mile Place
Cigna Cross Country Festival September 1, 2012 3 Mile 15:00.60  Silver
Four Corners Invitational September 15, 2012 5000m 15:21.20  Gold
Desert Twilight Festival September 28, 2012 5000m 15:24.41  Silver
Rattler Invitational October 6, 2012 5000m 15:31.60  Gold
Doug Conley Invitational October 13, 2012 5000m 15:36.48  Gold
AIA Division II Section II Championships October 27, 2012 5000m 14:59.30  Gold
AIA Division II State Championships November 3, 2012 5000m 16:01.98  Gold
Nike Cross Regionals Southwest November 17, 2012 5000m 15:09.00 7th
Nike Cross Nationals December 1, 2012 5000m 17:53.00 29th
2012 AIA DII State Cross Country Championships Results[19]
Place Time Name Grade School Medal
1 16:02.0 Andy Trouard 12 Salpointe Catholic  Gold
2 16:19.5 Adrian Ortega 11 Vista Grande  Silver
3 16:27.1 Harvey Nelson 11 Catalina Foothills  Bronze
4 16:29.0 Ethan Hohman 12 Cactus Shadow
5 16:33.0 Jack Hovalnd 11 Notre Dame Prep

Track & field

Trouard's records on display at Salpointe Catholic High School (center of image)

Despite having a superb season time-wise, Trouard did not compete in the Division II State Championships. Part of this great season was the three new school records he set. His new school record were: 1:53.67 in the 800m, 4:08.28 in the 1600m, and 8:51.26 in the 3200m (see image to right).

Senior Year Track Results[20]
Meet Date Event Time Place
Ted James Invitational March 2, 2013 800m 2:01.21  Gold
1600m 4:18.15  Gold
Willie Williams Classic March 14–16, 2013 3200m 9:03.81  Gold
Chandler Rotary Invitational March 22–23, 2013 1600m split 4:08.28 N/A
Mile 4:09.71  Gold
Scottsdale Distance Classic March 28, 2013 800m 1:53.67  Gold
Arcadia Invitational April 5–6, 2013 3200m 8:51.26 7th
Mt. SAC Relays April 18–20, 2013 Mile 4:10.91  Bronze
Salpointe Catholic's All Time Track Leaders[21]
800m 1600m 3200m
Rank Time Name Year Time Name Year Time Name Year
1 1:53.67e Andy Trouard 2013 4:08.28e Andy Trouard 2013 8:51.26e Andy Trouard 2013
2 1:54.52e Dave Hohman 2001 4:16.34e Bryce Livingston 2006 9:13.72e Joe Urbanski 1997
3 1:54.73e Dan Maher 1998 4:18.90e Joe Urbanski 1998 9:20.1 Rob Rezetko 1985
4 1:56.49e Steve Kurtz 1984 4:23.38e Nathan Thomas 2014 9:29.76e Nathan Thomas 2015
5 1:56.68e Bryce Livingston 2006 4:25.17e Jason Colavito 2003 9:35.59e Bryce Livingston 2005
800m

Despite the 800m not being Trouard's specialty, he ran two during the regular season and clocked a modest 2:01.21 and a 2:06.21. It wasn't until the state championship until Trouard turned up the speed and ran a 1:53.67,[22] which is what it took to get the win, beating out second place by 0.53 seconds. This time was able to earn him the school record, overshadowing the previous record holder Dave Hohman whose record had stood for twelve years and who held the record with a time of 1:54.52.

1600m

With new newfound running success on the national stage, Trouard came back for track in the Spring. After a disappointing season opener in the 1600m, running a time of 4:18.15 at the Ted James Invite,[23] he came guns blazing at the first large meet of the year, the 73rd Chandler Rotary meet. In the Varsity Mile, Trouard ran a time of 4:09.71 for the full mile[24] and a 1600m split of 4:08.28.[25] This broke the previous school record of 4:16.34 set by Bryce Livingston in 2006 and would rank him the eleventh fastest miler in the nation by the end of the season.

3200m

After running a 9:03.81 for the 3200m essentially all alone at the Willie Williams Classic[26] - a new school record, breaking Joe Urbanski's sixteen-year-old record of 9:13.72 - Trouard would be headed to the Arcadia Invitational, a famously fast 3200m because of its great competition as it attracts many of the top two-milers in the nation. This race would be his shot to race with the best in the nation and prove himself as one. At the meet, Trouard placed seventh and ran 8:51.26 for 3200m,[27] demolishing his previous record. This time launched to the seventh ranked spot in the nation and eighth by the end of the season.

2013 High School 3200m National Rankings[28]
Rank Time Name Grade School
1 8:45.74 Ben Saarel 12 Park City
2 8:46.07 Sean McGorty 12 Chantilly
3 8:47.07 Bernie Montoya 12 Cibola
4 8:48.58 Blake Haney 11 Stockdale
5 8:48.73 Jacob Thomson 12 Lou. Holy Cross
6 8:50.74 Jack Keelan 12 Chicago (St. Ignatius Prep)
7 8:51.01 Joe Hardy 11 Seattle Prep
8 8:51.26 Andy Trouard 12 Salpointe Catholic
9 8:51.75 Brock Baker 12 Oakland
10 8:52.65 Christian Freeman 12 Carlsbad

College

College bests

During his time at NAU, Trouard posted some of the best times in the NCAA during the ten seasons he competed in, the majority of which were run in invitational races. In the 2018 indoor season, Trouard had the NCAA indoor lead in the 3000m with a time of 7:48.21[29] which he ran at the Iowa State Classic where he beat Grant Fisher by 0.35 seconds to secure the win and the NCAA lead. the same year, Trouard was ranked 11th in the 1500m outdoors with a time of 3:41.40.[30] Also, in 2018, Trouard was ranked second in the NCAA in the 5000m during the outdoor season with a time of 13:21.07,[31] only behind Justyn Knight who both ran their season records in the same race, the Jordan Payton Invitational.

Track Bests
Event Time Meet Date
800m 1:53.97 Alex Wilson Invitational February 20, 2016
1500m 3:41.40 Bryan Clay Invitational April 19–20, 2018
Mile 3:58.01 UW Invitational January 26–27, 2018
3000m 7:48.21 Iowa State Classic February 9–10, 2018
5000m 13:21.07 Payton Jordan Invitational May 3, 2018
Cross Country Bests
Event Time Meet Date
4.25 mi 22:08.1 Dave Murray Invitational September 20, 2013
4.5 mi 23:02.8 George Kyte Classic September 2, 2017
8k 23:27.9 Louisville Classic September 30, 2017
10k 29:58.1 NCAA DI National Championships November 18, 2017

Freshman year

Coming into NAU in 2013, Trouard was listed as their top freshman recruit.[32] During high school he had run times of 1:53.67 in the 800m, 4:08.28 in the 1600m, and 8:51.26 for the 3200m and was ranked among the top in the nation.

Cross country

2013 Cross Country Results*
Meet Date Distance Time Pace/Mile Place
George Kyte Classic September 7, 2013 8k 25:21.5 5:06 6th
Dave Murray Invitational September 20, 2013 4.25 mi 22:08.1 5:13 4th
Cowboy Jamboree September 28, 2013 8k 25:06.0 5:03 14th
Wisconsin Adidas Invitational October 19, 2013 8k 23:57.0 4:49 43rd
NCAA DI Mountain Regional November 15, 2013 10k 30:21.7 4:53 40th
NCAA DI National Championships November 23, 2013 10k 32:17.6 5:12 200th

Indoor track

2014 Indoor Track Results*
Meet Date Event Time Place
Lumberjack Team Challenge January 17, 2014 3000m 8:38.08  Gold
Mountain T's Invitational February 7–8, 2014 Mile 4:16.17 5th
Iowa State February 14–15, 2014 Mile 4:03.89 9th
NAU Last Chance Meet February 21, 2014 800m 1:55.39  Gold
Big Sky Indoor Track & Field Championships February 17 - March 1, 2014 Mile 4:16.98 6th
3000m 8:36.45 7th
DMR 10:07.13  Silver
Willie Williams Classic March 21–22, 2014 800m 1:54.66 4th
Stanford Invitational April 4–5, 2014 5000m 13:56.95  Bronze
Bryan Clay Invitational April 18, 2014 1500m 3:56.61 61st
Double Dual Meet UA/ASU/NAU May 3, 2014 1500m 3:49.87 6th

Outdoor track

Trouard did not compete during the outdoor season because of an Achilles injury which took many months to rehabilitate. During this time, Trouard was contemplating returning to swimming in the form of Triathlons and began communication with triathlon recruiters before returning to running full-time.[33]

Sophomore year

Cross country

Trouard did not compete during the Cross Country season as he was continuing rehabilitation on his Achilles (see "Outdoor Track" under 2.1.3 for more information).

Indoor track

2015 Indoor Track Results*
Meet Date Event Time Place
UC Irvine Steve Scott Invite May 1–2, 2015 5000m 14:34.60 10th
Mountain T's Invitational January 29–30, 2016 Mile 4:22.11  Bronze
Iowa State Classic February 12–13, 2016 Mile 4:05.99 27th
Alex Wilson Invitational February 20, 2016 800m 1:53.97 13th
DMR 9:39.19 13th
Big Sky Championships February 25–27, 2016 800m (Prelim) 2:00.64 8th
800m (Final) 1:57.22 8th
Mile 4:14.57  Bronze

Outdoor track

2016 Outdoor Track Results*
Meet Date Event Time Place
Stanford Invitational April 1–2, 2016 5000m 14:19.23 17th
Jim Click Shootout April 9, 2016 1500m 3:47.85  Bronze
3000m 8:49.94  Silver
Bryan Clay Invitational April 14–15, 2016 5000m 14:13.02 13th
Cal State Fullerton 5-Way April 30, 2016 1500m 3:49.65  Gold
5000m 14:59.88  Gold
Big Sky Championships May 11–14, 2016 1500m 3:50.50  Gold
5000m 15:12.87 6th
NCAA DI West Preliminary Round May 26–18, 2016 1500m 3:43.61 5th
NCAA DI Championships June 8–11, 2016 1500m 3:50.42 19th

Junior year

Cross country

2016 Cross Country Results*
Meet Date Distance Time Pace/Mile Place
George Kyte Classic September 3, 2016 4.5 mi 23:16.7 5:10 6th
Sycamore Cross Country Invitational September 10, 2016 8k 25:27.7 5:07 5th
Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational October 14, 2016 8k 24:33.0 4:56 44th
Big Sky Conference Championship October 28, 2016 8k 24:32.0 4:56 5th
NCAA DI Mountain Region Championship November 11, 2016 10k 31:48.5 5:07 36th
NCAA DI National Championship November 19, 2016 10k 30:23.5 4:53 37th

Indoor track

2017 Indoor Track Results*
Meet Date Event Time Place
Lumberjack Team Challenge January 21, 2017 3000m 8:44.43  Bronze
Mountain T's Invitational February 3–4, 2017 800m 1:56.26  Silver
Mile 4:10.2  Gold
Iowa State Classic February 10–11, 2017 Mile 4:00.81  Gold
Big Sky Championships February 23–25, 2017 Mile 4:10.31  Silver
3000m 8;20.93  Bronze
DMR 10:04.77  Silver

Outdoor track

2017 Outdoor Track Results*
Meet Date Event Time Place
USATF Championships June 22–15, 2017 1500m 3:48.33 32nd
5000m 13:49.19 11th

Senior year

Cross country

2017 Cross Country Results*
Meet Date Distance Time Pace/Mile Place
George Kyte Classic September 2, 2017 4.5 mi 23:02.8 4:38  Bronze
Louisville Classic September 30, 2017 8k 23:27.9 4:43  Bronze
Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational October 13, 2017 8k 23:40.9 4:46  Bronze
Big Sky Conference Championship October 28, 2017 8k 23:58.7 4:49  Bronze
NCAA DI Mountain Region Championship November 10, 2017 10k 30:45.9 4:57 18th
NCAA DI National Championship November 18, 2017 10k 29:58.1 4:49 35th

Indoor track

2018 Indoor Track Results*
Meet Date Event Time Place
UW Invitational January 26–27, 2018 Mile 3:58.01  Silver
Iowa State Classic February 9–10, 2018 3000m 7:48.21  Gold
Big Sky Championships February 22–24, 2018 Mile 4:13.30  Silver
3000m 8:41.44 6th
5000m 14:20.54  Gold
NCAA DI Championships March 9–10, 2018 3000m 8:04.94  Gold
5000m 14:16.39 5th

Outdoor track

2018 Outdoor Track Results*
Meet Date Event Time Place
Bryan Clay Invitational April 19–20, 2018 1500m 3:41.40 23rd
Payton Jordan Invitational May 3, 2018 5000m 13:21.07 6th
Big Sky Championships May 8–11, 2018 1500m (Prelim) 3:57.19  Bronze
1500m (Final) 3:49.22  Gold
5000m 14:12.82  Bronze
NCAA West Preliminary Round March 24–26, 2018 5000m 13:47.86  Bronze
NCAA DI Championships June 6–9, 2018 5000m 13:55.46 4th
Footnotes

* = Track & Field Results Reporting System

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