Alistair Cragg 2006 - 11th place at the ING New York City Marathon. 2:14:01 2007 - 3rd place at the U.S. Cross Country Championships 2007 - 9th place 10,000 m at IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan 2007 - 2nd place at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials, qualifying for the Beijing Olympics 2008 - 1st place at the U.S. Cross Country Championships. 2008 - 9th place, 1st American, at the Men's Olympic Marathon in Beijing, China, with a time of 2:11:59. 2009 - 2nd place at the U.S. Half Marathon Championships. 2009 - 11th place, 2nd American, at the 2009 Flora London Marathon 2009 - 2nd place, 10000m, USA Outdoor Championships, 27:58.59 2009 - 6th place, 10000m, at IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany 2009 - 3rd place, 5000m, at IAAF Golden League Meet in Zurich, Switzerland, setting the American Record in the 5000m of 12:56.27. 2009 - 3rd place, half marathon, at IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, running the 2nd fastest time by an American with a time of 60:00. 2010 - 1st place, 12000m, USATF Cross country Championships, won with a time of 34:34. 2010 - 8th place at the ING New York City Marathon. 2:12:33 2012 - 4th place at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials (announces semi-retirement from the marathon for the time being) 2012 - 3rd place at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials (10,000m), qualifying for the London Olympics 2012 - 13th place, 10000m, at the London Olympics. 27 minutes, 45.89 seconds 2012 - 9th place, 1st American, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, 2:07:47 2013 - 2nd place, 10000m, USA Outdoor Championships, 28:49.66, qualifying for the 2013 World Championships in Athletics 2013 - 5th place, 1st American, Bank of America Chicago Marathon, 2:09:45 2015 - 7th place, 1st American, Boston Marathon, 2:11:20 2015 - 3rd place, beating Luke Puskedra and Tyler Pennel, U.S. 20 km road Championship 2016 - Did not Finish, U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. 2nd place at Great North Run, missing his 7 year old P.R. by only 12 seconds, finishing 8 seconds behind Mo Farah in 1:00:12, September 11, 2016. 2017 - 1st place at the Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K, finishing at 1:14:27 with a pace of 4:48 per mile. Half Marathon time of 1:02:30. Personal best times 1,500 m - 3:42.99 (2002) 3,000 m – 7:39.03 (2007) 2 miles - 8:11.74 (2007) 5,000 m - 12:56.27 (2009) (former