Andrew Bumbalough

Running career High school While running for Brentwood Academy in Brentwood, Tennessee, and the 1600 meter run in 2005 (4:05.75). The following year, he ran a 13:16.26 in the 5000 meters at the 2012 Stanford Payton Jordan Invitational, Andrew Bumbalough reached the Olympic “A” standard.

At the 2014 USATF Indoor Championships, a huge controversy ensued when Bumbalough was disqualified due to a protest by Alberto Salazar, who claimed that Galen Rupp was fouled in the middle of the race. The IAAF rule book currently just says if a runner is “jostled or obstructed during an event so as to impede his progress” then the other runner “shall be liable to disqualification”. However, video of the race indicated the offending athlete was not Bumbalough. As the time for appeal had expired and there was no recourse for correction in the rulebook, so the disqualification stood. After almost an entire year, in December 2014 at USA Track and Field Annual meeting, Andrew was reinstated.

In July 2014, Bumbalough produced a quality showing in the 5000 meters at the US national championship, going up against four runners with PB's of 13:16 or better and beating all but one. Bumbalough made a late bid for the win with two laps to go, and hung on for a runner-up finish to perennial champion Bernard Lagat. The Tennessee-native posted a 13:32.01 in his bid for his first track national title, marking one of the quicker efforts in recent USATF 5000m races.

In May 2017 Bumbalough served as a pacer for Nike's Breaking2 attempt at achieving a sub-2-hour marathon time.

In April 2018, placed 5th at 2018 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:19:52.