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Will Geoghegan

b. 1992

American distance runner (born 1992)

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Born 1992. Will Geoghegan is an athletics competitor.

William Geoghegan (born 15 July 1992) is an American former professional long-distance runner. He had a decorated high school career in Maine before earning multiple NCAA All-American honors at Dartmouth College and the University of Oregon. Geoghegan competed professionally for Nike for five years. He won the 2015 Manchester Road Race.

High School Geoghegan grew up in Brunswick, Maine and attended Brunswick High School. He was a talented baseball pitcher before deciding to focus solely on running in high school. Geoghegan won multiple individual Maine Class A state championships in cross country, the 800 meters, mile, and two mile events. He also won the 2010 New England Championship in the mile. After his senior year, Geoghegan was named the Maine Gatorade Player of the Year for cross country and outdoor track. The Maine Sunday Telegram awarded Geoghegan the All-Sports Athlete of the Year for Maine high schoolers.

Dartmouth Geoghegan enrolled at Dartmouth College in 2010 and continued his running career with the Big Green. Geoghegan became a national-class collegiate runner, beginning with the fall 2013 cross country season when he placed 10th at the NCAA Championship. On the indoor track, Geoghegan recorded a mile time of 3:58.04, which broke the Ivy League record. Later in the season, he earned an All-American award when he placed fifth in the mile final at the 2014 NCAA Championship.

Over the summer, Geoghegan won the Maine Men’s division of the 2014 Beach to Beacon 10K in his home state of Maine.

Oregon For his final year of NCAA track eligibility, Geoghegan transferred to the University of Oregon. Competing for the Ducks, Geoghegan placed second in the 3,000 meters at the 2015 Millrose Games. The next month at the NCAA Indoor Championship, Geoghegan finished third in the 3,000 meters and seventh in the 5,000 meters. Outdoors, he took fourth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championship. He continued racing after the NCAA season ended, dropping down to the 1,500 meters at the USA Championships, where he placed eighth. In 2016, Geoghegan was unable to replicate his success on the track and fell short of qualifying for the 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field).

In 2017, Geoghegan ran 3:40.97 in the 1,500 meters to qualify for the USA Championship in Sacramento, where he placed 10th in the final.

In 2025 as a resident of Portland, Maine, Geoghegan placed second in the Maine Half Marathon with a time of 1:06:00.

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American distance runner (born 1992)

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Will Geoghegan was born on 15 July 1992.

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