Death of M45 distance runner Andrew Crook reported
A message board on letsrun.com carries the sad news of the death of M45 distance runner Andrew Crook. The home-page headline said: “Boulder Masters Runner Andrew Cook Commits Suicide,” but I haven’t confirmed that. An Australian living in Boulder, Colorado, Andrew competed at the 1999 Gateshead WAVA world championships, taking seventh in the M40 5000 in 15:00.90. The next year, he ran a mile in 4:34.3 — for 19th on this site’s world rankings.
The letsrun post reported:
“The Boulder Roadrunners are also in mourning today. It seems soma online that Andrew Crook passed away this weekend at age 48. I don’t know the circumstances but from all accounts he was in fine shape. He was an Australian runner, a little reserved, kind of tall and quiet. I remember Andrew breaking 33 minutes at the Bolder Boulder at age 41 and I think he ran 15:00-flat for the 5,000 at the World Master’s Championships track meet in England one year. A tough and inexplicable loss.”
At age 39, Andrew ran 4:28 for the Pearl Street Mile in Boulder.
