Amber Harper-Andrews
Manager/Apparel Buyer
Years Running:
10
Years with Runner’s Corner:
8
Running Accomplishments:
3 time Cross Country State Champion, 2 time USATF National XC Champion, 2 time Footlocker Nationals Finalist (top 10), 6 time State Track Champion (2x Mile, 3x Two Mile, 1x medley), Held the Nation’s fastest HS mile time in 2002 (4:51), Freshman 5000 meter record holder at BYU still, 2 Time World Championship Finalist (24th in the World Cross Country Championships in Belgium, but the first white girl!) and 12th in the Steeplechase in the World Track & Field Championships in Italy, Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, 4th place @ the prestigious Hobblecreek 1/2 Marathon in 2009 (1:17) & 3rd in 2010 (1:16), 3rd place overall in the 2010 Utah USATF Road Racing Circuit by only doing the 5K’s & 10K’s (no 1/2′s or marathons which gain more points!), 6th place overall in the prestigious 2010 Deseret News 10K (35:00)
Personal Profile:
Amber grew up in Orem and attended Orem High School. Her specialty at the store is anything and everything. She’s married to Tyson Andrews (a baseball player!) She’s interested in reading, mountain biking, music, snow sports, all summer activities and sports, baseball (she loves watching her husband play), family, food, movies, sleeping, cooking, climbing, snowshoeing, backpacking, swimming, snowboarding, watching CSI, Surface and Lost. Her favorite magazine is any running magazine, and her favorite kind of book is mysteries. She loves to run! Especially when she’s in shape! Currently she’s heading up the Runner’s Corner Racing Team and winning lots of races.
Current Favorite Road Shoe: Asics Gel-Speedstar
Current Favorite Trail Shoe: New Balance 790 Off Road
All Time Favorite Shoe: New Balance 825
Post Footlocker Finals 2001 Interview with Amber
- 200m: 26.8
- 400m: 58.0
- 800m: 2:13
- 1500m: 4:30
- 1600m/Mile: 4:51
- 3000 Steeplechase: 10:19
- 3200m/2 Mile: 10:25
- 5K: 16:17
- 15k: 58:47
- Homestead Golden 5k in Midway
- Footlocker West Championships
- Anything in the trails/mountains! I love the “Random Run on Blood Trail” or any trails up by snowbasin, and also “On top of the world” up by Clear Creek.
