Luke Puskedra (born February 8, 1990) is an American long-distance runner who competes over distances ranging from 10,000 meters to the marathon.
He grew up in Ogden, Utah and attended Judge Memorial Catholic High School before studying business administration at the University of Oregon.
[17] In spite of the time elapsed from his graduation, college coach Andy Powell remained in contact with Puskedra and gradually convinced him to return to running.
[17] Although discouraged by his experience in New York City, he proceeded to train for the 2015 Grandma's Marathon, where he ran a significantly faster result of 2:15:27.
Shortly after the 2019 Aramco Houston Half marathon, Luke Puskedra's Oregon Track Club contract becomes expired.
For 2019 season, Luke Puskedra won't run at the 2019 Faxon Law New Haven Road Race 20k.