Jason Pyrah

American middle-distance runner (born 1969)

Jason Pyrah (born April 6, 1969, in Springfield, Missouri) is an American athlete who participated in the 1500-meter run at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He did not qualify for the final in 1996, but did qualify in 2000, placing 10th.[1]

As a teenager he attended Willard High School in Willard, Missouri where he excelled in track and field. He was a Missouri state track champion in multiple events over two years. Pyrah did not compete in the 1990–91 season because of a mission to Bolivia.[2] Pyrah graduated from Brigham Young University in 1993. In 1994, he won the Fifth Avenue Mile, and in 1995, he won a bronze medal in the 1500-meter run at the Pan American Games. His mile best is a 3:55.

External links

  • Jason Pyrah at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata

References

  1. ^ USA Track & Field biography Archived 2011-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "KSL-TV biography". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
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Qualification
1996 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
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Qualification
  • 2000 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track
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Men's
field athletes
Women's track
and road athletes
Women's
field athletes
Coaches
  • John Chaplin (men's head coach)
  • Dick Booth (men's assistant coach)
  • Dixon Farmer (men's assistant coach)
  • Rob Johnson (men's assistant coach)
  • John Moon (men's assistant coach)
  • Jerry Quiller (men's assistant coach)
  • Jay Silvester (men's assistant coach)
  • Bubba Thornton (men's assistant coach)
  • Karen Dennis (women's head coach)
  • Sandy Fowler (women's assistant coach)
  • Ernest Gregoire (women's assistant coach)
  • Judy Harrison (women's assistant coach)
  • Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach)
  • LaVerne Sweat (women's assistant coach)
  • Mark Young (women's assistant coach)
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US National Championship winners in men's indoor Mile
1932–1979
Amateur Athletic Union
1981–1992
The Athletics Congress
1993–present
USA Track & Field
Notes
*Distances have varied as follows: Mile (1940–2002) and 1932, 2007 and odd numbered years since 2011, 1500 meters (1933–1939), (2003–6, 2008–2010) and even numbered years since 2010
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