Marvelous Marsh. He began steering distance runners to the steeplechase. One of them was a freshman named Henry Marsh.The two had been teammates in cross-country, and Shane, having exhausted his ...

Henry Marsh. Basic Information Status: Hall of Fame Gender: Male Date of Birth: 3/15/1954. Athletics Information Event: Outdoor Track & Field Agent: N/A. Residences ... 3,000 m steeplechase - 8:09.17 ...

That’s when Rooks drew inspiration from a former Cougar, three-time Olympian Henry Marsh, who preferred to run the steeplechase from the back in an effort to avoid such falls.

Former Olympian was flattered to hear Rooks say he had to get in ‘Henry Marsh mode’ after falling. Next up for Rooks is the World Track and Field Championships. Read more.

Rooks became the third steeplechase national champion under BYU track and field director Ed Eyestone. ... It caps off a year where he also unseated Olympian Henry Marsh for the BYU school record.

In one fell swoop last weekend in Los Angeles, BYU’s Kenneth Rooks set the American collegiate record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, recorded the fastest time in the world so far this year ...

He was referencing former BYU track star Henry Marsh, who fell with 200 meters left in his semifinal heat in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Indianapolis, Indiana, only to get up ...

Marsh, of course, is the former BYU track and field great who made four U.S. Olympic teams and represented the United States in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at three Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1988.

Even in a world that counts curling (not hair) and dressage among its sports, the steeplechase is a strange event, an oddity, part distance running, hurdling, roller derby and obstacle course. The ...