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In 1986 Trudy Thornton was the first woman to ride in a Great Northern Steeplechase. [4] In 1995, Tina Egan was the first woman jockey to win the race. The 2012 winner, Tom’s Myth, was the first horse to win the Wellington Steeplechase, Pakuranga Hunt Cup and Great Northern in the same season.
Courtney Frerichs (born January 18, 1993) is an American middle-distance runner and steeplechase [2] specialist from Nixa, Missouri, [3] She is a three-time silver medalist in the 3000 meters steeplechase capturing silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the 2017 World Championships in London and at the 2018 World (Continental) Cup in Ostrava.
Steeplechase Times newspaper covers the sport. [6] Thomas Hitchcock (1860–1941) is known as the father of American steeplechasing. In the late 1800s, he built a steeplechase training center on his 3,000-acre (12 km 2) property in Aiken, South Carolina and trained horses imported from England.
Evan Reese Jager (born March 8, 1989) is an American middle-and long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.In his speciality event, he won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze at the 2017 World Championships.
Jonathan E. Sheppard (December 2, 1940 – August 27, 2023) was an English Hall of Fame trainer in American Thoroughbred horse racing.He holds the record for the most wins in American steeplechase racing history with 1,242 victories, and led with the most U.S. steeplechase wins per year a record 26 times between 1972 and his retirement in 2020.
Delilah DiCrescenzo (/ ˌ d ɪ k r ə ˈ ʃ ɛ n z oʊ /; born February 9, 1983) is an American distance runner.She competes in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase.She is a 2001 graduate of Queen of Peace High School in Burbank, Illinois and a 2005 graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in sociology.
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In June 2024, he finished second at the 2024 United States Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon in the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 8:23.00. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Wilkinson finished sixth in his heat at the Olympics, one spot away from qualifying for the finals; his time of 8:16.82 was faster than every runner in the two remaining heats.