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Distance Night at Mt. SAC: Sean McGorty (8:20) Dazzles in Steeple Debut as Evan Jager Paces and Molly Huddle Struggles
Sean McGorty to make his steeplechase debut.
It was worth the wait.
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Running on the same track where his teammate
Evan Jager made his debut nine years ago, McGorty who was paced by Jager in this race through two kilometers ran 8:20.77 to smash his first career steeplechase, knocking out the 8:22.00 Olympic standard and holding off a charging
Dan Michalski to win the USATF Golden Games at Mt. SAC on Sunday night.
McGorty, the 2018 NCAA 5,000m champion at Stanford, had initially planned on trying out the steeple in 2019, his first full year as a professional with the Bowerman Track Club, but he wound up missing almost the entire season due to a mysterious (and serious) infection in his foot, which required multiple surgeries. McGorty was healthy in 2020, but the lack of access to facilities meant there were no steeples for h