USA Championship steeplechase

Start list:

Event 19 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
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14 Advance: Top 4 Each Heat plus Next 6 Best Times
Thursday 6/25/2009 - 7:25 PM
World: 7:53.63 9/3/2004 Saif Shaheen, QAT
American: 8:08.82 7/14/2006 Daniel Lincoln, Nike
Hayward: 8:08.08 2007 Paul Koech, Kenya
Name Year Team Seed
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Heat 1 Prelims
1 Kyle Perry unattached 8:29.24
2 Jacques Sallberg unattached 8:37.97
3 Jordan Fife Team Indiana/Brk 8:37.47
4 Steven Strickland unattached 8:42.71
5 Donald Cowart V M I 8:44.66
6 Kyle Alcorn Nike 8:21.46
7 Aaron Melhorn Malone 8:39.74
8 Aaron Aguayo Nike 8:40.40
9 Ryan Gasper Wisconsin 8:43.42
10 Steve Slattery Nike 8:30.49
11 William Nelson Oregon TC El 8:21.47
12 Ryan Warrenburg ZAP Fitness 8:45.16
Heat 2 Prelims
1 Luke Watson adidas 8:43.49
2 Scott MacPherson Arkansas 8:38.87
3 Benjamin Bruce Oregon TC El 8:26.08
4 Brian Olinger Reebok 8:35.89
5 Thomas Kloos TRANSPORTS 8:39.20
6 Thomas Brooks Oregon TC El 8:41.97
7 Daniel Huling Reebok 8:20.84
8 Joshua McAdams New Balance 8:21.99
9 Richard Nelson B Y U 8:41.85
10 Steve Finley Virginia 8:43.76
11 Jacob Morse Texas 8:34.57

And again we have Utah connections. Kyle Perry is from Utah and runs for BYU. Josh McAdams is a BYU grad. Rich Nelson runs for BYU. 3 out of 23 or 13% of the field.