Steve Slattery
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Steve Slattery (born August 14, 1980) is an American
Running career
High school
Raised in the Flanders section of Mount Olive Township, New Jersey, he attended Mount Olive High School and established himself as a distance runner while there, receiving four high school All-America honors before graduating in 1998.[2] He made his international debut that year at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing 40th in the junior race.
Collegiate
He went on to attend the University of Colorado from 1998 to 2002. During that time he was the 2001 Big 12 Conference champion in the steeplechase and came tenth at the 2001 World Student Games. He was the runner-up at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship as well as the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2002. While at the University of Colorado he met his future wife, Sara Gorton, another distance runner.[3]
Professional
After college he signed a contract with
Slattery set a new best of 8:15.69 minutes at the 2007
References
- ^ a b c d World Athletics. "Profile of Steve SLATTERY".
- ^ Lambert, Jim. "Steve Slattery, a NJ distance running legend, is headed into the Mount Olive Hall of Fame", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 24, 2012. Accessed November 6, 2017. "I haven't covered many runners blessed with the kind of talent or who ran with the kind of heart that Steve Slattery showed during his days at Mount Olive High.... After graduating from Mount Olive in 1998, Slattery took that same drive and passion to Colorado with him where he flourished under Jersey native Mark Wetmore, especially in the grueling steeplechase."
- ^ a b c d e Steve Slattery. USATF. Retrieved on 2012-05-28.
- ^ Outdoor Track & Field Champions Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase[permanent dead link]. USATF. Retrieved on 2012-05-28.
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-28.
