Sarah Crouch (22 August, 1989) is an American long-distance runner who has represented

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in the marathon. During her collegiate career at Western Washington University, she was an NCAA Division II All-American thirteen times and won the 2011 NCAA Division II National Championship in the 10,000m. Upon graduation, she began her professional career with ZAP-Reebok. In one of her first races as a professional runner, she finished fifth at the U.S. 10 Mile Championships. In 2011, she made her marathon debut in New York and qualified for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, and in 2012, she qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 10,000m.

NCAA

In college, Sarah Porter was a 13-time All-American for

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. Sarah tied an

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record and made a school-record 12 national appearances during her four-year career – four each in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.

Professional

Crouch finished 7th at the 2014 Chicago Marathon. Crouch finished 9th at the 2016 Chicago Marathon in 2:33:48. She finished 11th at the

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. Crouch previously trained in

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with Zap Elite training group. Sarah Crouch was the top American woman in Chicago at

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after training with her sisters, Georgia Porter (

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alumna) & Shannon Porter (

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alumna) who are all sponsored by 361˚. Sarah had a

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removed from her quad in September - a few weeks before

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crouch, Sarah 1989 births Living people American female long-distance runners Western Washington Vikings Sportspeople from Washington (state) People from Clark County, Washington People from Blowing Rock, North Carolina People from Morehead, Kentucky People from Flagstaff, Arizona 21st-century American women