Edward D. Eyestone (born June 15, 1961) is a two-time Olympic marathoner,

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, and an NCAA coach.

Running career

High school

Eyestone graduated from Bonneville High School in Washington Terrace, Utah and was the Utah State High School State Champion in cross-country and track and field.

Collegiate

Eyestone attended

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(BYU) earning a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in psychology and a Master of Science (M.S.) in exercise science. While at BYU, he became a 10-time NCAA All-American and in 1984 went undefeated in NCAA cross-country events. Eyestone is one of only four runners, along with

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, Edward Cheserek, and Suleiman Nyambui, to capture the NCAA "Triple Crown" by becoming the 1985 NCAA Champion in cross-country, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. In 1985, the Academic All-American and recipient of the NCAA Top Six Award set a then-NCAA record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 27:41:05. As of 2018, it was still the third-fastest official 10,000 meter time in NCAA history. He finished his collegiate career with four NCAA Championships. In 1986, Eyestone won the San Francisco Bay to Breakers 12 km race, defeating an estimated 110,000 competitors in what the Guinness Book of Records considers the world's largest footrace. He remains the last American to have won this race, and the only American to have done so since 1981.

International racing career

IAAF World Cross Country Championships

: 1980 Junior Men's Individual Race - Bronze Medal :

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Men's Team Event: USA - Silver Medal :

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Men's Team Event: USA - Silver Medal :

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Men's Team Event: USA - Bronze Medal :

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

Men's Team Event: USA - Bronze Medal

Olympic and International Distance Races

: Olympic Marathon 1988 Seoul, Korea (29th place, 2:19:09) : Olympic Marathon 1992 Barcelona, Spain (13th place, 2:15:23) : Personal Best Marathon: 2:10:59 : Personal Best 10,000 Meters 27:40 : Ranked in the “Top Ten” of US Marathoners, for nine years. : Ranked in the “Top Ten” of US 10,000 Meters for eight years. : Five Time US Road Racer of the Year. : 1st place, Gate River Run 15K (Jacksonville, FL), (1990) : 1st place, Bellin 10K Run (Green Bay, Wisc.), (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) : 1st place, Bay to Breakers, (San Francisco, Ca.) (1986) : 1st place, Peachtree Road Race 10K (Atlanta, Ga.) (1991) : 1st place, The Medical Center 10K Classic (Bowling Green, Ky.) (1990) : 1st place,

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in Minneapolis-St. Paul,

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(2:14:34) (1993) : 21st place, World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon (1995)

Post-racing career

After putting up his shoes, Eyestone has become a noted distance and road racing expert, serving as a columnist for ''Runner's World'' magazine and television commentor for ESPN's "Race of the Month" series. Eyestone served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of

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and

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at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Coaching career

Eyestone returned to BYU as both head coach of the cross-country team and men's track assistant coach in 2000 and was later promoted to head track coach in 2013. Coach Eyestone is a three-time selection as "Coach of the Year" for the

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(MWC). Previously he served as assistant track coach at

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(1996–98). Coach Eyestone was named head coach of Team USA at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda. On November 23, 2019, the BYU men's cross-country team (coached by Eyestone) won the NCAA D1 Championship race in Terre Haute, Indiana. Eyestone also became the first male to have both won an individual NCAA D1 Cross Country title and coach a Division 1 team to a national title. Eyestone was subsequently named the "Men's National Coach of the Year" (2019) by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Eyestone was also named the State of Utah's Governor's State of Sport Award for Collegiate "Coach of the Year" (2020).https://byucougars.com/story/m-cross-country/1292904/Eyestone-Named-State-of-Utah&%23039;s-Collegiate-Coach-of-the-Year

References

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