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Utah is one of the distance running capitals of the country \u2014 on the prep and collegiate scene. And its talent is on full display at the UHSAA State Track Championships this weekend.
BYU’s star runner Courtney Wayment can run a wide range of races, but her heart is in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, her father’s event. The steeplechase, which was originally an Irish horse race from one steeple to the next over streams and stone walls, throws in her path water jumps and heavy wooden barriers spread out over nearly two miles. This seems an entirely fitting challenge for Wayment. Ever since she took up running, she has had to hurdle every manner of obstacle thrown in her way, from a mysterious illness that had her sucking oxygen from a tank between races, to blackouts and ...