Mark Croghan

**Mark Croghan**
	Mark Croghan
Event	steeplechase
Height	5'9" (175 cm)
Weight	132 lbs (60 kg)
Nationality	United States
PR	3000S - 8.08.76 (1993)
Born	January 8, 1968 at Akron, OH
Club	adidas/Pacific Coast Club

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Mark Duane Croghan (1968-) is head cross country coach at Kent State University who competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics.

Career highlights

Meet	Place	Mark	City	Date
3000 Metres Steeplechase
27th Olympic Games	5 h128	8:25.88	Sydney	9/27/2000
6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics	6 f	8:14.09	Athína	8/06/1997
26th Olympic Games	5 f	8:17.84	Atlanta, GA	8/02/1996
5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics	3 h	8:26.02	Göteborg	07/08/1995
9th IAAF/Mobil Grand Prix Final	4 f	8:17.31	London	9/10/1993
4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics	5 f	8:09.76	Stuttgart	8/21/1993
3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics	5 h	8:29.20	Tokyo	8/29/1991

As a collegiate runner, Croghan was the NCAA National Champion in the steeplechase in 1990 and 1991. He was named the Jumbo Elliot Award winner in 1991 as the nation’s Outstanding Collegiate Track Athlete. A standout distance runner at Ohio State, Croghan represented the United States in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the 1996 Atlanta Games and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He was the U.S. National Champion in the event in 1991 and from 1994-1997.

Coaching career

Following his time as an athlete at Ohio State, Croghan served two years as the head men’s and women’s distance coach. He was in charge of developing the middle- and long-distance runners, coaching Robert Gary to All American status three times and the 1996 Olympics. He also coached eight All-Big Ten selections.

He then became the head coach at the University School in Cleveland, Ohio. At the University School in Cleveland, Croghan coached multiple events including sprints, hurdles and distances. Concurrently, Croghan also was co-director of adidas All-Star Distance Camp, where he taught high school distance runners and was responsible for the planning, marketing and operation of the camp.

In 2007, Croghan became head cross country coach and distant assistant track coach at Kent State where works primarily with thedistance and middle distance runners.

Awards

Croghan was inducted into the Ohio State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. The Ohio Association of Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame welcomed Croghan in 2007. In 2009, he was inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame.

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