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All of these performances were made in a race that included the Water Jump...Otherwise it's merely a "3.000 meter Hurdle" event!
Shields set the then National HS Record in winning the 1976 AAU Junior National Champs at Knoxville, TN. His 8:52.6 is now #2 on the All-Time US HS List [to Jeff Hess' 8:50.1]...Gregorek's 8:56.9 ranks #3 All-Time...Jibb's 8:57.34 ranks #4 All-Time... Owens' 8:59.53 ranks # 5 All-Time...and they are the only four US scholastic competitors to ever go sub-9:00.0 in this event.
In the production of national-ranking "steeplechasers", of schools noted on previous page ...Chaminade leads with 5, while St. Anthony's [from its old location in Smithtown], as well as North Rockland, Warwick Valley, and Burnt Hills, have 2 individuals each on this 3,000m list.
