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Article: WOMEN'S SPORTS MU junior off to fast start in steeplechase
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 23, 2009
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Not everyone can run the steeplechase.
When Marquette University distance coach Mike Nelson is scouting
possible runners for the event, he can tell a lot just by watching
them run up a hill.
Are they running on their toes? Are their knees high? Do they
gracefully bound up the incline?
Ultimately, though, success in the event boils down to intestinal
fortitude as much as athleticism. Without the guts, the gifts don't
matter.
"They can't be scared of it," he said.
Jayne Grebinski, all 5 feet 2 inches and about 100 pounds of her,
fears not.
When the junior ran the 3,000-meter event for the first time last
month at the Georgia Relays, she posted the second-fastest time in
school history -- 10 ...