Mike Roche (athlete)

Mike Roche
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Santiago "Mike" Roche
Nationality	American
Born	June 27, 1953 (age 71); San Diego, California
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running, road racing
Event	Steeplechase

Miguel Santiago "Mike" Roche (born June 27, 1953) is an American middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1] Roche was a 1975 NCAA All-American in the 3000 steeplechase while attending Rutgers University.^[2] He was ranked in the top 10 US Steeplechasers from 1975 to 1980.^[3] In 1978, Roche was a member of the silver medal-winning US International Cross Country team competing in Glasgow, Scotland.^[4] On July 4, 1978, Roche beat 12,000 runners at the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, GA, setting a new course record (28:59)in the process.^[5] In March 1981, Roche established a new American Record for 10 miles with a time of 46:57 at Cherry Hill, NJ. The record would stand for 2 years.^[6]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Roche Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
^ https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ncaamsteeple.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/06-mStRankUS.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "World Cross Country Championships Athletics 1978 - Results Men". www.the-sports.org.
^ "The Record Books". The Peachtree 50. August 23, 2018.
^ "untitled". www.arrs.run.

External links

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Roche Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2017.

[2] ttps://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ncaamsteeple.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[3] ttps://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/06-mStRankUS.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[4] "World Cross Country Championships Athletics 1978 - Results Men". www.the-sports.org.

[5] "The Record Books". The Peachtree 50. August 23, 2018.

[6] "untitled". www.arrs.run.

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v t e 1976 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1976 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Garry Bjorklund Benny Brown (r) Doug Brown Dick Buerkle Matt Centrowitz Willie Davenport Mike Durkin Mark Enyeart Dwayne Evans Charles Foster Herman Frazier Paul Geis Harvey Glance Millard Hampton Johnny "Lam" Jones Don Kardong Ron Laird Mark Lutz Duncan MacDonald Henry Marsh Ed Mendoza Edwin Moses Fred Newhouse James Owens Maxie Parks Steve Riddick James Robinson Mike Roche Bill Rodgers Todd Scully Mike Shine Frank Shorter Craig Virgin Larry Walker Quentin Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter
Men's field athletes	James Barrineau Earl Bell James Butts Sam Colson Fred Dixon Rayfield Dupree Al Feuerbach Richard George Anthony Hall Larry Hart Tommy Haynes Bill Jankunis Bruce Jenner Larry Myricks Terry Porter John Powell Dave Roberts Arnie Robinson Fred Samara Pete Shmock Jay Silvester Dwight Stones Mac Wilkins Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Debra Armstrong Evelyn Ashford Rhonda Brady Rosalyn Bryant Chandra Cheeseborough Pat Donnelly Sheila Ingram Madeline Manning Jackson Pam Jiles (r) Wendy Knudson Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Brenda Morehead Deby LaPlante Cyndy Poor Debra Sapenter Martha Watson (r) Kathy Weston
Women's field athletes	Sherry Calvert Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Paula Girven Joni Huntley Marilyn King Kathy McMillan Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Karin Smith Pam Spencer Sherron Walker Martha Watson Lynne Winbigler
Coaches	LeRoy Walker (men's head coach) Sam Bell (men's assistant coach) Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach) Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach) Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach) Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach) C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach) Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)