How to Use steeplechase in a Sentence

steeplechase

noun
  • Just look at the steeplechase last summer and how exciting that was.
    — Chris Chavez, SI.com, 3 May 2018
  • Friday's race was Clark's first steeplechase in almost two years.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The chaos of a steeplechase is, in some nutty yet logical way, handed down.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Having a nearly ex-spouse clean out your accounts makes the steeplechase longer and all uphill.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
  • There were a dozen runners in the steeplechase final in Helsinki.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Jager won the silver medal in the steeplechase at the 2016 Olympics.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 25 May 2018
  • Now, some were easy, but ever try and pick a steeplechase winner having not seen one of those races live in at least a decade and a half?
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Sean Nevin The men's steeplechase is one of the Olympics' most eye-catching track and field events.
    — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But school record-holder Aneta Konieczek slipped to a non-scoring ninth in the steeplechase.
    — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 June 2021
  • Simpson won her medal in the 1,500 meters and Coburn in the steeplechase.
    — The Denver Post, 10 Jan. 2017
  • Ferlic is the third Wolverine to qualify for the steeplechase at the Olympics.
    — Mia Berry, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
  • The steeplechase is an event where runners are able to leap off the top of the hurdles, which initially seemed to catch Snoop off guard.
    — Sam Joseph, CNN, 25 June 2024
  • Garrett Marsing ran the men’s steeplechase, but was unable to advance out of the first round and finished in 25th place.
    — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • Jeruto could only sit and watch the 3,000 steeplechase final during the Toyko Olympics.
    — oregonlive, 20 July 2022
  • The final of the women’s 3,000 steeplechase is scheduled for Wednesday evening.
    — oregonlive, 16 July 2022
  • Idaho junior Constanze Paoli took 11th in the women’s steeplechase.
    — Idaho Statesman, 15 June 2026
  • Kipruto was coached by Abel Mutai, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist in the steeplechase.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Courtney Frerichs took it out hard in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and managed to hang on to win her first Olympic medal.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Mustafa Mohamed, for example, used to excel in the steeplechase, and competed in the event at the 2004 Olympics.
    — Hannah Borenstein, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Colleen Quigley, a 2016 member of the US Olympic team for steeplechase, is an ambassador for the product.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Kenneth Rooks Kenneth Rooks fell to the track during the final of the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase and dropped all the way to last place.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
  • Visit the site on the first weekend in November to attend the Montpelier Hunt Races, a steeplechase horse race that's taken place here for almost 90 years.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In his mid-40s, LeVasseur began competing in distance running events and eventually expanded his repertoire to sprints, steeplechase, long jump and triple jump.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The soccer team will have the option to play on its existing grass field or under the lights on the new artificial turf surface at the track and field complex, which includes seating for 350 spectators as well as throws areas and a steeplechase to host college or high school competitions.
    — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • So begins a grand steeplechase that becomes the story of both The Secret Commonwealth and The Rose Field, which are so intertwined that they could plausibly have been published together as a single novel.
    — Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Crossing the finish line in 10th and 11th is not how either Tim Van de Velde or Carlos San Martín would have been picturing the men’s 3,000m steeplechase qualifier on Saturday.
    — Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The two Bahraini athletics medallists in Paris, Winfred Yavi (3,000m steeplechase gold) and Salwa Eid Naser (400m silver), come from Kenya and Nigeria.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • An eight-time state champion (five in track and field, three in cross-country) at Oviedo High School in Florida, Simpson went on to star at Colorado as a two-time national steeplechase champion, a two-time national runner-up in cross-country and a three-time outdoor track and field All-American.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • Honorable mention All-American status also went to Centennial High grad Twaddle-Dunham (men’s discus), and Boise State’s Kaiya Robertson (women’s 1,500), Abby Kendrick (women’s steeplechase), Emily Jobes (women’s steeplechase) and Raekwon Weatherspoon (men’s long jump).
    — Idaho Statesman, 15 June 2026

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