Jason Pyrah is an American athlete who participated in the 1500-meter run at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He did not qualify for the final in 1996, but did qualify in 2000, placing 10th.

As a teenager he attended Willard High School in Willard, Missouri

Willard, Missouri

Willard is a city in Greene County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,288 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.Willard's main east-west road, U.S...

 where he excelled in track and field. He was a Missouri state track champion in multiple events over two years. Pyrah did not compete in the 1990-91 season because of a mission to Bolivia. Pyrah graduated from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 in 1993. In 1994, he won the Fifth Avenue Mile

Fifth Avenue Mile

The Fifth Avenue Mile is an annual road race in New York City. The race begins at East 80th Street and heads straight down Fifth Avenue to East 60th Street...

, and in 1995, he won a bronze medal in the 1500-meter run at the Pan American Games

Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games

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