Mark Enyeart

{{short description|American middle-distance runner}}

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Mark Bruce Enyeart (born October 9, 1953, in Alliance, Nebraska) is an American former middle distance runner who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/mark-enyeart-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/en/mark-enyeart-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |access-date=October 20, 2012}} Enyeart was a quarter miler for Utah State University. He converted to running the half mile in the 1975 season. Still adjusting to the event, he was the surprise winner of the National Championships later that year, holding off world record holder and twice consecutive National Champion Rick Wohlhuter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1975/06/30/616667/high-fast-and-very-upsetting|title = High, Fast and Very Upsetting}}

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