Evan Jager, the most accomplished steeplechaser in American history, is calling it a career.

Jager, 36, announced his retirement Monday.

Jager, who graduated from Jacobs in 2007, is the American record holder in the 3,000-meter men’s steeplechase and won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro – the first U.S. medal in the event since 1984. He won a World Championship silver medal in 2017 and seven consecutive U.S. national titles from 2012 to 2018.

Jager finished sixth in the 2012 London Olympics and missed the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 because an injury kept him from the U.S. Olympic Trials. He was fourth at last year’s Olympic Trials but missed qualifying by one place.

Jager’s personal-best time of 8:00.45, set in 2015, still is the American record. He owns nine of the

See Full Page