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Dan Michalski Has Persevered — From Walmart to the Track and Field World Championships
Dan Michalski reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the 2025 World Championships after years of perseverance and support from the United States Air Force.
- On Saturday, September 13, 2025, Daniel Michalski placed third in a preliminary heat of the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase during the global track and field championships held in Tokyo, securing a spot in the 15-athlete final.
- Michalski reached this point after winning the 2017 NCAA Division II steeplechase for Cedarville University and narrowly missing the 2021 U.S. Olympic team by one spot.
- While competing for Indiana in 2019, he was the top NCAA steeplechase runner but stumbled at the last water barrier, ultimately placing seventh; during this time, he also managed responsibilities as a senior airman in the U.S. Air Force and maintained his family life.
- Michalski called qualifying for the world championships a truly meaningful moment and reflected on training alone on hills in the vast Texas landscape, giving his best as if competing on the world stage despite having no one nearby.
- He credits his recent stability and coming results to the Air Force benefits, family support, and persistence despite lacking big contracts but having many people believing in him.
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Dan Michalski has persevered -- from Walmart to the track and field world championships
Dan Michalski was working at Walmart just a few years ago. Add to that a job at a real estate business, a shoe store, a bike shop, Jimmy John’s and as a college coach.
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