Eyestone attended Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University) earning a Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) in psychology and a Master of Science (Mississippi) in exercise science. He finished his collegiate career with four National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships.
While at Brigham Young University, he became a 10-time National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American and in 1984 went undefeated in National Collegiate Athletic Association cross-country events. In 1985, the Academic All-American and recipient of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Top Six Award set a then-National Collegiate Athletic Association record in the 10,000 meters with a time of 27:41:05. IAAF World Cross Country Championships
1980 Junior Men"s Individual Race - Bronze Medal
1983 Men"s Team Event: United States of America - Silver Medal
1984 Men"s Team Event: United States of America - Silver Medal
1985 Men"s Team Event: United States of America - Bronze Medal
1986 Men"s Team Event: United States of America - Bronze Medal
Olympic and International Distance Races
Olympic Marathon 1988 Seoul, of Korea (29th place, 2:19:09)
Olympic Marathon 1992 Barcelona, Spain (13th place, 2:15:23)
Personal Best Marathon: 2:10:59
Personal Best 10,000 Meters 27:40
Ranked in the “Top Ten” of United States Marathoners, for nine years.
Ranked in the “Top Ten” of United States 10,000 Meters for eight years.
Five Time United States Road Racer of the Year. 1st place, Gate River Run 15K (Jacksonville, Florida), (1990)
1st place, Bellin 10K Run (Green Bay, Wisc), (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
1st place, Bay to Breakers, (San Francisco, Ca) (1986)
1st place, Peachtree Road Race 10K (Atlanta, Georgia) (1991)
1st place, The Medical Center 10K Classic (Bowling Green, Kentucky) (1990)
21st place, World Championships in Athletics - Men"s Marathon (1995)
After putting up his shoes, Eyestone has become a noted distance and road racing expert, serving as a columnist for Runner"s World magazine and television commentor for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s "Race of the Month" series.
Eyestone served as an analyst for National Broadcasting Company Sports coverage of Track and Field and Race Walking at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Eyestone returned to Brigham Young University as head coach of the cross-country team
Previously he served as assistant track coach at Weber State University.
Eyestone graduated from Bonneville High School in Washington Terrace, Utah and was the Utah State High School State Champion in cross-country and track and field Eyestone is one of only three runners, along with Gerry Lindgren and Suleiman Nyambiu, to capture the National Collegiate Athletic Association "Triple Crown" by becoming the 1985 National Collegiate Athletic Association Champion in cross-country, 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. In 1986, Eyestone won the San Francisco Bay to Breakers 12 km race, defeating an estimated 110,000 competitors in what the Guinness Book of Records considers the world"s largest footrace. He remains the last American to have won this race, and the only American to have done so since 1981. Eyestone is a three-time selection as "Coach of the Year" for the Mountain West Conference (MWC).
