Jenny's Running Resume
Career personal bests from 1 Mile to the Marathon, racing accomplishments, and running related awards and achievements.
Life Time Personal Bests
Distance | Time | Year |
1 Mile | 4:54 | 1986 |
3K | 9:22 | 1986 |
5K | 16:08 | 1982 |
4 Mile | 22:30 | 2004 |
8K | 27:33 | 2004 |
10K | 33:39 | 1983 |
12K | 44:05 | 2005 |
10 Mile | 56:55 | 2004 |
20K | 1:15:05 | 1994 |
½ Marathon | 1:13:48 | 1994 |
25K | 1:31:05 | 2005 |
Marathon | 2:29:54 | 1996 |
Career Racing Accomplishments
1982 - Led University of Iowa Women to Iowa's first Big 10 Cross Country Championship
1983 - 1st Place Grandma's Marathon, Duluth, MN 2:33:51
(World Age Group Record for Females 19 and Under - no longer current record)
(American Age Group Record for Females 19 and Under - still current record)
1984 - 2nd Place Houston-Tenneco Marathon, Houston, TX 2:36:52
1984 - Inaugural US Women's Olympic Marathon Trials Participant, Olympia, WA 2:40:18
1988 - US Olympic Marathon Trials Participant, Pittsburgh, PA 2:44:59
1996 - 1st Place US Olympic Marathon Trials, Columbia, SC 2:29:54
1996 - Olympic Marathon Participant, Atlanta, GA
2003 - 1st Masters Female Chicago Marathon, Chicago, IL 2:32:38
(American Masters Record - no longer current record)
2004 - 9th Place US Olympic Marathon Trials, St. Louis, MO 2:36:30
(1st Masters Female)
2005 - World Championships ½ Marathon Participant, Edmonton, Alberta
Running Related Awards and Achievements
1983 - NCAA All-American Track & Field 10,000 Meter Run
1983 - NCAA All-American Cross Country
1986 - Robert F. Ray Award given for academic and athletic excellence to one athlete in the University of Iowa Women's Athletic Program
1987 - Inducted into the University of Iowa Women's Track & Field Hall of Fame
1996 - CARA Gold Medal Award (Chicago Area Runner's Association)
2003 - CARA Gold Medal Award (Chicago Area Runner's Association)
2007 - Inducted into the RRCA Hall of Fame (Road Runner's Club of America)