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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(World Age Group Record for Females 19 and Under - no longer current record)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(American Masters Record - no longer current record)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)