ELVA DRYER – Albuquerque, New Mexico
5K Personal Record is 15:03 – 6th fastest US all time record
2000 US Olympian, 5000m

REGINA JOYCE – Lynnwood, Washington
Ran in the 1984 Olympics, Marathon
Has competed for three different countries: England, Ireland & USA

KATE O’NEILL – New Haven, Connecticut
1-mile Personal Record is 4:45
Yale record holder in the 10K (32:47)

LAURA O’NEILL – New Haven, Connecticut
5K Personal Record is 15:57
All American 3rd Place NCAA Championships 10K, Junior Year of college

SUZANNE BINNE – Missoula, Montana
Trains with Mountain West Track Club, a group of elite women athletes
Member of 2002 Canadian National Team in Dublin, Ireland

THERESA DU TOIT – South Africa (training in New Jersey)
5K Personal Record, 16:20
IAAF Worlds Half Marathon Championships 1999, 2000

ANDREA GROVE – Missoula, Montana
5K Personal Record is 16:07
Silver medalist in 5000m, Canadian National Championships

NICOLE HUNT – Deer Lodge, Montana
5K Personal Record is 15:52
2002: Trained with Team USA California

NIKOLE JOHNS – Fort Collins, Colorado
Qualified for 2004 US Olympic Marathon trials
2002: Represented US in the Ekiden Relay in Seoul, South Korea
5K Personal Record 17:03

MICHELLE LAFLEUR – Savannah, Georgia
Qualified for 2004 Olympic Trials Marathon at New York City Marathon
5K Personal Record 16:50

EMILY NAY – JAMESON – Salt Lake City, Utah
Personal goal is to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 10K
Seoul Ekiden Team Member, 2001 & 2003
1st Place – 2003 Deseret News 10K, 32:04

ATALELECH KETEMA – Ethiopia (Trains in New York)
1st at the Ridgewood 5K, 16:37
1st at Vytra Women 5K, 16:01

SUE NIELSEN – Salt Lake City, Utah
5K Personal Record is 16:20
1st Place at 2003 Salt Lake Classic 10K

Idaho Elk’s Rehabilitation Hospital
2003 Elite Wheelchair Athletes

TRICIA DOWNING – Denver, Colorado
High School Teacher
1st in 2002 Chicago Marathon
1st in 2002 CRIM Festival of Races Wheelchair Division

SAMANTHA FRASER – High River, Alberta, CANADA
Represented Team Alberta in the 2003 Western Canada Summer Games
2001: One of two female wheelchair racers on Team Alberta
Her goal is to reach the Paralympics in 2008 in Beijing, China

JENNIFER GOECKEL – Seattle, Washington
Student at University of Arizona
Placed 5th at the 2002 Women’s Fitness Celebration 5K
2003 Carlsbad 5000, 2nd Place, 14:13
5K Personal Record is 13:58

SHAUNA JENSEN – Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
Occupation: Graphic Designer
2003: Competed in Western Canada Summer Games
Determined to compete in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing

JESSICA MATASSA – Oldcastle, Ontario, CANADA
Set a Personal Record and the Provincial Record at the Ontario Games in the 800m, 1:59.87
2001: Awarded Ontario Wheelchair Sports Association Female Athlete of the Year
Youngest athlete to attend the International Paralympic Committee World
Championships in Lille, France

SHIRLEY REILLY – Los Gatos, California
Student at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Placed 1st in 6 events at the 2003 Junior Regionals in San Jose
Placed 1st in the 2003 Mercury News 10K
Table tennis champion

MELODY WILLIAMSON – Lancaster, California
2003: Placed 1st Run for Excellence 10K
2003: Placed 5th at the 2003 Lilac Bloomsday 12K Run
2003: Placed5th at the Los Angeles Marathon

KELLY MURPHEY-GLENN – Boise, Idaho
Eight time Celebration Winner
2003: Gold medal in 5K, National Masters Championships in 2003
1st Place in Portland to Coast Relay team

MARY SNYDER – Boise, Idaho
2nd Place Celebration finisher, five times
2003: Singe age best mark in 5K, National Masters Championships in 2003
Personal Record for 5K is 26:21

JENNIFER FRONGNER – Ogden, Utah
3rd Place 2001 Women’s Fitness Celebration
4th Place 2000 Women’s Fitness Celebration

BRODIE WHITLOCK – Boise, Idaho
3rd Place 2002 Women’s Fitness Celebration

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