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Steve Slattery

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  • ‘94 Junior Olympic Champion in the 1500m and 3000m
  • ‘98 National HS Champion in the 2000m Steeplechase
  • 8 X All-American and CU record holder in Mile & Steeplechase
  • After CU, USA Champion in the 3000m Steeplechase in ’03 and 4X member of Team USA at World Championships
  • PR’s include 3:56.75 (Mile), 8:15.69 (Steeple)

Rhonda Blanford-Green

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  • 18X All American, U. of Nebraska
  • Member, WR Shuttle Hurdle Relay Team, U. of Nebraska
  • Competed in ’84 & ’88 US Olympic Trials
  • Captained the USA Sports Festival Gold Medalist Team
  • 1stAfrican-American Executive Director/Commissioner of a State Association & CHSAA’s first female Executive Director

Lisa Mills

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  • First female XC runner at McClintock HS (Tempe, AZ)
  • First female 4-year letter winner for track & XC at ASU
  • Ran in inaugural women’s US Olympic Marathon Trials
  • Won North Fork 50-mile
  • Ran a marathon with her daughter (who won it!) at age 61
  • Has worked at Runners Roost Lakewood since 1988
  • Coaches at Smoky Hill High School

David Oliver

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  • Denver East High School Alumnus
  • 2008 Olympic Bronze Medalist in 110m Hurdles
  • American Record Holder in 110m Hurdles (2010)
  • 2013 World Championships Gold Medalist
  • 2010 World Bronze Medalist in 60m Hurdles

Dan Pierce

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  • Member of the LOC of the 1984 Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials
  • Qualified for three Olympic Trials
  • Officiated eight Olympic Trials
  • Started “All-Comers” track meets in Boulder
  • 38 years on USATF Rules Committee (current Vice Chair)
  • 100k Race Walk American Record

Born to Run

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Born to Run – 5280 Magazine, May 2009, Christopher McDougall>

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Long-distance running legend Joe Vigil followed a reclusive tribe of Mexican ultramarathoners into the Rocky Mountains hoping to find the secret of its success—and discovered a way of life. Excerpted from Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall, published by Alfred A. Knopf in May 2009.

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