SHALANE FLANAGAN
Events: Middle Distance
Height: 5-5
Weight: 113
PRs: 1,500m - 4:05.86 (2007); 3,000m - 8:33.25AR (2007); 5,000m - 14:44.80AR (2007); 10,000m 30:22.22 (2008)
Born: July 8, 1981 in Boulder, Colo.
Current Residence: Marblehead, Mass.
High School: Marblehead (Mass.) HS '00
College: University of North Carolina '04
Coach: John Cook
Agent: Peter Stubbs
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Games 10,000m bronze medalist; 2008 Olympic Trials 10,000m champion and 3rd in 5,000m; 2007 Visa Indoor champion; 2007 USA Indoor 3,000m champion; Two-time USA Outdoor 5,000m champion (’05, ’07); Two-time USA XC 4km champion (’04 & ’05); Two-time NCAA XC champion (’02, ‘03); 2003 NCAA Indoor 3,000m champion; 15-time NCAA All-American

Flanagan had endured six hours of intense gastrointestinal distress, in the form of vomiting and diarrhea three nights before her Olympic 10,000m race in Beijing. She continued to have gastrointestinal problems while working out for the next two days, and at one point her participation in the 10,000m was up in the air. But Flanagan gave it a go and made history in winning the bronze medal in the American record time of 30:22.22. She is the second American woman ever to win an Olympic medal at 10,000m, joining Lynn Jennings, who won the bronze in 1992. At the 2008 Olympic Trials, Flanagan turned on the speed in the final laps of the women’s 10,000m and pulled away to win in 31:34.81, a Hayward Field record…Making her debut at 10,000 meters, Flanagan smashed the American record by 17 seconds, running 30:34.49 Sunday, May 4, at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif...Flanagan ran a smart tactical race in the women’s 5,000m at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships and placed eighth in 15:03.86…led the 5,000m from wire-to-wire at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships, posting the fourth-fastest time ever by an American in 14:51.75. At the 2007 Mt. SAC Relays, she set an American Record in winning the 5,000m in 14:44.80…Flanagan destroyed the indoor American record in the 3,000m at the 2007 Reebok Boston Indoor Games. She ran 8:33.25 to bury Regina Jacobs' previous 3, AR of 8:39.14. Flanagan was sidelined after the 2005 World Champs with an injury that initially cropped up after the 2004 Olympics. After a long journey to find the right doctor, it was finally determined that she had been born with an extra bone in her foot...shortly before the 2004 Olympic Trials, she declared she would forgo her final collegiate eligibility...named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary teams for cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field. In 2002 Flanagan won the first cross country NCAA championship in school history with a record-setting 6 km time of 19:36 on the Gibson Course in Terre Haute, Ind., at the NCAA Championship...named 2002 Honda Athlete of the Year for Cross Country...named NCAA Female Cross Country Runner of the Year...won the Southeast Regional and became the second woman in ACC history (UNC's Karen Godlock 1994-96) to win the ACC Championship three years in a row (2000-02) with a time of 20:06.3 (6 km). She won all five competitions she competed in during the 2002 indoor season Flanagan was named the ACC Athlete of the Year...named 2002 NCAA Female Cross Country Runner of the Year...a three-time All-State cross country runner as a prep, Flanagan was the 2000 USA Junior women's cross country champion. She finished first in the All-State one-mile run and was the champion and record holder in the All-State two-mile run...won the one mile-run (4:46) at the Indoor National Scholastic Championships...her mother Cheryl Treworgy competed on the U.S. World Cross Country teams in 1968 (11th), 1969 (4th), 1970 (18th), 1974 (28th) 1976 (38th); she also is a former women's marathon world record holder...also participated in soccer and swimming in high school...enjoys music, biking and hiking…married husband Steve Edwards in October 2005.

2008: Olympic Games 10,000m bronze medalist (30:22.22AR), 10th at 5,000m (15:50.80)…Olympic Trials champion in 10,000m and 3rd in 5,000m (31:34.81, 15:02.81)…1st in 10,000m at Payton Jordan Invitational (30:34.49)
2007: USA Outdoor 5,000m champion (14:51.75)… 8th at World Outdoors (15:03.86)…USA Indoor champion (8:56.74)…3rd in 1,500m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (4:05.86PR)…2nd in 3,000m at Boston Indoor Games (8:33.25iAR)…2nd in USA XC Champs (27:48)…1st in 5,000m at Mt. SAC (14:44.80AR)….4th in 3,000m at Monaco (8:35.34)…2nd in 1,500m at Heusden (4:06.24)…5th in 5,000m at Rome (15:04.27)…ranked #10 in the world (#1 U.S.) at 5,000m and #2 in the U.S. at 1,500m by T&FN…bests of 14:44.80 and 4:05.86.
2006: did not compete - injured
2005: 2005 USA Outdoor 5,000m Champion (15:10.96)...7th in second semifinal heat at World Outdoor Championships (15:20.59)...4th in 3,000m at the Reebok Grand Prix (8:54.43)...9th in 1,500m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (4:22.07)...USA XC 4 km champion (13:24.3)...20th at World XC (14:05, 3rd U.S. finisher), winning team bronze...ranked #1 in the U.S. for the 5,000m and 3rd in the 3,000m by T&FN...bests of 15:10.96, 8:54.43, and 4:22.07.
2004: 3rd at Olympic Trials 5,000m (15:10.52), 6th in 1,500m (4:11.05)...11th in 5,000m semifinals at the Olympic Games (15:34.63)...USA 4 km XC champion (12:26)...14th at World XC championships (13:34)...1st at Mt. SAC 5,000m (15:09.67)...3rd in 5,000m at Boston (15:05.08PR)...7th in 1,500m at Nike Prefontaine Classic (4:09.27)...1st at Durham 3,000m (8:55.05)...4th place in 1,500m at adidas Boston Indoor Games (4:13.55)...ranked #3 at the 3,000m, #4 at the 5,000m and #9 at the 1,500 in the U.S. by T&FN...bests of 4:09.27, 8:55.05 & 15:05.08.
2003: Runner-up at USA Outdoor 5,000m (15:20.54)...NCAA XC champion (19:30.4)...1st at 3,000m at NCAA Indoors (9:01.05)...2nd at NCAA Outdoors 5,000m (15:30.60)... 5th at adidas Boston Indoor Games (9:00.22)...1st in Atlanta 1,500m (4:11.60)...ranked #7 at 1,500m and #4 at 5,000m in U.S. by T&FN...bests of 4:11.24 & 15:20.54.
2002: NCAA XC champion (19:36)...3rd at 1,500m at NCAA Outdoors (4:15.52)...1st at ACC 1,500m (4:16.19)...6th at NCAA Indoor 3,000m (9:16.30), 3rd in the mile (4:39.11)ACC indoor champion at mile (4:42.35), DMR (11:39.98) and 3,000m (9:19.85)...2nd at DMR at NCAA Outdoors (10:59.76)...4th in mile at Tyson Indoors (4:38.43)...1st at Duke Invitational (9:13.51)...1st at Boston (9:13.47)...bests of 4:15.37 & 9:13.51.
2001: ACC Outdoor 1,500m & 5,000m champion...10th in 1,500m at NCAA Outdoors (4:25.67)...best of 4:18.12.

9/22/08