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Flanagan, Shalane
- Qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team with a third-place finish in the 5,000m at Trials
- 2002 and 2003 NCAA cross country champion
- 2003 NCAA Indoor 3,000m champion; 2003 U.S. National runner-up in 5,000m
- Ten-time NCAA All-American
- 2000 Junior National women’s cross country champion
- Majoring in history at the University of North Carolina and named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary teams for cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field
- Red-shirted 2004 collegiate season to focus on training for Olympic competition; won 2004 U.S. 4km cross country title
- In her third cross country season for UNC in 2003, won second straight NCAA Championship, became first woman in ACC history to win four straight conference titles, won the Honda Award
- In indoors, won NCAA Championship in 3,000m and ACC Championship in the mile; in outdoors, runner-up in 5,000m at USA Championships, won 1,500m and 5,000m at ACC Championships, named 2003 ACC Outdoor Performer of the Year
- In cross country for 2002, won first NCAA national cross country championship in UNC history, Honda Athlete of the Year for Cross County, NCAA Female Cross Country Runner of the Year, ACC Champion
- In indoors, bronze in mile at NCAA Indoors, named ACC Athlete of the Year, ACC Champion in the mile, DMR, and 3,000m; in outdoor, third in 1,500m and second at DMR at NCAA Outdoor Championships, ACC Champion in 1,500m
- In 2001, named NCAA Cross Country Athlete of the Year, won ACC Cross Country Championship, set ACC indoor meet record in the mile, won ACC Outdoor Championships in 1,500m and 5,000m
- As a freshman in 2000, placed fourth in NCAA Cross Country Championships; named Cross-Country All-American; won ACC Cross Country Championship; named ACC Freshman of the Year
- In high school, 2000 Junior National women’s cross country champion; three-time Massachusetts All-State in cross country; won mile at Indoor National Scholastic Championships; was High School Millrose Mile Champion
- Named Boston Globe All-Scholastic Runner-of-the-Year; competed in swimming
Running is in Flanagan’s genes: her mother, Cheryl Tweworgy, was on the U.S. World Cross Country team and also set a world record in the marathon, while her father, Steve Flanagan, was an impressive middle-distance runner in college and beyond. But they didn’t pressure Shalane to run, and for a long time the youngster wasn’t aware of her pedigree, even though she saw both parents running nearly every day. As she told the New York Times in 2003, “I had no idea they were at the elite level; I just thought they were recreational joggers.”
After the 5,000m finals at the 2004 Olympic Trials:“You have these dreams about making the team, . . . but when it actually happens, you still don’t know how to react. Today is such a special day and it’s so exciting. This is my first Olympic Trails, and to make the team, it reminds you why you ran all those miles.”
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Height: 5’5”
Born: 8-Jul-81
Hometown: Marblehead, Mass.
Resides: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sport: Track & Field
Event: 5,000 meters
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