Jennifer Rhines

Jennifer " Jen" Rhines ( born July 1, 1974 in Syracuse, New York) is an American long-distance runner.

As a student at Villanova University, she was in cross country in 1994, about 5000 m from 1994 to 1996 outdoor and 1995 indoor NCAA champion.

In 1998 she was a winner of the Jacksonville River Runs U.S. champion in 15 - km road race. In 2000, she came at the World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura to 13th place and won the team bronze. As second in the U.S. elimination fights in the 10,000 - meter race she qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney, but where she was eliminated in the first round. The following year she came at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton over 10,000 m on the 22th Place.

In 2002 she was twelfth at the Cross Country Championships in Dublin and brought to the U.S. team silver. In the summer she was national champion in the 10,000 m. In her debut on the 42,195 -km distance, they came to 14th place at the Chicago Marathon.

In 2003, she won the half-marathon competition of the San Diego Marathon and the Falmouth Road Race, finishing third in the half marathon of the Grandma's Marathon and second in the Philadelphia Half Marathon. The second start over the full distance was disappointing with a 17th place at the New York City Marathon.

When U.S. eliminator for the marathon of the Olympic Games in Athens she qualified as a third party and for the year improved more than eleven minutes 2:29:57 h When the Olympic marathon she ran then a rank 34.

In 2005 she won again at the Jacksonville River Run. At the World Championships in Helsinki she won the 10,000 meters square and 16 at the New York City Marathon Course 18, 2006 she was fourth in the Rome Marathon and seventh at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon. As in the previous year, it was 2007 runner-up in Jacksonville, and at the World Championships in Osaka, she was seventh in the 5000m. About the same distance she qualified in the following year for the Olympic Games in Beijing, where she arrived on the 14th Place. 2009 to be followed over 5000 m, a ninth place finish at the World Championships in Berlin.

In the fall of 2010 she returned to the road race. When Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women, she was a third party. A victory for the half marathon competition of the Las Vegas Marathon followed at the beginning of 2011, the title at the U.S. Championships in the half marathon.

Jennifer Rhines is 1,60 m tall and weighs 48 kg. She lives in Mammoth Lakes and is coached by her husband Terence Mahon.

Personal Best

  • Hall: 15:27,87 min, February 7, 2009, Boston
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