Colleen De Reuck

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Colleen De Reuck
Personal information
Full nameColleen Stella De Reuck
Nationality South Africa
 United States
BornVryheid, KwaZulu-Natal
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)cross country
half marathon
marathon

Colleen S. De Reuck (born 1964 in

Summer Olympics
.

She was a late bloomer and her first major success came in 1995 and 1996, when she won the

Olympic Trials, she was also the 2004 United States National Champion in the Marathon.[1] Just ten days short of moving into the Masters division, she broke the 16-year-old Trials record, and defeated eventually Olympic bronze medalist, Deena Kastor in the process.[2]

After her transfer to compete for the United States in 2000 she won her first major world medals, taking the individual bronze and team silver at the 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Another team bronze came at the following year's championships and she won at the 2004 and 2005 USA Cross Country Championships.

She continues to run and finished third at the

Houston Half Marathon in 2009, finishing in 1:12:14.[3]

Career

South Africa

De Reuck began competing for South Africa and made her first Olympic appearance at the

1996 Atlanta Olympics
.

Her first appearance on the world championships stage came at the

10,000 meters. At the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships she finished in 15th overall in the women's long race. Following a missed opportunity at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics, she represented South Africa at the Olympics for the third and final time, but managed on 31st place in the women's marathon
with a time of 2:36:58.

Switch to United States

After making a

Dublin, Ireland, where she finished third overall (27:17) and helped the United States team to a silver medal. The following year she finished in seventh place at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships, helping the U.S. team to the bronze medal. She made her fourth and final Olympics the 2004 Athens Olympics. She finished in 39th place in the marathon, while U.S. teammate Deena Kastor
won the bronze medal.

She won the USA Cross Country Championships twice consecutively in 2004 and 2005. De Reuck represented the United States twice more at the World Cross Country Championships, finishing in 13th place in 2005, and 33rd place at her final competition in 2006 at age 41.

A resident of

masters
record for United States.

At the 2009

St. Paul, Minnesota beating the listed American W45 record by over 6 minutes.[6]

She ran at the Falmouth Road Race in Massachusetts in August 2010 and took fifth place as the first American past the line.[7] Shortly after she ran in the Copenhagen Marathon in Denmark and placed 1st in 2:30:51, 8 minutes ahead of her nearest opponent.

On 14 January 2012, de Reuck ran in the 2012 US Olympic Team Marathon Trials, finishing in 2:38:52. Her pace was 13:14 behind women's winner Shalane Flanagan. Her time was good for a 35th-place finish out of 152.

Following her elite career de Reuck took up coaching with Boulder Striders as well as personal training. She was inducted into the Boulder (Colorado) Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.[8]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  South Africa
1992 Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
 9th Marathon 2:39:03
1993
City-Pier-City Loop
The Hague, Netherlands
 1st Half Marathon 1:10:50
1995 Honolulu Marathon
Honolulu, Hawaii
 1st Marathon 2:37:29
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 13th 10,000 m 32:14.69
Berlin Marathon
Berlin, Germany
 1st Marathon 2:26:35
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 31st Marathon 2:36:48
Representing the  United States
2002 World Cross Country Championships
Dublin, Ireland
 3rd Cross Individual
2nd Cross Team
2003 World Cross Country Championships
Lausanne, Switzerland
 3rd Cross Team
2004 Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
 39th Marathon 2:46:30

References

  1. ^ "USA Track & Field - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions". Legacy.usatf.org. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Women's Olympic Trials and Marathon Results". 14 April 2008.
  3. ^ 2009 Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon, EP5K and ABB Team Challenge – Half Marathon. Houston Marathon. Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
  4. ^ Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (28 February 2009). Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
  5. ^ "Boston Marathon 2009 -- Top Finishers". Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  6. ^ http://www.mtcmarathon.org/Upload/documents/2009%20Masters%20Results.pdf[permanent dead link]
  7. IAAF
    (16 August 2010). Retrieved on 2010-08-16.
  8. ^ "Mike Sandrock: An inspiring trio to be inducted into Boulder Sports Hall of Fame". Boulder Daily Camera. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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