Mary Jayne Harrelson
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Roxboro, North Carolina | June 17, 1978||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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College team | Appalachian State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mary Jayne Harrelson (married name Reeves; born June 17, 1978, in Roxboro, North Carolina) is a female middle distance runner from the United States. In college she was a two-time NCAA champion at Appalachian State and was later a two-time silver medalist at the Pan American Games.
College career
Harrelson competed collegiately at Appalachian State University. She become one of the most accomplished athletes in SoCon history, winning 23 individual championships. She was a six-time All-American performer in outdoor track. In 1999 and 2001, Harrelson was the 1500 meters national champion at the NCAA outdoor track & field championships. In cross country, Harrelson was a conference champion three straight years (1998–2000) and qualified for the NCAA championships each of those seasons.[1]
She was inducted into the Appalachian State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.[2]
References
- ^ 2010 Hall of Fame - Mary Jayne (Harrelson) Reeves. soconsports.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ National Champion Harrelson Headlines 2006 ASU Athletics Hall of Fame Class. appstatesports.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
External links
- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from Roxboro, North Carolina
- American female middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)
- Appalachian State Mountaineers women's track and field athletes
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- American middle-distance runner stubs