Janice Ettle

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Janice Ettle athletics
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 3rd December 1958
job Dental hygienist
Career
discipline Middle distance

Long haul

Janice Ettle (born December 3, 1958 ) is an American middle and long-distance runner , winner of large marathons and top finisher in dozens of road races, as well as participant in the 1987 Marathon World Cup and fourth in the women's marathon of the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana , Cuba . Ettle was a five-time participant in the US Olympic Marathon Trials.

Career

In 1980 she won the Las Vegas Celebrity Sun Marathon with a time of 2:47:50 hours. In 1982 Ettle won the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota with a target time of 2:41:21 hours. She also finished second in the Honolulu Marathon that same year (2:43:46). She also won the Thunder Bay Half Marathon (1:15:50) and the Dallas 20K (1:13:48) in the same year .

Between 1986 and 1990 Ettle came in the US National Championship for women in the marathon in the top five places.

In 1984 Ettle finished sixth in the United States' first ever women's Olympic marathon, in 2:33:41, just ahead of Nancy Ditz. It was the 18th best marathon time for a US woman. Joan Benoit , who won the race, later won the gold medal in the Olympics .

She participated in four other US Olympic marathon events. In 1992 it was 10th and in 1988 it was 20th.

1984 Ettle won the Freihofer's Run for Women Also in 1984, Ettle finished third in the Philadelphia Distance Classic Half Marathon, a race with 7,300 runners. She ran a 1:12:01 and finished behind Joan Benoit and Judi St. Hilaire.

She is the winner of the 1985 Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis-St. Paul , Minnesota , where she had the ninth fastest women's time in the United States of the year : 2:35:47 hours.

In 1986 Ettle ran and won the Alaska 10-K Classic, a race that featured a showdown of many top American runners, including Alberto Salazar and Don Clary, who won for the men and said, "If Janice hadn't been here, I wouldn't have it She finished in 33:43. The next month she narrowly missed a car accident en route to fifth place in the Twin Cities Marathon on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota. Unfortunately, Laura Albers was hit by a car Ettle saw her skid on the floor, get up, and keep walking to reach sixth place.

In 1987 Ettle competed on the international stage at the Marathon World Cup in 1987, where she took first place among the American women and 14th overall in a time of 2:37:02 hours.

She won a trip to Havana (Cuba) for the 1991 Pan American Games women's marathon for the US team and finished fourth with 2:49:22. The USA came in second overall in the competition.

She has also won many other 10-kilometer, 5-kilometer, and 10-mile races, as well as marathons and half-marathons, including the North Country Marathon in Walker, Minnesota, the City of Lakes 25-kilometer run. Ettle won the City of Lakes 25K twice, in 1985 (1:29:12) and 1992 (1:32:49).

Ettle qualified for the United States Olympic Trials in 1992 for the 10,000-meter run .

In their entire athletics -Career she won prize money worth a total of around 107,000 US dollars .

Life

Ettle grew up in Stearns County, Minnesota. She started running in 1974 and set records in high school for girls in that state. The High School Sports Association named her Athlete of the Year in 1977. She graduated from Albany High School in 1977. Instead of going to college, she attended the Technical and Community College in Alexandria . She became a medical laboratory assistant.

She later trained and supported many aspiring runners in Minnesota. She was known for her kindness and mental toughness. Ettle was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Albany High School and the Hall of Fame of Athletics at the University of Minnesota . Ettle later lived near Minneapolis , where she worked as a dental hygienist.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b ARRS - Runner: Janice Ettle. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Reports & Top 10 Finishers. Retrieved June 4, 2020 (American English).
  3. ^ ARRS - Runner: Janice Ettle. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Jay Weiner: Marathon is Ettle's road to recognition - and maybe Seoul , Star Tribune. October 7, 1986. 
  5. ^ Amby Burfoot: Women's Olympic Trials and Marathon Results. Retrieved April 14, 2008, June 4, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ The Greatest American Female Marathoners: Honorable Mentions . November 3, 2014. Accessed May 4, 2020.
  7. ↑ Michael Janofsky: OLYMPICS; Samuelson's Absence Leaves Lots of Room for Unexpected , New York Times. May 1, 1988. Retrieved May 4, 2020. 
  8. ^ ARRS - Race: Freihofer's Run for Women. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .
  9. ^ METRO REPORT — Syracuse, New York , Dallas Morning News. September 24, 1984. 
  10. ↑ Steve Goldstein: OLYMPIC VICTOR BENOIT HEADS FIELD FOR PHILA. DISTANCE RUN , Philadelphia Inquirer. September 15, 1984. 
  11. ^ 3 Runners Crack 30-Minute Barrier , Anchorage Daily News. September 1, 1986. 
  12. ↑ Jay Weiner: Runner finishes in 6th place after being struck by car , Star Tribune. October 13, 1986. 
  13. ↑ Nolan Zavoral: Where, not when you finish - Positioning to be essential in TCM , Star Tribune. October 1, 1994. 
  14. ^ City of Lakes History . Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  15. ↑ Albany Huskies Athletic Hall of Fame Biographies. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Frank Rajkowski: Looking Back: 1989 Grandma's Marathon just one of many memorable races for Ettle. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Chad: Running Minnesota: KELLY KEELER-RAMACIER. In: Running Minnesota. June 29, 2007, accessed June 5, 2020 .
  18. ^ Joel A. Rippel: Minnesota Sports Almanac: 125 Glorious Years . Minnesota Historical Society, 2006, ISBN 978-0-87351-558-0 , pp. 328 ( google.de [accessed June 5, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Ettle, Janice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1958