Jen Rhines

Bio

2009 USA Outdoors 5,000m runner-up; 2008 Olympic Trials 5,000m runner-up; 2007 USA Outdoor 5,000m runner-up; 3rd at 2005 USA Outdoor Championships 10,000m; 2008 and 2004 Olympian; 3rd in the marathon at the 2004 Olympic Trials; 2002 USA 10,000m champion; 2002 World Cross Country 8 km Championships Team silver medalist; 2000 Olympic Trials and 2001 USA Championships 10km runner-up; 3-time NCAA 5km Outdoor champion (94-96); 1995 NCAA Indoor 5km champ; 1994 NCAA XC champion

Rhines continues to be one of the most versatile distance runners on the U.S. with national titles both on the track and the roads and Olympic appearances at three different distances (5,000m, 10,000m and marathon). Rhines qualified for her fourth track world championships by placing third at the USA Championships in the 10,000m in 31:30.37, her fifth-fastest time at that distance ever, and the fastest since 2008...She qualified for her third Olympic Team by finishing as the runner-up in the 5,000m (15:02.02) at the 2008 Olympic Trials…In 2007, she set personal bests in the 1,500m, 3,000m and 10,000m and went on to take seventh in the 5,000m at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships. She recorded personal bests at 5,000m, 10,000m and the marathon in 2006, including fourth in the 2006 Rome marathon in 2:29:32. In the summer track season, Rhines recorded 14:55.18 for 5000m in Brussels and 31:24.16 for 10,000m in Helsinki…In only the third marathon of her career, Rhines finished third at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials with a personal record by 11 minutes, 19 seconds over her previous best of 2:41:16…a college star while at Villanova, Rhines came into her own on the elite track scene when she placed 2nd in the 10km at the 2000 Olympic Trials, using an impressive kick to make the Olympic Team…she repeated that runner-up finish at the 2001 GMC Envoy USA Outdoor Championships, then won her first USA title in the 10 km in 2002 set personal bests across the board in 2000the daughter of two recreational runners, Rhines started her own career in the eighth grade as a sprinter: 'I just kept moving up every year.'...won two state 1500m titles as a prep...won a triple crown in 1994-95, with NCAA titles in cross country, indoor, and outdoor track...earned her degree in civil engineering at Villanova...married distance runner (and current coach) Terrance Mahon on November 20, 1998.