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Date10/06/2022
Nominee NameJennifer Michel
Name while competingJennifer Michel
Institution AttendedWestern State College
First Year at Institution1996
Final Year at Institution2001
# of Individual National Championships3
# of All-America Honors8
# of USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Year Awards0
# of USTFCCCA Regional Athlete of the Year Awards0
# of Conference Athlete Awards8
Athletic Achievements/Important Information

3x Cross Country All-American from 97-99
1999 Outdoor 3k All-American
2000 Outdoor 3k National Champion
2001 Indoor Mile National Champion
2001 All-American 1500m
2001 First Ever 3000m Steeplechase National Champion - held national record until 2008
8x RMAC Champion
NCAA Cross Country Runner of the Year in 1999
Inducted in the Colorado Running Hall of Fame in 2016

Additional Information
Track & Field and/or Cross Country Academic Awards or Accolades:12x Academic All-American
Accomplishments from other institutions/affiliations

N/A

Post-Collegiate Accomplishments

After her collegiate career, she finished fifth at the US Track and Field Championships in the steeplechase in 2002.

As a coach, Michel made history when she became the first woman in any sport at any NCAA level to earn a National Coach of the Year honor for a men’s sport in 2007. Subsequently she would become the first woman to repeat this honor with her 2011 selection.

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Nominator Information
Nominator NameLindsey Grasmick