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Competed in track & field, cross-country, and long distance running at the high school, collegiate, and open-elite levels until the age of 31. Was a member of the state-ranked 1975 Thornridge cross-country team and nationally ranked college cross-country teams at Eastern Illinois University (including the 1977 NCAA Division-II Champions). As a post-collegian, ran 2:24:46 at the 1981 Detroit Marathon and 2:25:25 at the 1982 Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota, and won more than 35 road races throughout the midwest.