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Jan Merrill
American distance runner

Jan Merrill

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American distance runner
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
New London, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Age
68 years
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Biography

Janice ("Jan") Melbourne Merrill (born June 18, 1956 in New London, Connecticut) is a retired female middle distance runner from the United States. She was the dominant long distance runner of the middle 1970s, a notable front runner, her uniform with the large "M" on her chest would usually break away to an insurmountable lead in domestic meets. She was equally untouchable in self-promotion or dealing with the media, often deferring to her coach, Norm Higgins. At various points in time she held the American record in the women's 1500 metres (4:02.61 set on July 29, 1976) during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, the 3,000 metres and 5,000 metres. She lost other record opportunities because the only times she could get a decent race in the United States was against men.

She won the U.S. title at 1500 metres twice outdoors, 3000 metres 4 times, twice in the indoor mile, twice in the indoor 2 mile and twice in Cross Country.

Merrill is now married hyphenating her name with Morin, and is a coach at Old Saybrook highschool. Jan Merrill could arguably go down as the best mid distance runner is US history.

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultExtra
Representing the  United States
1976Olympic GamesMontreal, Canada8th1500 m
1978World Cross Country ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland7thLong Race Individual
2ndLong Race Team
1979World Cross Country ChampionshipsLimerick, Ireland7thLong Race Individual
1stLong Race Team
1980World Cross Country ChampionshipsParis, France5thLong Race Individual
3rdLong Race Team
1981World Cross Country ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain2ndLong Race Individual
2ndLong Race Team
1983World Cross Country ChampionshipsGateshead, England13thLong Race Individual
1stLong Race Team
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