Current Residence: Oswego, IL

Hometown: Princeton, IL

Qualifying Race and Time: World Championships; 2:16

How did you feel when you qualified? What was that experience like? Not good. I fell around 10K at a bottle station, ripped up my arm, tore my meniscus, strained my hamstring, and had extreme cramping the entire race after the fall. I had to stop and stretch just to keep from straining my other hamstring. Post race, I spent at least 2 hours in the med tent trying to slow the total body cramping that I was enduring until they finally gave me an IV. It was the worst marathon of my life, but I finished.

What dream are you chasing at the Trials? The Olympic Team