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What are Jim's PRs?
Personal bests
  • 800 m -- 1:46.5 (1982)
  • 1000 m -- 2:16.54 (1984)
  • 1500 m -- 3:31.01 (1988)
  • Mile -- 3:49.80 (1986)
  • 2000 m -- 4:52.44 (1987, Current American record)
  • 3000 m -- 7:37.04 (1993)
  • 2 mile -- 8:24.14 (1986)
  • 5000 m -- 13:15.86 (1994)
  • 10000 m -- 28:26 (1983)

How many times did Jim break 4:00 for the mile?

68
54 times on the track

14 times on the road 

 

What were Jim's rankings?

 1500 meters USA World
 1980  8  
 1981  6  
 1982  5  
 1983  4  
 1984  2  9
 1985  3  
 1986  3  9
 1987  2  5
 1988  1  7
 1989  7  
 1990  3  
 1991  1  10
 1992  1  9
 1993  1  5
 1994  3  
5000 meters USA World
 1982  9  
 1983  2  
 1993  5  
 1994  2   
 1995  6  
 1996  3  

 

What were Jim's Big 10 and NCAA tiles?

  • Big 10
    1980, 1982 Cross-country
    1980, 1981, 1982 1500 meters outdoors
    1980, 1982, 1983 mile indoors
    1980, 1982, 1983 2-mile, indoors
    1981, 1982 5000 meters outdoors
  • NCAA
    12 time All-American, 2 time NCAA Champion
    1
    978 NCAA Cross-country
    1979 NCAA Cross-country
    1980 NCAA indoors - 880 yard run - 2 mile run
    1980 NCAA outdoors, 5000 meters
    1980 NCAA cross-country
    1981 NCAA outdoors, 1500 meters
    1982 NCAA indoors, mile
    1982 NCAA outdoors, 1500 meters, champion
    1982 NCAA cross-country
    1983 NCAA indoors, mile, champion -1000 yard run

 
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