Don Janicki

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Don Janicki (born April 23, 1960) is an American long-distance runner. [1]

As a student at Mesa High School (Mesa, Arizona) in 1978, Janicki set the state high school record for the mile with a time of 4:09.95. [2] The record would remain 35 years until Andy Trouard of Salpointe ran a 4:09.71. [3] He later competed for the University of Arizona and earn All-American honors in 1980 and 1981 in cross country. During his 1982 track season, Janicki ran the 5,000 meters in 13:44.20 and the 10,000 meters in 28:27.87, putting him in the top 10 fastest University of Arizona runners in each event. [4]

In 1987, won the Holiday Bowl Marathon in San Diego, California. He drove away from the race with $4,000 in prize money and a new convertible. [5] The 1989 year took him to Minneapolis and St. Paul for the Twin Cities Marathon, which he won in a time of 2:12:18, earning him $25,000. [6]

Janicki ran his fastest marathon time in 1985 in the Chicago Marathon, which fielded strong competition with world-class finishing times. [7] Janicki's PR of 2:11:16 put him in seventh, four minutes behind British runner Steve Jones, who was hoping to set a second consecutive world record that morning. While Jones did take the win in 2:07:13, a minute faster than his previous world record the year before, it wasn't fast enough to beat Carlos Lopes's 2:07:12 set in April 1985. [8] Janicki's time was the fourth-fastest marathon time by an American in 1985. [9]

He won the Cleveland Marathon in 1993 and 1994 with times of 2:11:39 and 2:15:04 respectively. [10]

He was back in the top finishers at the 1994 Chicago Marathon with a fifth-place finish in 2:13:21. [8]

In 2016, Janicki was inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame. [6]

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  1. ↑ "Don Janicki". Association of Road Racing Staticians. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Casa Grande wins title". The Arizona Republic. 1978-05-22. p. D-3. Retrieved 2021-01-16. Mesa's Dan [sic] Janicki set a state record in winning the mile run in 4:09.95
  3. ↑ "Track and Field Boys and Girls All Time Top 5 Records" (PDF). aiaonline.org. Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona Interscholastic Association. 12 June 2019. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Arizona Track and Field and Cross Country Media Guide" (PDF). arizonawildcats.com. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Athletics. 1 August 2009. p. 54. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Beatty, Steve (13 December 1987). "Pushed by memory of father, Janicki runs to record win". LA Times. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  6. 1 2 Sandrock, Mike (15 May 2016). "Bolder Boulder's Don Janicki Lives 'Tall and Proud'". Boulder, Colorado: The Daily Camera. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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