4 | Alisa Harvey
"I wasn't known for anything else but my running. That's what I kind of latched onto. I didn't have many extras, like summer camps or lots of material goods, but I did have my running and my legs and a TV set and goals."
Alisa Harvey's impressive running career spans decades and distances. The first time she qualified for the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials was in 1988, in the 1500 meters, when she was still a student at the University of Tennessee. The last time she did so was in the 800 meters in 2008—at age 42.
In between, she won gold in the 1991 Pan American Games in the 1500 meters…
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