ANNA WILLARD
Event: 1,500m and Steeplechase
Height: 5-4
Weight: 120
PR:  steeplechase - 9:22.76 (2008); 800m - 1:58.80 (2009); 1,500 - 3:59.38 (2009)
Born: March 31, 1984
Current Residence: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.
High School: Telstar (Greenwood, Maine) HS ‘02
College: University of Michigan '07; Brown '06
Coach: Terrence Mahon
Agent: Mark Wetmore
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2009 USA Indoor 1,500m champion; 2008 Olympic Trials champion; 2007 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2007 NCAA Outdoor steeplechase champion; 5-time Big 10 Outdoor champion in two seasons

After finishing as the runner-up in the women's steeplechase and taking third in the 1,500m, Willard has declared her intent to compete in the 1,500m as part of Team USA at the 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Championships...On July 17 at the Paris Golden League meeting, former American record holder in the steeplechase Anna Willard was running in fifth place with 100m to go in the women's 800, when she surged down the final straightaway to claim victory in a huge personal best 1:58.80...Willard made her move with 600m to go in the 3,000m steeplechase and took the lead over the water barrier at the 2008 Olympic Trials. She quickly gapped second and third, and at the bell the winner seemed clear and Willard went on to win in 9:27.59 to break the American record, posting the fastest time ever on U.S. soil in the process…Willard finished less than one-tenth of a second out of first place at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase...Her time of 9:34.72 is the second fastest run by an American in 2007...The runner-up finish highlighted a season for Willard that saw an NCAA Outdoor steeplechase championship, an NCAA Mideast Regional championship and a Big 10 Outdoor championship in the 1,500m and 5,000m competing for the University of Michigan…In two seasons at Michigan, she earned five Big 10 Outdoor titles…fiancé’, former Stanford steeplechaser Jon Pierce, proposed on June 28, 2008 at the 2008 Olympic Trials.

2009: 6th at World Champs (4:06.19)...USA Outdoor steeplechase runner-up (9:35.01) and 3rd in 1,500,m (4:07.70)...USA Indoor 1,500m champion (4:17.37)…1st in 800m at Paris (1:58.80PR)… 4th in 1,500m at Nike Pre Classic (4:01.44PR)...2nd at Zurich (3:59.38PR)...1st at adidas Track Classic (9:26.85)...1st in 800m at Reebok Grand Prix (1:59.29)...1st in 1,500 at Payton Jordan Invite (4:06.90)...best of 3:59.38 and 9:26.85.
2008: 10th at Olympic Games (9:25.63), 6th in opening round (9:28.52)...Olympic Trials champion (9:27.59 AR)...2nd in Heusden (9:22.76)1st at Cardinal Invite (9:37.73)...ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 9:22.76.
2007: 2nd at USA Outdoors (9:34.72)…8th in heats at World Outdoors (9:48.62)...NCAA Outdoor champion (9:38.08)…NCAA Mideast Regional champion (9:44.08)…Big 10 champion 1,500m (4:15.93) and 5,000m (16:23.57).
2006: NCAA Mideast Regional champion steeplechase (9:44.88)…Big 10 Outdoor champion steeplechase (9:57.90), 1,500m (4:15.93) and 5,000m (16:23.57).