JILL GAITENBY
Event: Marathon
Born: January 21, 1967 in Northhampton, Massachusetts
Height: 5-1
Weight: 105
PR: 2:36:45 (2001)
Current Residence: Alpine, California
High School: Hopkins Academy, Hadley, MA '84
College: Boston College '88
Coach: Greg MacMillan
Club: Fila

In 2001, Gaitenby, a kitchen designer, left her business and Boston to join the Fila Discovery USA program in California, with dramatic results. Later in April, she set a personal record at the Boston Marathon (2:36:45)as part of Fila Discovery, has increased her weekly mileage from 75 miles to as much as 124 miles, averaging 107.

2001: Qualified for the U.S. marathon team with her 2:36:45 at this year's Boston Marathon, finishing in 14th as the first American, with a more than 12-minute PRsecond New Bedford Half-Marathon (1:17:09).
2000: Finished 39th at U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (2:48:58PR).
1998: Won Bay State Marathon (2:49:14) to qualify for Olympic Trials.

7/17/01