Born September 17, 1942, Tacoma, Wash.

In whatever area Doris Heritage has embraced in track and field, she has met with exceptional success. A five-time world cross country champion as an athlete, she also is an outstanding distance coach at Seattle Pacific University. She is the first woman member of the Cross Country and Road Running Committee of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), the world's governing body for the sport. Despite her busy schedule, she still runs and in 1988 won the master's national cross country title in Raleigh, North Carolina. Heritage first came into international prominence in 1967 when she won the world cross country championship. She won the next four as well, and overall, represented the U.S. on nine world cross country teams. She was also on two Olympic teams, placing fifth in the 800 meters in 1968. An injury just before the competition forced her to drop out of the 1972 Olympic 1,500. She was second in the 1971 Pan American 800. In all, she won 14 national titles and set a world record for the 3,000 meters in 1971. As a coach, she was an assistant at both the 1984 Olympics and the 1987 Outdoor World Championships.