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Elaine Van Blunk - Wikipedia

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Elaine Van Blunk

Personal information

Birth name

Elaine McGillam

Born

September 11, 1964 (age 60)
United States

Sport

Athletics

Medal record

Long-distance running

USA Track & Field Indoor Championships
	1989 New York City	3000 meters
Marathon
World Marathon Majors
	1994 Chicago	Marathon

Elaine Van Blunk (née McGillam;^[1] born September 11, 1964^[2]) is an American long-distance runner who finished third at the 1994 Chicago Marathon. She was the 1989 winner of the 3000 meters at the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships, and finished seventh in the 10,000 meters event at the 1991 Pan American Games.

Personal life

Van Blunk attended Archbishop Prendergast High School,^[3] and later Saint Joseph's University.^[4] She graduated from Saint Joseph's in 1986.^[1] She is married to Jim Van Blunk, who was an athlete and later admissions director at Saint Joseph's University.^[4] Jim Van Blunk won the 1986 and 1987 Broad Street Run races.^[5] Van Blunk has lived in West Deptford Township, New Jersey,^[4] and Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.^[6]

Career

Whilst at Archbishop Prendergast High School, Van Blunk competed in Catholic League girl's athletics competitions. In 1981, she finished third in the cross country event,^[7] and in 1982, she won the 3,200 meter race in a meeting record time of 11:09.4.^[8] Whilst at Saint Joseph's University, Van Blunk qualified for the 1985 NCAA Championships,^[3] and in 1986, she became an all-America athlete.^[9] After graduating, Van Blunk worked as an accountant,^[1] and later as an investigator in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the office of the New Jersey Attorney General.^[4] She gave up the role to pursue athletics full time,^[4] although she also worked part-time as a track assistant at Saint Joseph's.^[1] Van Blunk was sponsored by Nike.^[4]

She was the 1989 winner of the 3000 meters event at the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships.^[10] In the same year, Van Blunk finished sixth in the Penn Relays mile run.^[9] She also won a 3.5 miles (5.6 km) race in Park Avenue, New York City,^[9] and a 3.1 miles (5.0 km) event at the Metropolitan Athletics Congress.^[9] In 1990, Van Blunk won the 10,000 meters event at the Penn Relays. She finished second in the event in 1991, albeit in a faster time.^[4] In 1990, Van Bluck won the 8 km road race at the United States Championships.^[11] She competed at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Seville, Spain,^[4] and placed seventh in the 10,000 meters event at the 1991 Pan American Games.^[12] In 1992, Van Blunk won a Dukes invitational 5,000 meters race in a time of 16:04.7.^[13] In 1993, Van Blunk set a course record of 1:12:11 at the Fairfield Half-Marathon.^[6] She also won the Broad Street Run,^[5] in a course record time of 53:15,^[14] and the half marathon event at the United States Championships.^[11] She also finished 21st in the 10,000 meters event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.^[15]

In 1994, Van Blunk finished third at the Chicago Marathon, 51 seconds behind winner Kristy Johnston. It was Van Blunk's second career marathon.^[16] In 1995, she won the 25 km road race at the United States Championships,^[11] and competed in the marathon event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, but did not finish the race.^[17] In 1997, Van Blunk won the Broad Street Run for the second time.^[5]^[14]

International competitions

Representing the United States
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
1990	World Cross Country Championships	Aix-les-Bains, France	34th	Senior race	20:07	^[18]
1990	World Cross Country Championships	Aix-les-Bains, France	5th	Senior team	112 pts	^[18]
1991	World Cross Country Championships	Antwerp, Belgium	28th	Senior race	21:18	^[19]
	World Cross Country Championships	Antwerp, Belgium	4th	Senior team	77 pts	^[19]
	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	8th	3000 m	8:58.23	^[20]
	Pan American Games	Havana, Cuba	7th	10,000 m	36:10.91	^[21]
1993	World Cross Country Championships	Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain	89th	Senior race	21:40	^[22]
	World Cross Country Championships	Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain	10th	Senior team	167 pts	^[22]
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	21st	10,000 metres	33:42.85	^[20]
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	Marathon	DNF	^[20]

Road race wins

National titles

USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
- 3000 m: 1989^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "She's in it for the long run". Philadelphia Daily News. August 1, 1991. p. 71. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Elanie Van Blunk". World Athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Finally Free of Injuries, McGillian Running Wild". Philadelphia Daily News. April 18, 1986. p. 126. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Running hard in pursuit of an Olympic dream". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 12, 1991. p. 234. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Blue Cross Broad Street Run". Philadelphia Daily News. May 5, 1997. p. 102. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Van Blunk sets course record". Hartford Courant. June 28, 1993. p. 18. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cross-Country". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1981. p. 42. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Dougerty girls take track title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 23, 1981. p. 76. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Elaine Van Blunk". The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 26, 1990. p. 52. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "PAN-AMERICAN GAMES: Havana, Cuba 1991" (PDF) (pdf). Association of Track and Field Statisticians. p. 16. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "Van Blunk gets easy win in women's 5000 at Duke". The News & Observer. April 11, 1992. p. 31. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Facts 'n' Figures". Philadelphia Daily News. April 20, 1999. p. 160. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Women 10000m Athletics IV World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER) – Saturday 21.08 – Gold Medal: Junxia Wang, China". Todor 66. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "OREGON RUNNER COLLAPSES – AFTER WINNING RACE". Chicago Tribune. October 31, 1994. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ "Women Marathon Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) – Saturday 05.08 – Gold Medal: Maria Manuela Machado, Portugal". Todor 66. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Magnusson, Tomas (February 15, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.0km CC Women - Aix-les-Bains Date: Saturday, March 24, 1990, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b Magnusson, Tomas (September 8, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.4km CC Women - Antwerpen Linkerover Date: Sunday, March 24, 1991, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 24, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Elaine van Blunk. World Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
^ 1991 Pan American Games full results. ATFS. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Magnusson, Tomas (March 24, 2007), IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 6.4km CC Women - Amorebieta Jaureguibarria Date: Sunday, March 28, 1993, Athchamps (archived), archived from the original on October 16, 2007, retrieved October 25, 2013{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Elaine vanBlunk. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved January 7, 2021.

External links

Elaine Van Blunk at World Athletics

v t e USA Championship winners in the women's 8K run
1988: Brenda Webb 1989: Leann Warren 1990: Elaine Van Blunk 1991: Lynn Jennings 1992: Anne Marie Letko 1993: Jody Hawkins 1994: Not held 1995: Lynn Doering 1996–97: Not held 1998–99: Amy Rudolph 2000: Not held 2001: Colleen De Reuck 2002–04: Not held 2005: Deena Kastor

v t e USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's 3000 m (2 miles)
1975–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1975: Brenda Webb 1976: Jan Merrill 1977: Francie Larrieu Smith 1978: Brenda Webb 1979: Julie Brown
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Cindy Bremser 1981: Francie Larrieu Smith 1982: Joan Hansen 1983: Jan Merrill 1984: Cathy Branta 1985: Cathy Branta 1986: Lynn Jennings 1987: Maricica Puică (ROM), Lesley Lehane (2nd) 1988: Sabrina Dornhoefer 1989: Elaine Van Blunk 1990: Lynn Jennings 1991: Margareta Keszeg (ROM), PattiSue Plumer (2nd) 1992: Shelly Steely
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Lynn Jennings 1994: Kathy Fleming 1995: Lynn Jennings 1996: Joan Nesbit 1997: Amy Rudolph 1998: Elva Dryer 1999: Regina Jacobs 2000: Marla Runyan 2001: Regina Jacobs 2002: Amy Rudolph 2003: Regina Jacobs 2004: Shayne Culpepper 2005: Shayne Culpepper 2006: Carrie Tollefson 2007: Shalane Flanagan 2008: Shannon Rowbury 2009: Amy Yoder Begley 2010: Renee Metivier Baillie 2011: Jenny Simpson 2012: Jenny Simpson 2013: Chelsea Sodaro 2014: Gabriele Grunewald 2015: Shannon Rowbury 2016: Shannon Rowbury 2017: Shelby Houlihan 2018: Shelby Houlihan 2019: Shelby Houlihan 2020: Shelby Houlihan 2022: Elle Purrier St. Pierre 2023: Valerie Constien 2024: Elle Purrier St. Pierre
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 2 Miles (1975–1986) and odd numbered years since 2015, 3000 meters (1987–2014) and even numbered years since 2014