Cecilia "Ceci" St. Geme (

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Hopp; born 13 April 1963) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in middle to long distance running events. She holds the North American continental and American junior records in the

3000 meters The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000 m shou ...

, set June 27, 1982 in

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. 1982 NCAA Champion 3000m She was the 1994 National Champion at

5000 meters The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

. An avid tennis player and ballerina, she took up running in 1979 while at

Greenwich High School Greenwich High School is a four-year public high school in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. The school is part of the Greenwich Public Schools system and serves roughly 2,700 students. It offers over 295 courses and a wide variety of co-cu ...

. She quickly emerged, winning the state championship at

800 meters The 800 metres, or 800 meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event sin ...

her first year out. By 1980, she became the second ever Kinney National Cross Country Champion. She earned a scholarship to

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

. During her freshman year, she set the still standing National Youth record for 1500 meters. There she was the 1982 NCAA Champion at 3000 meters. Later that year, she was the bronze medalist in the National Cross Country Championships, leading Stanford to second place in the team standings. She was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002, in the Greenwich High School Hall of Fame in 2015, along with the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. At

, she won the 1982 NCAA Championship at 3000 meters. In 1986, she married

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, Ed St. Geme.

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