Jeanette M. Allred-Powless (born December 17, 1961) is a Guamanian former

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. She competed in the women's marathon at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. She also competed for Guam in seven

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and won three golds and a silver at the

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. She was educated at

American River College American River College (ARC) is a public community college in unincorporated Sacramento, California. It is part of the California Community Colleges System. History The college was opened in 1955 as American River Junior College (ARJC), on the ...

California State University, Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge), is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. With a total enrollment of 36,848 students (as of Fall 2024), it has the ...

, the

University of North Florida The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public university, public research university in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern ...

and

California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California, United States. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is part of the California State Universit ...

. She set several age-group world records at Sacramento. After retiring from competition she took up coaching, acting as coach of the men's and women's running programs at

Sierra College Sierra College is a public community college in Rocklin, California. It is part of the Sierra Joint Community College District, a district that covers over , serves Placer, Nevada and parts of El Dorado and Sacramento counties. History The coll ...

before joining her ''

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'' American River College in 2000 as head coach for women's track and field and cross country, where she led her track and field team to the third state title in ARC's history in 2007. She is the mother of professional cyclists

Shayna Powless Shayna Powless (born January 8, 1994) is an American professional racing cyclist. She is of Oneida heritage through her father and is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She grew up in Sacramento, California and played a variety of sport ...

and

Neilson Powless Neilson Powless (born September 3, 1996) is an American and Oneida Nation professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Powless is the first Native Americans in the United States, US Native American to compete in the To ...

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* 1961 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Guamanian female long-distance runners Guamanian female marathon runners Olympic track and field athletes for Guam Track and field athletes from Los Angeles American River College alumni California State University, Northridge alumni University of North Florida alumni Sacramento State Hornets women's track and field athletes College track and field coaches in California 21st-century American sportswomen Pacific Games gold medalists Pacific Games medalists in athletics Pacific Games silver medalists 20th-century American sportswomen {{Guam-athletics-bio-stub