Jennifer "Jen" Rhines (born July 1, 1974 in Syracuse, New York) is an American

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who competes in track, cross country and

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events. She has competed in three different

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and made 15 US Teams. Rhines attended

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as an undergraduate. While at Villanova, Rhines was a five-time NCAA individual champion: 5000 meters (1994, 1995, and 1996), 5000i meters (1995), and cross country (1994). She won the

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as the nation's top female cross country runner in 1994–95. As a post-collegiate professional runner, Rhines has won three USA 15K national titles (1998, 2005, 2011), a USA half-marathon championship (2011), and was USA 10,000 meter champion on the track in 2002. She competed in the women's

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race at the

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, and finished 16th in her semi-final with a time of 34:08.28. In the

2004 Athens Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, she competed in the women's

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and finished the race in 34th place with a time of 2:43:52. Rhines qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games by placing second in the

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at the U.S. Olympic Trials.U.S. Olympic Trials Day 6 results
/ref> She finished 14th in the 5000m Beijing final with a time of 16:34.63. Rhines won the 2011 USA

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title, with a time of 1:11:14 in

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.2011 USA Half Marathon Championship

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Jen is coached by her husband Terrence Mahon. She was the first American to finish at the 2011 Carlsbad 5000, coming third in a time of 15:37 minutes for the 5 km race. On March 28, 2015, Rhines made her 15th USA Team after placing third at the 2015

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.2015 USA Cross Championship results

She came in 51st place in the 2015 World Cross Country Championships. Rhines and Mahon left the Boston Athletic Association in December 2017 to start a coaching group at The Mission Athletics Club in

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. As of January 2020, this has been rebranded as the Golden Coast Track Club.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rhines, Jennifer 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Syracuse, New York Track and field athletes from New York (state) American female long-distance runners American female marathon runners Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Villanova Wildcats women's track and field athletes Villanova Wildcats women's cross country runners Liverpool High School alumni