Jill Clarke Harrison

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Biography

Clarke grew up in a small village in Derbyshire. She didn't discover running until encouraged in a PE lesson to train for the Sheffield schools championships. This lead her to run for Britain at the age of 19. By this time she had already been 2nd in the English Schools. She studied at the Birmingham and Loughborough Universities and turned down a scholarship to an American University.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She became World Student Champion in cross country in 1998.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Clarke finished third behind Zola Budd in the 5,000 metres event at the 1985 WAAA Championships,[1] before she became British 10,000 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1986 WAAA Championships.[2]

Clarke represented England, competing in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, but dropped out due to injury.[3][4][5] At the 1987 WAAA Championships Clarke finished second behind Sue Crehan in the 10,000 metres event.[6]

She ran 2:34:19 to finish 14th at the 1989 London Marathon and after marrying the same year competed under her married name thereafter. Coaches have included George Gandy, Brian Scoby and Frank Horwill. Training partners have included 1989 London Marathon winner Veronique Marot, 1984 Olympic silver medallist Wendy Sly, and Angie Pain. She won at the 2013 World Masters Championships, running 19:29 in the 5000m and 42:25 in the 10,000m.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Harrison now lives in the West Country with her husband and two children.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Personal bests

All-time rankings as of June 2017

  • 5000 metres - 15:34.16 in 1985 (45th on UK all-time list)
  • 10 km (road) - 32:41 in 1987 (36th on UK all-time list)
  • Half-marathon - 71:44 in 1987 (26th on UK all-time list)
  • Marathon - 2:34:19 in 1989 (46th on UK-all-time list)

Events

References

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