I remember watching the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships on TV when I was a sophomore in college. Specifically, I was pumped to watch Jenny Barringer (now Simpson) roll on the field; I thought there probably wouldn't be another college athlete like her.

There are a lot of things you know about Jenny Simpson. She went to Colorado. She just became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1500m. And she is without a doubt one of the greatest distance runners in American history.