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Martha Grinnell Sorensen

Martha Grinnell Sorensen

  • Class
    1989
  • Induction
    1998
  • Sport(s)
    Womens Cross Country

-Named cross country All-American at NCAA Division II Championship, 1987

-Northeast-10 Conference Champion, 1987-88

-All Eastern Conference, 1986- 88

-All New England Conference, 1986-88

-Named Northeast-10 Conference Runner-of-the-Week five times

-Four-time Springfield college Female Athlete of the Year for Individual Sports, 1986-1989

-Member of the 1998 U.S. National Triathlon Team-currently training with hopes to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team in the 2000 Olympic Games (triathlons first appearance at the Olympics)

-Member of the US Pro World Championship Triathlon, 1994 and 1997

-Ranked third in the US at the Olypmpic distance triathlon, 1994; ranked seventh,1997

-Placed seventh in Hawaii Ironman World Championships, 1997

-Goodwill Games Team member, 1994

-Qualifier for Pan American Games, 1995

-First American female triathlete in the history of the sport to qualify for the World Championships as a rookie pro, 1992

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