100m: 11.24 s (Stuttgart 2006) 100m hurdles: 12.43 s (Beijing 2008) Medal record Women's athletics Competitor for the United States World Indoor Championships Gold 2008 Valencia 60 m hurdles Gold 2010 Doha 60 m hurdles Continental Cup Silver 2010 Split 100 m hurdles Lori Jones, more commonly known as Lolo Jones,[1][3] (born August 5, 1982) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 60 and 100 meter hurdles. She won three NCAA titles and garnered 11 All-American honors while at LSU. She won indoor national titles in 2007, 2008 and 2009 in the 60 m hurdles, with gold medals at the World Indoor Championship in 2008 and 2010. She was favored to win the 100 m hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but she tripped on the penultimate hurdle, finishing in seventh place. She went on to win silver at the 2008 World Athletics Final. Jones is the American record holder in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.72.[4] Contents 1 Ear! ly years and high school career 2 Collegiate career 3 Professional career 4 2008–2009: Major championship frustration 5 2010 and 2011 seasons 6 2012 Olympics 7 Personal life 7.1 Charitable contributions to Iowa 8 Achievements 8.1 Personal bests 8.2 Competition record 9 References 10 External links [edit] Early years and high school career Lolo Jones was born on August 5, 1982 . In her youth, Lori "Lolo" Jones had a series of obstacles to overcome.[5] Jones attended eight schools in eight years while her single mother, Lori, often held down two jobs to support her family of six. Lolo's father spent most of her childhood in the Air Force or, later, in state prison. In third grade, the Jones family settled in the basement of a Des Moines Salvation Army church. During the summer when day camps were offered at the church, Lolo would wake up early to avoid being teased by other kids if they found out she was living in the basement. When her family was about to make ! another move, this time to Forest City, Iowa, Lolo told her mo! ther "Mom, I can't go to a city that doesn't have a track. I'm trying to pursue my dream."[5] Lolo and her family parted ways, and she lived with four different families during her enrollment at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines.[6] One of those families that took Jones in was Janis Caldwell, who had seen Jones compete at Roosevelt.[7] While Jones stayed with the Caldwells after her senior year at Roosevelt, they gave her free rent even though Jones worked part-time at the Iowa Bakery Cafe, a small coffee shop near her high school on 40th and University. During her junior and senior years, she lived with the family of Randy Essex, former Des Moines Register assistant managing editor, and with the family of Des Moines attorney Kim Walker. At Roosevelt, she excelled in the classroom, keeping her grades up and playing the cello in the school orchestra.[7] Lolo, of course, also excelled on the track. She was named Gatorade Midwest Athlete of the Year and set a record! at the Iowa state track meet with a mark of 13.40 seconds for the 100-meter hurdles. [edit] Collegiate career Jones originally intended to enroll at Iowa State University through its Upward Bound/Science Bound program. Instead, she followed the lead of elite hurdler Kim Carson, who was her role model and Caldwell's goddaughter. Carson was an All-American and national champion at Louisiana State University. Like Carson, Jones competed on LSU's track team. In 2002, she was runner-up in both 100-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In 2003, Jones won the 60-meter Hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She was later part of the winning 4x100-meter team at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In the 2004 indoor campaign, she finished second at the NCAA Championships in both the 60-meter hurdles and 60-meter dash. In her 2004 outdoor season, she won the 100-meter Hurdles title at the NCAA Mideast Region Championships, the SEC Championships, a! nd the Penn Relays. At the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships, she won ano! ther national title as a member of the winning 4x100-meter team. Her terrific career at LSU saw her finish as an 11-time All-American and a 6-time SEC champion, and she is ranked among the top-three women for all-time in both the 60-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles. After failing to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Jones found herself contemplating her future. When Jones told Shaver she wanted to retire from track, he replied, "I'll see you at practice tomorrow."[7] Despite any second thoughts, Jones' heart led her back to running. Jones' financial situation also was still a concern, forcing her to choose between focusing on track and not earning a steady paycheck, or using her economics degree to get a regular job. To save money, Lolo would leave the air conditioner off, which meant suffering through the hot Louisiana summer days. She also held several different part-time jobs after college, such as working at Home Depot, waiting tables, and a per! sonal trainer at a gym. The part-time jobs helped her earn extra money and provided the flexibility to leave the country for competitions.[5] [edit] Professional career After a disappointing finish at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Outdoor Trials, Jones finished second in her first professional meet at Stuttgart. She had a stellar 2006 campaign, which saw her win at Heusden-Zolder in July, running a personal best time of 12.56. At the 2006 World Athletics Final, she finished sixth in the 100 m hurdles and fifth in the 100 m. She also did well on the European circuit, winning the meet in Ostrava. She finished the 2006 season ranked fourth in the U.S. and seventh in the world by Track & Field News. Jones won her first national championship in 2007, winning the 60 m hurdles at the USA Indoor Championships with a time of 7.88 seconds. In the European winter circuit, Jones won two meets and finished second in two others in the 60 m hurdles. In April, she won the 100 meter hurdles at ! the Drake Relays. At the 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships! , Jones finished third in the 100 m hurdles, thereby earning a spot on the U.S. Team at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where she finished 6th. On the summer track circuit, Jones won meets at Rethimno and Heusden along with second-place finishes at Doha, Sheffield, and Monaco. Jones at the 2008 Bislett Games. [edit] 2008–2009: Major championship frustration Jones started the 2008 season with hopes of making the 2008 Summer Olympics. She began the indoor campaign with second place finishes in Glasgow, Gothenburg, and Stuttgart in the 60 m hurdles. She then picked up a win in Düsseldorf, setting a meet-record in the process. In Karlsruhe, Jones ran a personal best time of 7.77 seconds and finished second to Susanna Kallur, who broke the world record with a time of 7.68 seconds. Jones' time was the second-fastest ever by an American. She was named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week on February 12 for her performance in Karlsruhe. At the 2008 USA Indoor Cha! mpionships, Jones won her second straight national championship with a time of 7.88 seconds and also won the Visa Championship Series title for the 2008 indoor season. At the World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain, Jones won the 60 m hurdles with a time of 7.80 for her first world championship. Jones opened the 2008 outdoor season with a first place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton Rouge, setting a stadium record in the process. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lolo was favored to win the 100 meter hurdles. In the final, she was pulling away from the pack when she clipped the 9th hurdle (of 10) and stumbled, breaking stride to drop her back to a disappointing 7th-place finish. Teammate Dawn Harper surged through to win gold. Lolo Jones was seen pounding the ground close to tears, trying to comprehend what had happened. "You hit a hurdle about twice a year where it affects your race. It's just a shame that it happened on the biggest race of my life."[8] Jones ! was later seen crying to herself in a hallway, mouthing,"why, why, why?! " The mistake has been compared numerous times to Gail Devers' famous fall in the same event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. According to the SEC (Southeastern Conference; LSU is a member of the conference) documentary about her life (and her personal telling of the story during it), the "clipping" of the ninth hurdle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was attributed to a spinal problem. The doctor who treated her tells the audience that the problem was so bad that he'd examine her feet and ask which toe of which foot he was touching and she told him that she couldn't feel anything. The doctor said that the problem was that, since she couldn't feel her feet, her brain wasn't able to process where they were, leading to the "clipping" in the medal race in Beijing. Also according to the documentary, the doctor operated on Jones to repair the problem and the operation was a success. She began the 2009 indoor season in Europe, scoring victories in the 60 m hurdles with world-lead! ing times of 7.82 seconds in Karlsruhe and Birmingham, England.[9] She returned to the States and won the national indoor title in the 60 m hurdles. A hamstring injury at her hometown meet, the Drake Relays, caused her to miss a month's worth of training but she returned in time for the outdoor national championships.[10] She did not repeat her indoor success, however, as she clashed arms with Michelle Perry in the semi-finals and fell, missing out on the opportunity to compete at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.[11] Vowing to salvage her season, she returned to Europe to compete on the major World Athletics Tour meets, but she only managed seventh and eighth in Oslo and Lausanne.[12] She returned to form in Rethymno, Greece, beating Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and Damu Cherry with a world-leading time of 1
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