- Carey May Edge
Carey May Edge (born
July 19 ,1959 inDublin ) is a formerlong-distance runner fromIreland , who won theOsaka Marathon in1983 and1985 . She was a student atBrigham Young University before entering internationaltrack and field . At BYU, she proved herself a power in both intercollegiate meets and world-class competition.May was a five-time
All-American in cross country and distance running. Her honors include a second-place finish at the1981 AIAW Track Championships in the 5,000 m race. Her final two All-America wins were at the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships. In1983 she was second in the 10,000 m, setting BYU and Irish national records with a time of 33:04.23. The next year she was third in the same race, breaking her own BYU and Irish national records (32:51.23).Edge represented her native country in the 1980
World Cross Country Championships , the 1982 European Championship Marathon, the1983 World Championships in Athletics , and the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles, California , where she finished 28th overall in the marathon. In1985 she won the Osaka Marathon again, rewriting her own collegiate and personal records with a time of 2:28.07.Edge is married to Canadian marathoner
David Edge .Edge is the current girl's varsity coach in both cross country and track and field (7th year for both sports) at Tesoro High School (Las Flores, CA). www.tesorotrackandfield.com.
References
* [http://www.cougarclub.com/hall_of_fame/edge_c.html BYU-profile]
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/carey-may-1.html sports-reference]
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