7/28/08
By Pat Goodwin

Ohio native Ann Alyanak has raced in New York City three times: at the 2006 More Magazine Half-Marathon, the 2007 NYRR New York Mini 10K, and, this past weekend, the 2008 NYC Half-Marathon Presented by NIKE. At the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon in Boston in April, Alyanak finished seventh in a best of 2:34:46.

Alyanak, 29, lives in a Dayton, OH, suburb with her husband, Ed Alyanak, who has also been her coach since 2002. She is the head women’s cross country coach and the assistant track and field coach at the University of Dayton, working primarily with distance runners.