Jimmerson, Greg

1993 Rapid City Stevens/1998 Stanford graduate. Led Stanford to its first NCAA national championship in cross country in 1996, finishing as the top American runner with a fourth-place showing. A three-time cross country All-American, who earned the Stanford Athletic Department’s prestigious all-sport Most Competitive Athlete Award as a senior. He earned a spot in the 1994 World Junior Cross Country Championships and finished 50th (top American finisher). Also was a track standout for Stanford who won junior national track titles in the 5,000 and 10,000 in 1995. Trained with the Nike Farm Team after college, placing 11th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials. In 2001, he helped the United States earn the bronze medal at the 12K Cross Country World Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Trials, running both the marathon and the 10,000m, placing 12th in the 10,000 finals. He owns personal bests of 13:38.16 in the 5K, 28:40.25 in the 10K and 2:16:27 in the marathon. In high school, he was a three-time cross country champ (1990-92) who led Stevens to state team runner-up finishes in 1990 and 1991. Jimmerson finished second in the 1992 high school cross country national meet iin San Diego. In track, he was a two-time 3,200 state champ who set a state record (9:04.10) in that event in 1993.