Carrie Tollefson is an American

United States

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 middle distance runner who was on the US 2004 Summer Olympic

2004 Summer Olympics

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 team.

Tollefson ran collegiately at Villanova University

Villanova University

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 where she won the 1997 NCAA Cross Country Championships

NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship

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 and the 1999 NCAA Outdoor and Indoor 3000 meters and Outdoor 5000 meters. She graduated from Villanova with a communications degree in 1999. At the US Olympic Trials

United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

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 in 2004, she won the 1500 meters. She competed in the 2004 Olympic Summer Games

United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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, making it to the semis in the 1500 meters. In 2004, she was ranked #1 nationally by Track and Field News.

In 2006, she won the 4K race at the USA Cross Country Championships

USA Cross Country Championships

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, took the 3000 meters US Indoor National Championships and was ranked #5 nationally at the end of the season. She now holds a distance camp at St.Kates, for teens.