Frances Koons
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Frances Koons is an American middle distance runner who attended Villanova University
and now runs professionally for New Balance
. Koons finished 2nd to Sally Kipyego
at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track 5000m race, and 3rd to Angela Bizzarri and Nicole Blood at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track 5000m race. Koons ran the 1200m opening leg for the Villanova team that won the 2004 Penn Relays
Championship of America distance medley relay. She earned 10 NCAA All-American honors in Cross Country and Track & Field while at Villanova. Koons also earned 5 individual and 2 team Big East titles during her career. Koons graduated from Villanova University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. In April 2010 at the Penn Relays
Koons won the women's Olympic Development event at 5,000 meters and qualified for U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
In 2007, Koons discovered that she had kidney cancer
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Villanova University
Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...
and now runs professionally for New Balance
New Balance
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. , best known as simply New Balance, is a footwear manufacturer based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. It was founded in 1906 as the New Balance Arch Support Company...
. Koons finished 2nd to Sally Kipyego
Sally Kipyego
Sally Kipyego is a runner who competed as part of the Texas Tech Red Raiders cross country and track and field teams...
at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track 5000m race, and 3rd to Angela Bizzarri and Nicole Blood at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track 5000m race. Koons ran the 1200m opening leg for the Villanova team that won the 2004 Penn Relays
Penn Relays
The Penn Relays is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Championship of America distance medley relay. She earned 10 NCAA All-American honors in Cross Country and Track & Field while at Villanova. Koons also earned 5 individual and 2 team Big East titles during her career. Koons graduated from Villanova University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. In April 2010 at the Penn Relays
Penn Relays
The Penn Relays is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
Koons won the women's Olympic Development event at 5,000 meters and qualified for U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
In 2007, Koons discovered that she had kidney cancer
Kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the cells in the kidney.The two most common types of kidney cancer are renal cell carcinoma and urothelial cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis...
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