Judi Anne ST. HILAIRE

Judi St. Hilaire was a distance runner who competed in the 10K at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing eighth. St. Hilaire also competed at the 1991 World Championships, finishing seventh in the 3,000 metres. Born Judi Coogan, she was a native Vermonter who won the Vermont High School Cross-Country Championships in 1974-76. She then ran for the University of Vermont, where she won the 1979 ECAC Cross-Country title.

After college St. Hilaire ran professionally, winning the Crescent City Classic 10K Road Race in New Orleans for five consecutive years, 1990-94. She also won the Manchester (CT) Thanksgiving Day 5-mile Road Race four times. St. Hilaire was inducted into the University of Vermont Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991, and the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2003 she became the first track and field athlete to be inducted into the VPA (Vermont Principal’s Association) Hall of Fame.

Personal Best: 10000 – 31:38.04 (1992).