Don Janicki Explained

Don Janicki (born April 23, 1960) is an American long-distance runner.[1]

As a student at Mesa High School (Mesa, Arizona) in 1978, Janicki set the state high school record for the mile with a time of 4:09.95.[2] The record would remain 35 years until Andy Trouard of Salpointe ran a 4:09.71.[3] He later competed for the University of Arizona and earn All-American honors in 1980 and 1981 in cross country. During his 1982 track season, Janicki ran the 5,000 meters in 13:44.20 and the 10,000 meters in 28:27.87, putting him in the top 10 fastest University of Arizona runners in each event.[4]

In 1987, won the Holiday Bowl Marathon in San Diego, California. He drove away from the race with $4,000 in prize money and a new convertible.[5] The 1989 year took him to Minneapolis and St. Paul for the Twin Cities Marathon, which he won in a time of 2:12:18, earning him $25,000.[6]

Janicki ran his fastest marathon time in 1985 in the Chicago Marathon, which fielded strong competition with world-class finishing times.[7] Janicki's PR of 2:11:16 put him in seventh, four minutes behind British runner Steve Jones, who was hoping to set a second consecutive world record that morning. While Jones did take the win in 2:07:13, a minute faster than his previous world record the year before, it wasn't fast enough to beat Carlos Lopes's 2:07:12 set in April 1985.[8] Janicki's time was the fourth-fastest marathon time by an American in 1985.[9]

He won the Cleveland Marathon in 1993 and 1994 with times of 2:11:39 and 2:15:04 respectively.[10]

He was back in the top finishers at the 1994 Chicago Marathon with a fifth-place finish in 2:13:21.

In 2016, Janicki was inducted into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Don Janicki. Association of Road Racing Staticians. 7 October 2019.
  2. News: Casa Grande wins title. D-3. The Arizona Republic. 1978-05-22. 2021-01-16. Mesa's Dan [sic] Janicki set a state record in winning the mile run in 4:09.95.
  3. Web site: Track and Field Boys and Girls All Time Top 5 Records . aiaonline.org . Arizona Interscholastic Association . 10 October 2019 . Phoenix, Arizona . 2 . 12 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Arizona Track and Field and Cross Country Media Guide . arizonawildcats.com . University of Arizona Athletics . 10 October 2019 . Tucson, Arizona . 54 . 1 August 2009.
  5. News: Beatty . Steve . Pushed by memory of father, Janicki runs to record win . 11 October 2019 . LA Times . 13 December 1987 . Los Angeles, California.
  6. News: Bolder Boulder's Don Janicki Lives 'Tall and Proud'. Sandrock. Mike. 15 May 2016. Boulder, Colorado. 7 October 2019. The Daily Camera.
  7. Book: Suozzo , Andrew . 2006 . The Chicago Marathon . https://archive.today/20121215062946/http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/68tgt5gt9780252031687.html . 15 December 2012 . Urbana, Illinois . University of Illinois Press . 22–24 . 978-0-252-07421-9 . 22 February 2021 . live .
  8. Web site: Chicago Year by Year . chicagomarathon.com . Chicago Marathon . 10 October 2019 . 178 . 2011 . https://archive.today/20190713183644/http://assets.chicagomarathon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/4_Chicago-Year-by-Year.pdf . 13 July 2019 . live .
  9. News: Jay. Weiner. Here's a look at top men runners in Sunday's field. Star Tribune. 10 October 1986. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sports. 8D. en.
  10. Web site: Cleveland Marathon Course Records . clevelandmarathon.com . Cleveland Marathon . 10 October 2019 . Cleveland, Ohio . 1 June 2019.

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