Gwyn Hardesty-Coogan captured her second consecutive NCAA Division III title in the 3000m run in 1986, but the first time winning it for Smith College, after spending a year as an exchange student at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. At Smith, her name is prominent in the record books, as she holds the indoor and outdoor marks in the 1500m and 3000m, as well as the indoor mark in the 1-mile. Post-graduation, Hardesty-Coogan trained for and competed in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, where she finished 13th in the 10,000m race. She also was an alternate for the women’s marathon in the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
