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Jenny Crain (born February 12, 1968 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American retired runner. She competed in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship in distances from 3000 meters to the marathon and in the U.S. Olympic Trials at 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon distances.
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- Olympic hopeful jenny crain s friends throw fundraiser
- Jenny crain philosophy final
- Running career
- Accident and rehab
- References
On August 21, 2007, while on a training run for her fourth Olympic Marathon Trials, Crain was hit by an automobile. She suffered a myriad of injuries including extensive brain damage, ending her competitive running career and starting a lifetime of rehabilitation.
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Running career
Jenny Crain followed her brother, Peter, into competitive running in at Franklin High School in Franklin, Wisconsin. She continued her running at Ohio University where she earned All-MAC honors.
After college, Crain put running on hold while pursuing a different professional career until deciding to train for and compete in the 1996 Olympic Trials.
Accident and rehab
On August 21, 2007, while on a training run for her fourth Olympic Marathon Trials, Crain was hit by an automobile while crossing the intersection between Brady and Farwell streets in her hometown of Milwaukee.
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The accident fractured Crain's vertebrae, shattered her jaw, bruised her aorta, and caused massive brain damage. The traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulted in a loss of spatial awareness, reading ability limitations, short-term memory impairment, difficulty walking, and balance problems. Crain’s post-accident rehabilitation included acute hospital care at Froedert Hospital, specialized critical care for brain injury at Milwaukee’s Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute, and continual therapy for over 1.5 years at Mt. Carmel. As of 2009, Crain required assisted living in her condo, and was involved in daily therapy sessions.
A number of initiatives were launched in response to Crain's accident: