On September 27, 2012, Liz was inducted into the Brigham Young University Athletics Hall of Fame. Liz and four other BYU athlete inductees were honored at an induction ceremony on Friday, the 27th and honored during the BYU football game on Saturday, the 28th. The… Read More »Induction Into the BYU Hall of Fame
Source: Deseret News PROVO — BYU’s athletic department inducted five former athletes into the school’s Hall of Fame on Thursday in a ceremony in the Cougar Room at LaVell Edwards Stadium. The 2012 inductees include football players Gordon Gravelle (1967-1971) and John Tait (1993, 1996-1998),… Read More »BYU Cougars Induct Five Former Athletes into Hall of Fame
Liz appeared in the recent Nike commercial that has been airing during the Olympics. Music by The Killers, “All These Things I’ve Done”. Her quick clip is at about the 50 second mark. The quote “Everything you need is already inside,” is attributed to Bill… Read More »Nike “Courage” Commercial
There are only a handful of BYU athletes who have earned All-Americam accolades four years in the same sport. Below are the four-year All-American athletes, their years honored and some specific disciplines or events. Also included are notes on interrupted careers. The sports are listed… Read More »BYU Athletes: Four-Year All-Americans
The Women’s Steeplechase has been an exciting event over the years. It has been contested since 1991, but was only made an official NCAA event in 2001. In earlier years, the race was only 2000 Meter race. Now, the race is officially 3,000 Meter Race… Read More »USA Championships – Women’s Steeplechase Archive (1991-2006)
World Rankings have been released. Jackson’s 2005 IAAF World Ranking is 7th. She is the highest ranked American this year in her event.
IAAF WORLD RANKINGS – Women’s 3000 Meter Steeplechase The IAAF world rankings are determined by an average of all race performances during the year. The top eight athletes in the world in each event were invited to the World Athletics Final (held in Monaco in… Read More »2005 World Rankings
Source: USATF.org During meetings this week in Lausanne, Switzerland, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee accepted an IAAF request to include the women’s 3,000m steeplechase at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. The inaugural Olympic women’s steeplechase will occur during the 20th… Read More »IOC Approves Women’s Steeplechase for Next Olympics
World Athletics Final, 3000 Meter Steeplechase September 9, 2005, Monaco Automatic Timing 1-Docus Inzikuru UGA 9:21.80 2-Wioletta Janowska POL 9:25.47 3-Mardrea Hyman JAM 9:27.21 4-Livia Toth HUN 9:30.20 5-Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 9:32.41 6-Korene Hinds JAM 9:33.46 7-Cristina Casandra ROM 9:46.06 8-Elizabeth Jackson USA 9:46.10 9-Roisin… Read More »2005 World Athletics Final – Monaco
Jackson was the first American finisher in 9th place. She was one of only a few American distance runners to qualify for the finals in any distance event. August 8, 2005 1 Docus Inzikuru Uganda 9:18.24 (CR) 2 Yekaterina Volkova Russia 9:20.49 (PB) … Read More »2005 World Championships