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Place of Birth: Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
About Courtney Babcock
- Courtney Babcock (born June 30, 1972) is a Canadian coach and competitor in the sport of running.
- Babcock holds the Canadian Women's 5000m(14:54.96) and formerly held the 10,000m records both set during the 2003 season.
- She broke the Canadian 5000m record in the final of the 2003 World Track and Field IAAF Championships in Paris, where she finished in eighth place, securing her a spot for the 2004 Olympic Games.
- Her 1500m time of 4:01.99 was also a top time in the World that year.
- She is a five-time national champion.
- Two times in each the 5000m and 10,000m and once in Cross Country. Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario Babcock trained in the United States.
- Her father was a hockey player who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens .
- In high school, she was more interested in swimming and basketball, but moved to running in her final year while attending the Bishop Strachan School in Toronto.
- A full-time athlete for 13 years, she attended the University of Michigan where she competed successfully in the NCAA.
- She was an NCAA Champion in the Distance Medley Relay anchoring the team to its first win in 1994 and an 8x All American.
- At school she studied communication and broadcasting and hopes to move into that field upon retirement from running. Today Babcock lives and trained in Missoula, Montana.
- A middle distance runner, she competed for Canada for almost 10 years.
- 2004 was a more difficult year due to injury problems and a bout of bronchitis.
- At the 2004 Summer Olympics she failed to pass the qualifying round in the 5,000 meter race with a time well off her personal best.
- In the 1500 meter she also failed to advance finishing 26th; only the top twenty-four moved on. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2004.She coached at the Division 1 level for five years with the University of Montana.
- In that time, Montana won its first Women's Cross Country Big Sky Championship title in 24 years.
- She led two athletes to the top 10 in the NCAA in the 1500m and the 3k steeplechase.
- She currently owns her own run coaching business, Key Running, named after her husband Miles Key.
- They have two sons.
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