Frances Koons, Date of Birth
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Middle distance runner
Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1986
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Frances Koons
- Frances Markowitz (Formerly Frances Koons) (born April 2, 1986, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American middle distance runner who attended Villanova University and now runs professionally for New Balance.
- Koons finished 2nd to Sally Kipyego at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track 5000m race, and 3rd to Angela Bizzarri and Nicole Blood at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track 5000m race.
- Koons ran the 1200m opening leg for the Villanova team that won the 2004 Penn Relays Championship of America distance medley relay.
- She earned 10 NCAA All-American honors in Cross Country and Track & Field while at Villanova.
- Koons also earned 5 individual and 2 team Big East titles during her career.
- Koons graduated from Villanova University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.
- In April 2010 at the Penn Relays Koons won the women's Olympic Development event at 5,000 meters and qualified for U.S.
- Outdoor Track and Field Championships.In 2007, Koons discovered that she had kidney cancer.
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