Elana Meyer is one of those athetes you consider in the all time great term.
Elana Meyer, Bellin, 1994, photo by PhotoRun.net
Way back in 1991, Elana Meyer ran a WR for 15k in 46:57, it was not tied for seven teen years, and finally in 2009, Tirunesh Dibaba broke it.
In 1992, with South Africa’s first diverse team, Elane Mayer took the silver in the 10,000 meters in the Barcelona Olympics. In 1994 and 1998, Elana took gold, then silver in the World Champs Half Marathon. In 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998 and 1999, Elana set WRs in the half marathon.
This past week, Elana Meyer spoke with Andy Edwards on the awarding of the Cape Town Marathon as the AIMS green award.