Event Location: HealthWorks Rehab & Fitness, 943 Maple Dr., Morgantown
Elite marathoner Clara Santucci will discuss conditioning in preparation for distance running. She will also speak about her personal journey toward the upcoming U.S. Olympic Trials Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.
WVU Medicine is proud to partner with Santucci as she chases her dream of joining the U.S. Olympic Team in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Santucci, a native of Doddridge County, has the chance to be one of less than a dozen West Virginians to participate in the Olympic Games. At West Virginia University, she was an All-American runner and was named the 2009 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of the Year. She broke into the marathon running elite at the 2011 Boston Marathon, where she was the third American female to finish and 16th on the international field. Most recently, she won the 2015 Pittsburgh Marathon.
