Lorraine Gersitz

 Date of Birth: 05/06/54
 Residence: Fullerton, CA
 Sport: Ultrarunning
 Team: 2005 USATF Masters 100K Team

USATF 3-time 100K Team Member, Lorraine Gersitz runs the 2004 San Gabriel 50K close to her home in southern California.
 

Running Career Highlights

• USA 100 km Team Member - World Championships: 1993, 1996, and 1997

• USA 100 km Team Member - North American Championships - 1994

• USA 100 km Bronze Medalist: 1993

• USA 50 Mile National Champion 40-44: 1997

• USA 50 Mile Silver Medalist 40-44: 1998

• USA 50 Mile Trail Silver Medalist 45-49: 2001

• USA 50K Trail National Champion 45-49: 2002

• Former US 40-44 Age Group 100k Record Holder: 8:33:07

• Active Masters road, trail, and ultra runner (now age 50) with numerous age-group wins

• Completed 97 ultras since 1990 with 22 overall wins and numerous age-group wins

• Completed 126 marathons since 1980 with 7 overall wins and numerous age-group wins

• 1993 Southern California Ultra Grand Prix Woman's Overall Champion

• 1989 Millrose Athletic Association Sub-Veteran (30-39) Runner of the Year

• 1988 Mercer Bucks Running Club Sub-Veteran Runner of the Year

PRs

• 5K: 18:12 

• 10K: 37:45

• Marathon: 2:51:07

• 50 Mile: 6:33

• 100K: 8:20:09

Other Running Activities

• USATF 100 km Team Leader: 1998, 2001

• USATF Half-Marathon Team Leader: 1999

• Founding USATF MUT Council member: WLDR 1998-2004, Masters LDR 2005-Presesnt

• MUT Council Co-Chair: 1998-2002

• MUT Council Web Coordinator: 2001-Present

• MUT Council Awards Chair: 2000-2004

• MUT Council Women's 100 km Team Coordinator: 1998-2004

• USATF Southern California Association - Women’s LDR Chair: 1998-2004

• USATF Southern California Association - Open and Masters MUT Chair: 2005-Present

Personal

• Librarian/Professor, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA

• BA (English) & MLS (Library and Information Science) - Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ