Lolo Jones
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Lori Susan "Lolo" Jones (born August 5, 1982) is an American hurdler and bobsledder who specializes in the 60-meter and 100-meter hurdles.
When she attended Louisiana State University, she gained three NCAA championship titles and 11 All-American awards.
She received indoor national championships in 2008 and 2009 in the 60-meter hurdles, as well as gold medals at the World Indoor Championship in 2008 and 2010. She had been expected to win the 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, but she crashed on the penultimate hurdle, ending in seventh place.
Dawn Harper, the newly-crowned Olympic champion, won gold at the 2008 World Athletics Final, a time of 12.56 seconds.
Jones also competes as a brakewoman on the US national bobsled team, breaking the American record holder in the 60-meter hurdles at 7.72 seconds.
At the 2013 World Championships, she captured a gold medal in the mixed team event.
She represented the United States in the 2014 Winter Olympics, making her one of the few athletes to have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Personal life
Lori was born Lori at birth, after her mother's, but Jones said she went by "Lolo" in order to distinguish the two on the phone. "Lolo" is what her mother calls her daughter from birth, according to her. She has referred to herself as of "French, African-American, Native American, and Norwegian descent." She is a devout Christian who often prays before athletics and discussions of her faith on Twitter.
Jones, a 2005 graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU), lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is sponsored by Asics and Red Bull. Jones said in a 2012 segment on HBO's Real Sports that she is a virgin, dates online, and struggles to maintain her virginity.She said:
When visiting Des Moines for the Drake Relays, she surprised herself by going to Roosevelt High School to get two pairs of new Asics running shoes for each member of the school's track team. She also gave a US$3,000 check to buy indoor practice hurdles and for repairs to the school's track surface.
Jones donated the US$4,000 reward to Renee Trout, a single mother from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who was impacted by the Iowa flood of 2008. Both Asics and Oakley matched Jones' $4,000 draw, bringing the total donation to $12,000. Jones and Trout travelled from Trout to Cedar Rapids, Iowa Farm Bureau's private jet, to tour the neighborhoods impacted by the flood, including Trout's.
Early years and high school track as well as field work.
Jones was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 5, 1982. Lori, Lori's single mother, worked two jobs to help her family of six. She attended eight schools in eight years, but her six children were often homeless. Jones' father spent the majority of his childhood in the Air Force and later in state prison. When Jones was in third grade, her family was settling in the basement of a Des Moines Salvation Army church. Jones would wake up early in the summer to prevent being teased by other children if they found out she was living in the basement.
Jones told her mother, "Mom, I can't go to a city that doesn't have a track" when her family was going to Forest City, Iowa. "I'm trying to achieve my dream." She was, however, incorrect, as Forest City High School did, in fact, have a track. During Jones' enrollment in Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Jones and her family parted ways, and her mentor, Coach Ferguson, arranged for her to live with four separate families. Janis Caldwell, who had seen Jones compete at Roosevelt, was one of those who took Jones. Jones remained with the Caldwells after her senior year at Roosevelt, and she spent part-time at the Iowa Bakery Cafe, a local coffee shop.
She spent her junior and senior years with Marilyn K. Hauk's family and her then-husband, former Des Moines Register assistant managing editor Randy Essex. Through the Des Moines Area Youth Track Club, Hauk and Essex already knew Jones. Knowing that she had a sincere intention, they asked Des Moines youth coach Phil Ferguson if they could help. They became part of a family that cared for her, including teachers at Roosevelt High School who made sure she put together the right classes to be ready for college, an orthodontist who reduced the cost of her braces, and an attorney who supervised paperwork pro bono to ensure she was covered by health insurance. Jean and Kim Walker, as well as Janis Caldwell later accepted her into their homes. Jones went on to earn college degrees in economics and Spanish.
She excelled in the classroom, maintaining her grades, and playing the cello in the school orchestra. She was named Gatorade Midwest Athlete of the Year, and she set a new high point at the Iowa state track meet with a time of 13.40 seconds for the 100-meter hurdles.
Collegiate track and field career
Jones planned to enroll at Iowa State University in the Upward Bound/Science Bound program. Rather, she followed elite hurdler Kim Carson, who was her role model and Caldwell's goddaughter. Carson was an All-American and national champion at Louisiana State University. Carson Jones was a member of LSU's track team, like Carson.
At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2002, she finished runner-up in both 100-meter hurdles and a relay. Jones won the 60-meter Hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2003. She was later a member of the winning 4100-meter team at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She placed second at the NCAA Championships in both the 60-meter hurdles and the 60-meter dash in her 2004 indoor campaign. She won the 100-meter hurdles title at the NCAA Mideast Region Championships and the Penn Relays in 2004 during her outdoor season. She captured her second national championship as a member of the winning 4100-meter team at the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She finished as an 11-time All-American and a 6-time SEC champion, and she is ranked among the top-three women in both the 60-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles throughout her career, including an 11-time All-American and a 6-time champion.
Jones, who failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, was left wondering about her destiny. "I'll see you at practice tomorrow" when Jones told Shaver she wanted to get off track. Despite any second thoughts, Jones' heart led her back to running. Jones' financial situation was also a point of worry, requiring her to choose either staying on track and not receiving a steady paycheck or using her economics degree to get a regular job. Jones would not use the air conditioner to save money, but that meant having to suffer through the hot Louisiana summer months. She has also worked at Home Depot, waiting tables, and a personal trainer at a gym all after college.
Professional track and field career
Jones placed second in her first professional meet in Stuttgart after a disappointing finish in the 2004 US Olympic Outdoor Trials. She had a stellar 2006 season, winning at Heusden-Zolder in July and a personal record of 12.56 minutes. She finished sixth in the 100 meters hurdles and fifth in the 100 m., as well as winning a meeting in Ostrava. According to Track & Field News, she finished fourth in the United States and seventh in the world in 2006.
Jones captured the 60 m hurdles at the USA Indoor Championships in 2007. Jones won two meets and finished second in two others in the 60 m hurdles in the European winter circuit. She dominated the 100 m hurdles at the Drake Relays in April. Jones finished third in the 100m hurdles at the 2007 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, earning a spot on the US Open Meets. In Osaka, Japan, the team at the World Championships placed fifth, where she placed sixth. Jones also won meetings at Rethimno and Heusden, as well as second-place finishes at Doha, Sheffield, and Monaco on the summer track circuit.
Jones began the 2008 season with the intention of qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics. She began her indoor career by placing second in second-place finishes in Glasgow, Gothenburg, and Stuttgart in the 60 m hurdles. She won in Düsseldorf later that day, bringing a new meet record in the process. Jones set a personal record of 7.77 seconds in Karlsruhe and came second to Susanna Kallur, who broke the world record in a time of 7.68 seconds. Jones' time was the second-fastest by an American ever. On February 12, she was named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week for her Karlsruhe appearance. Jones took her second straight national championship in 8.88 seconds at the 2008 Visa Championship Series Indoor Championships. Jones took the 60 m hurdles in Valencia, Spain, in a time of 7.80 for her first world championship.
Jones earned his first-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton Rouge in 2008, establishing a new stadium record in the process.
Jones was expected to win the 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. When she clipped the 9th hurdle (of 10) and staggered, she was pulling away from the pack and stumbled, dropping her back to a 7th-place finish. Dawn Harper, a coworker, came out victorious to win gold. Jones was seen pounding the ground close to tears, trying to figure out what had happened. "You'll face a hurdle about twice a year that can have a bearing on your race." It's just a shame that it happened on the biggest race of my life." "Why, why, why?" Jones was seen yelling in a hallway, begging: "Why, why, why?" says the woman.
Jones' life (and her personal account of the situation during it) was due to a spinal injury, according to the SEC-sponsored film Lolo about Jones' life (and his personal account of the incident during it). The doctor who treated her said the problem was so bad that he'd examine her feet and see which toe he was touching, and she told him she couldn't feel it. The doctor said the issue was that her feet weren't able to feel her feet, her brain wasn't able to process where they were positioned, leading to the "clipping" in Beijing's medal competition. The doctor operated on Jones to fix the problem, and the operation was a success, according to the series.
Jones started the 2009 indoor season in Europe by winning in the 60 meters in 7.82 seconds in Karlsruhe and Birmingham with world-best times of 7.82 seconds. She returned to the United States and captured the national indoor championship in the 60 m hurdles. The Drake Relays, a hamstring injury at her hometown match, led her to miss a month of training, but she returned in time for the outdoor national championships. However, she did not repeat her indoor triumph, as her arms collided with Michelle Perry in the semi-finals and fell, missing out on the opportunity to compete at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Vowing to save her season, she returned to Europe to compete on the major World Athletic Tour Championships, but she only placed seventh and eighth in Oslo and Lausanne. She returned to form in Rethymno, defeating Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and Damu Cherry in a world-leading time of 12.47 seconds.
Jones came third at the London Grand Prix behind Sally McLellan and Perpeta Felicien, but a time of 12.61 seconds was not long enough for third place at Herculis. At the DN Galan meeting, she ran her second-fastest time of the season (12.51), but Lopes-Schliep defeated her to the line. At Weltklasse Zürich, she re-injured her hamstring, effectively ending her season for the remainder of the year. Jones' 2009 season was largely disappointing, despite her being the second fastest time of the season.
Jones defended her 60m hurdles Indoor World Championship in Doha after finishing with a time of 7.72, a new American record. Jones went to Europe and competed in mainly Diamond League tournaments due to the lack of major championships for Americans. Jones, who won in Doha, Oslo, New York, and Monaco, was tied for first in the last Diamond League standings with Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep. Lopes-Schliep won the final race, leaving Jones second in overall standings.
Jones made her 2011 race debut at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. After crashing the third hurdle, Jones took the second place in a time of 8.27. Jones finished seventh in third place in Stuggart, just behind Carolin Nytra (7.92) and Christina Vukicevic (7.93). Jones was forced to miss the remainder of the indoor season due to injuries and illness.
Jones finished third in the 100 m hurdles at the United States Olympics trials on June 23, 2012, qualifying her for a spot on the 2012 Summer Olympics team.
Jones took the 100-meter hurdles at the London Olympics on August 6, a time she set in the third row of the 100-meter hurdles, progressing to the finals. Jones finished fourth in the finals the day before, a time of 12.58 seconds.
Jones won her first match of the 2013 season at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo in May 2013. She clocked 12.92 seconds in the marathon, much ahead of Drake's time of 12.79 and 13.71 due to the headwind, but Wells was still fast enough to finish with silver in 13.07 seconds.
Jones advanced to the finals of the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She registered for the NACAC Championships in Costa Rica. Jones dominated the NACAC 100 meters hurdles in 12.63 —4.1 wind.
Jones ran her first outdoor run in three years at the 2020 Mississippi College Season Opener in Clinton, Mississippi, winning the 100 Meters Hurdles & 100 Meters events on March 7, 2020. Jones was the 100 Meter Hurdles final with 13.45 (0.1 wind) and the 100 Meters Dash final with 11.93 (1.3 wind).