Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about LOLO JONES!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Lori Susan “Lolo” Jones is an american hurdler and bobsledder . she won three NCAA titles and garnered 11 All-American honors while at Louisiana State . Jones is the american record holder in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.72 . she also competes as a brakewoman on the U.S. national bobsled team . Jones represented the Jones and her family parted ways when they moved to forest city, Iowa . she lived with four different families during her enrollment at theodore Roosevelt high school . her mentor, Coach Ferguson, arranged for her to live with four Jones stayed with the Caldwells after her senior year at Roosevelt . she lived with the family of medical writing consultant Marilyn K. Hauk and her then-husband Randy Essex . they already knew Jones through the Des Mo at Roosevelt, she excelled in the classroom, keeping her grades up and playing the cello in the school orchestra . she was named Gatorade Midwest Athlete of the Year and set a record at the Iowa state Jones was an all-American and national champion at Louisiana State University . she was runner-up in both 100-meter hurdles and 4100-meter relay . Jones won the 60-meter Hurdles at the NCAA her career at LSU saw her finish as an 11-time All-American and a 6-time SEC champion . she is ranked among the top-three women for all-time in both the 60-meter hurdles and despite any second thoughts, Jones’ heart led her back to running . she also held several different part-time jobs after college . to save money, Jones would leave the air conditioner off . she ran a personal best time of 12.56 at the 2006 world athletics final . she finished sixth in the 100 m hurdles and fifth in the 200 m . in 2006, she finished seventh in the world . in April, she won the 100 m hurdles at the Drake Relays . at the 2007 USA Outdoor track and field championships, she finished third in the 100m hurdle . on the summer track circuit, Jones won meets at Jones’ time was the second-fastest ever by an American . she was named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week for her performance in Karlsruhe . at the 2008 USA Indoor Championships, Jones won Jones won the 60 m hurdles at the world indoor championships in Valencia, Spain . she set a stadium record in the process . at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she was favored to win the 100-meter hurdles the “clipping” of the ninth hurdle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was attributed to a spinal problem . the doctor who treated her said the problem was so bad that she couldn’t feel anything . “it’s just the doctor said that Jones couldn’t feel her feet and her brain wasn’t able to process where they were . the problem led to the “clipping” in the medal race in Beijing . Jones won the national indoor title Jones ran second-fastest time of season (12.51) at DN Galan meeting . re-injured hamstring at Weltklasse Zürich, ruling her out for rest of season . returned to form in Re Jones made her 2011 race debut at Aviva International Match, Kelvin Hall in Glasgow . she finished the race in fourth with a time of 8.27 after hitting the third hurdle . due to there being no major championships for american Jones finished 7.94 behind Carolin Nytra (7.92) and Christina Vukicevic (7.93) injury and illness forced Jones to miss the rest of the indoor season . she qualified for the NACAC Championships in Costa after a disappointing 2008 Olympics campaign, she took up the sport and gained weight . in October 2012, she was named to the U.S. national bobsled team . on November 9, 2012, Jones and teammate Ja she was selected for the U.S. bobsled team competing at the 2014 Sochi Olympics . on february 19, 2014, the team placed eleventh, 3.36 seconds behind the gold-medal-winning Canadian team a single mother from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was hit by the Iowa flood of 2008 . she donated the US$4,000 prize from winning the 100-meter hurdles to Renee Trout . Jones appeared on the cover Jones is the most followed U.S. track and field athlete on twitter . in January 2019, Jones was one of the houseguests competing on the second season of Celebrity Big Brother . Jones was evicted in the final finishing in third place . she was compared to tennis’ Anna Kournikova who had never won a singles tournament . the selection of Jones to the bobsled team “i should have been working harder on gaining twitter followers than gaining muscle mass,” azevedo says . u.s. bobsled and skateleton federation president defends the selection . the team ended up in 11th place . Bobsledder Elana Meyers also defended the selection of Jones.