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She broke the Canadian 5000m record in the final of the 2003 World Track and Field IAAF Championships in Paris, where she finished in 8th place, securing her a spot for the 2004 Olympic games.
She broke the Canadian 5000m record in the final of the 2003 World Track and Field IAAF Championships in Paris, where she finished in 8th place, securing her a spot for the 2004 Olympic games.
Her 1500m time of 4:01.99 was also a top time in the World that year. Two times in each the 5000m and 10,000m and once in Cross Country. Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario Babcock now trains in the United States.
Her father was a hockey player who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens.
In high school she was more interested in swimming and basketball, but moved to running in her final year while attending the Bishop Strachan School in Toronto. A full-time athlete for 13 years, she attended the University of Michigan where she competed successfully in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. At school she studied communication and broadcasting and hopes to move into that field upon retirement from running.
Today Babcock lives and trained in Missoula, Montana. A middle distance runner, she competed for Canada for almost 10 years.
2004 was a more difficult year due to injury problems and a bout of bronchitis.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics she failed to pass the qualifying round in the 5,000 meter race with a time well off her personal best. In the 1500 meter she also failed to advance finishing 26th. Only the top twenty-four moved on.
She was inducted into the Michigan Women"s Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2004.
She coached at the Division 1 level for 5 years with the University of Montana. She led two athletes to the top 10 in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the 1500m and the 3k steeplechase.
They have two sons.
