Career
Klecker competed in the marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She set a course record at the 1990 the Chartered Institute of Marketinng with a time of 2:30:42. Klecker was in the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Minnesota.
Barney and Janis Klecker are both American record holders in the 50 K. Janis is the mother of six children, ages 13-21.