Magdalena Lewy Boulet

Event: Marathon
Height: 5-4
Weight: 111
PR: 2:30:19 (2008)
Current Residence: Oakland, Calif.
High School: Lakewood HS ‘92
College: University of California - Berkely ‘97
Coach: Jack Daniels
Agent: self
Club: Saucony

Career Highlights: 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - women's marathon runner-up

At the 2008 Olympic Team Trials - women's marathon, Lewy Boulet ran far ahead of the pack for the first half of the race. Her lead at 14 miles was 1:55. She made her first Olympic Team, finishing second to 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor in a personal-best time of 2:30:19...The native of Poland and mother to a nearly 3-year-old boy, Lewy Boulet's time improved on her personal best of 2:30:50, which she ran in placing fifth at the 2004 Olympic Trials in St. Louis....Lewy-Boulet is a native of Poland. In 1988, following her father who had gone ahead to make the journey possible, she moved with her mother and brother to Kiel in the north of Germany, before ending her voyage for freedom in Long Beach, California, in 1991. She became a U.S. citizen on September 11, 2001...lives in Oakland with her husband Richie, one of the United States' best milers in the 1990s. They have a son, Owen, born in May 2005... now works as a full-time assistant coach at Cal-Berkeley...graduated from Berkeley with a degree in human biodynamics.

Competition Results:
2008: Olympic Trials runner-up (2:30:19)...3rd at 10,000m at Stanford (32:33)
2007:  Twin Cities marathon (dnf)
2006: 15th at NYC marathon (2:42:38)...1st in Orange County marathon (2:50:41)
2005: did not compete (maternity)
2004: 5th at Olympic Trials (2:30:50)...ranked #6 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 2:30:50.