Gwen won a Big 10 indoor double at the 3000/5000 -- over Franek, Bizzarri and others even though she had only been running college track for less than two years. She was a swimmer at Wisconsin before that. She can come out of the water with the best of them and, with 15:50s 5000 credentials, bicycling is the biggest hurdle for her technically. However, she has the base to be able to spend many hours on the bike... She should get out of the water quickly enough so that she can draft on the bike and then out-run almost everyone.
"After Gwen Jorgensen won the 2010 Crazy Legs Classic in a record time, it was an easy leap to conclude the former college All-American was racing to extend her career as an elite runner, possibly in pursuit of the Olympics.
Jorgensen herself is making a leap, but to an entirely different sport.
USA Triathlon recruited the 2009 University of Wisconsin – Madison graduate into a year-old elite athlete development program. Jorgensen, 24, is one of nine athletes being coached to turn their natural talent into Olympic success in 2012 or 2016.
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n March, she placed 8th in a USA Triathlon elite development race in Clermont, Fla.
It was her first triathlon."
http://www.wsacltd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=711:gwen-jorgensen-to-world-univ-triathlon-champs-in-valencia-esp&catid=71:schroeder-triathlon-team&Itemid=140
2010 Valencia FISU 10th World University Triathlon Championships : Elite Women : Results
She gives up 25 seconds in transitions and comes in second by 9 seconds, and had to work her way up on the bike because of the transition time.
Pos First Name Last Name Country Time Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
1 Agnieszka Jerzyk POL PL 1:55:19 0:19:17 0:01:43 0:59:54 0:00:30 0:33:55
2 Gwen Jorgensen USA US 1:55:26 0:19:29 0:02:04 1:01:39 0:00:39 0:31:35
3 Annamaria Mazzetti ITA IT 1:55:45 0:19:16 0:01:48 0:59:52 0:00:29 0:34:20
4 Marine Bonnetaud FRA FR 1:57:58 0:19:16 0:01:43 0:59:56 0:00:34 0:36:29
5 Anna Grzesiak POL PL 1:58:26 0:19:07 0:01:49 1:00:01 0:00:27 0:37:02
6 Paulina Kotfica POL PL 1:58:34 0:19:14 0:01:48 0:59:57 0:00:32 0:37:03
7 Estefania Dominguez ESP ES 1:58:44 0:19:17 0:01:46 1:02:10 0:00:33 0:34:58
8 Alexandra Tondeur BEL BE 1:58:47 0:20:38 0:01:47 1:00:42 0:00:29 0:35:11
9 Tamara Stonova CZE CZ 1:58:58 0:18:02 0:01:52 1:01:04 0:00:39 0:37:21
10 Gaia Peron ITA IT 1:59:23 0:18:03 0:01:51 1:01:04 0:00:27 0:37:58
11 Victoria Perez VEN VE 2:00:04 0:19:34 0:01:54 1:01:40 0:00:31 0:36:25
12 Jessica Broderick USA US 2:00:06 0:19:19 0:02:05 1:01:47 0:00:30 0:36:25
13 Lauren Goldstein- Kral USA US 2:00:39 0:19:23 0:02:02 1:01:48 0:00:33 0:36:53