Stephanie Rouse
QT: 2:44:14
Residence: San Francisco, CA
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
College: Grinnell College
Age on Race Day: 30
Affiliation: Impala Racing Team
Qualifying Race: California International Marathon 2018
Marathon Best: 2:44:14
Social Handles: Instagram - @rouseste Twitter - @rouseste7
Go-to breakfast: Perfect Bars
Of Note:
- University of California-San Francisco researcher on the study of pathophysiology and genetics of hearing loss
- Volunteers with a support group for grieving children; has "learned more from those remarkable kids than anything else in my life"
- One of her best friends died in a pole-vaulting accident; couldn't step on a track for a year after his death. Tries to go out of her way now to cheer for people she doesn't know, because that's what he would have done
- Played soccer in college, so still tries to run all of her races as a team event with the women of Impala
