Tessa Stoltenburg
QT: 2:41:15
Residence: Omaha, NE
Hometown: Watertown, SD
College: South Dakota State University
Age on Race Day: 25
Affiliation: Dakota Distance Project and LRC Nebraska
Qualifying Race: Bank of America Chicago Marathon 2019
Marathon Best: 2:41:15
Social Handles: Instagram - @sayyestothetess
Favorite inspirational quote: "No one is born a great cook. One learns by doing." - Julia Child
Favorite book: Cookbooks!
Favorite TV show: Master Chef
Of Note:
- Full-time student in University of Nebraska Medicine Physician Assistant Program
- Grew up running the rolling hills and gravel roads of South Dakota to her grandmother's house; remembers snowy runs in -30 degree windchill with her friends
- Sidelined from running competitively during college with a stress fracture in the mid-shaft of her femur
- First marathon was Grandmas in 2018; after training 30-40 miles a week finished in 2:52:50, smiling all the way
