Shalane Flanagan's Excellence In Chapel Hill And Beyond

Posted Oct 27, 2021
Shalane Flanagan is no stranger to achieving her goals. She's an NCAA champion, record setter, Olympian, and New York City Marathon winner. But before she won the 2017 New York City Marathon, before earning silver medals at both the 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games and before writing two New York Times best-selling cookbooks, Flanagan was a Tar Heel. (GoHeels.com)

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