Lolo Jones -- Grace on Ice and Track Quiz

Answer: August 5, 1982

Lolo Jones met many obstacles growing up in Des Moines, Iowa. She came from a family of five kids with an often absent father and a mother who moved her kids often as she sought the means to support her family. Lolo Jones attended eight schools in eight years before breaking from her family and staying with four families who allowed her to attend one high school and develop her athletic talents.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt High School

Coach Phil Ferguson helped Lolo Jones during her high school years in which she lived with four different families while attending Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines where she did well as far as grades are concerned and played the cello. She also won the Gatorade Midwest Athlete of the Year. She set a Iowa state record of 13.40 in the 100 M Hurdles.

Answer: Kim Carson

Lolo Jones' idol fellow Des Moines area high school graduate Kim Carson helped the LSU Lady Tigers win eight NCAA Team Championships (indoor/outdoor track and field). Carson won the NCAA Indoor 55m hurdle Championship in 1996. She also won the 100m Hurdle crown during the outdoor season in 1996. Carson's 100m 12.72 seconds was the record fastest time in the World that season. She also captured the SEC Conference 1995 and 1996 titles for the 100m hurdles.

Answer: 11

NCAA All American honors in track and field are given to athletes at national meets who are in the top eight standings. This is according to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCC) and has some variations depending on the dates involved as well as for which track and field event is involved.

Answer: Seventh

Dawn Harper won the 100 M Hurdles in Beijing with a time of 12.54 sec. This time was ten seconds better than that of Sally Pearson as well as of the third place finisher Priscilla Lopes-Schliep. Damu Cherry had a Finals time of 12.65 as did Delloreen Ennis-London. Brigitte Foster-Hylton was in 6th place with a time of 12.66. Lolo Jones who had tripped up on a hurdle came in with a 12.72 and Sarah Claxton followed with a time of 12.94. Ties were broken with the results of former heats in this Olympic games.

Answer: Fourth

Sally Pearson set a new Olympic record with a time of 12.35 seconds in the 2012 Olympic 100 M Hurdles. Dawn Harper was two seconds behind this with a time on 12.37 followed by Kellie Wells with 12.48. Lolo Jones and Nevin Yanit had a time of 12.58 but Jones had done better than Yanit in previous heats at this Olympics. Phylicia George came in with 12.65, and behind her was Jessica Zelinka (12.69) and Beate Schrott (13.07).

Answer: Todd Hayes

Head Coach Todd Hayes the US Bobsled Team coach had invited Olympic sprinters from the London 2012 Olympics to lecture his Bobsled Team about how they could improve their speed. A number of sprinters from the Olympics have became the push athlete on bobsled teams. These are the athletes who get the sled moving and then jump into the sled as quickly as possible.

Answer: Fifth

Lolo Jones finished fifth in the U.S Bobsled and Skeleton Federation Push Championship in July-August 2013. Official results were: "1. Aja Evans 10.931 (5.472, 5.549); 2. Katie Eberling 10.991 (5.485, 5.506); 3. Lauryn Williams 11.144 (5.588, 5.556); 4. Emily Azevedo 11.148 (5.582, 5.566); 5. Lolo Jones 11.176 (5.589, 5.587); 6. Cherrelle Garrett 11.229 (5.589, 5.640); 7. Kristi Koplin 11.233 (5.608, 5.625); 8. Tracey Stewart 11.258 (5.637,5.621); 9. Maureen Ajoku 11.469 (5.732, 5.737); 10. Brittany Reinbolt 11.527 (5.775, 5.752); 11. Ida Bernstein 11.778 (5.897, 5.881); 12. Micaela Damas 11.840 (5.921, 5.919); 13. Valerie Smith 11.971 (5.959, 6.012); 14. SineaidCorley 12.005 (5.981, 6.024); 15. Phaidra Knight 12.240 (6.100, 6.140)."

Answer: First

The US 1 Mixed Team of John Daly, Elana Meyers, Lolo Jones, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Steven Holcomb, and Curtis Tomasevicz won Gold. They beat the Germany 1 Mixed Team by .24 and the Canadian 1 Team by 1.01.

Answer: That she will save her virtue for marriage

Lolo Jones in a 2012 interview with HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" had said that she was saving her virtue as a gift for her husband. She had mentioned that she handled the stress of competition through Christian music and reading the Bible but that as stressful things are being a virgin was harder than training for the Olympics.