Jess McClain

McClain after placing fourth in the 2024 United States Olympic trials held in Orlando, Florida.
Personal information
Full name	Jessica McClain
Nationality	United States
Born	Jessica Tonn (1992-02-15)February 15, 1992 (age 34) Paradise Valley, Arizona, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sport
Sport	Track,long-distance running
Event(s)	1500 meters,mile,5000 meters,10,000 meters,Half marathon,Marathon
College team	Stanford
Club	Brooks
Turned pro	2015
Coached by	David Roche (2025-)
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)	1500 meters: 4:13.75 (2019)[1] 5000 meters: 15:09.50 (2025)[1] 10,000 meters: 30:59.71 (2025)[1] Half marathon: 1:08:37 (2025)[1] Marathon: 2:22:43 (2025)[1]

Jessica McClain (néeTonn born February 15, 1992) is an American middle-distance andlong-distance runner. As aStanford Cardinal, Jess was a seven-timeNCAA Division IAll-Americancross country andTrack and field runner.

Tonn qualified for four years forFoot Locker Cross Country Championships forXavier College Preparatory (Arizona). Jessica won 14 individual state titles, two incross country and 12 inTrack and field inArizona Interscholastic Association.

Tonn graduated BA and MA fromStanford. Tonn won 2015Pac-12 Conference10,000 meters in 34:00. As aStanford Cardinal, Jessica Tonn was a seven-timeNCAA Division IAll-American.

Jessica Tonn signed withBrooks in November 2015. That contract ended in 2018 and she began competing unattached.^[2][3][4]

Jessica ran a 1500m in 4:20.89 atPayton Jordan Invitational in Stanford (USA) 01.05.2016. Jessica ran a 5000m in 15:30.34 at Hoka One One held atOccidental College in Los Angeles (USA) 20.05.2016. Jessica ran a 1500m in 4:16 in Seattle atBrooks PR meet on June 18, 2016.

Jessica placed second in 15:38.46 for 5000 meters on April 14, 2017, atMt SAC Relays.^[5]

Jessica won a 10,000m in 31:54.83 atPayton Jordan Invitational in Stanford (USA) 03.05.2018.

In January 2019, Tonn left Seattle and Beast Track Club to coachArizona State Sun Devils student-athletes. In November 2019, she placed second at the 2019Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K / USATF 5K Championships in New York, finishing in 15:44, a mere second behind winner Shannon Rowbury.

In March 2024, she announced that she had signed a new contract with Brooks.^[4]

In September 2024, she won the USATF women's 10K championship at the Great Cow Harbor race in Northport, N.Y. with a course-record time of 31:40.

On June 17, 2023, McClain earned a qualifying position for the2024 United States Olympic trials by running 2:29:25 atGrandma's Marathon inDuluth, Minnesota.

On February 3, 2024, McClain placed fourth in the Olympic Marathon Trials held inOrlando, Florida, with a 2:25:46, a personal best by nearly four minutes. She was the alternate for the Paris Olympics.^[6]

On April 21, 2025, McClain finished as the 1st American and 7th overall at the 2025Boston Marathon, running a 2:22:43.^[7]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the United States
2024	2024 United States Olympic trials	Orlando, Florida	4th	Marathon	2:25:46
2019	NACAC Cross Country Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad	3rd	10 km	36:40
USA Championships
2019	USATF National Cross Country Championships	Tallahassee, Florida	16th	10 km	34:24[8]
2018	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Des Moines, Iowa	11th	10,000 m	32:47.29[9]
2017	USATFFaxon Law New Haven Road Race	New Haven, Connecticut	7th	20 km	68:55[10]
	USATFPeachtree Road Race 10 km	Atlanta Georgia	4th	10 km	33:16[11]
	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Sacramento, California	12th	5000 m	15:32.34[12]
2016	USA Olympic Trials & Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Eugene, Oregon	DNS[13]	5000 m	[14]
2015	USA Club Cross Country Championships	San Francisco, California	10th	6 km	20:14[15]
	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Eugene, Oregon	17th	5000 m	16:02.71[16]
2014	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Sacramento, California	9th	5000 m	15:48.31[17]

• Stanford University Jessica Tonn profileArchived September 15, 2015, at theWayback Machine
• Jessica McClain atWorld Athletics
• Jessica McClain onTwitter
• Jessica Tonn – Stanford University atTFRRS
• Jessica Tonn – Xavier College Prep atTFRRS
• Stanford Jessica Tonn v NCAA lawsuit

• 1992 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Scottsdale, Arizona
• People from Paradise Valley, Arizona
• Sportspeople from Maricopa County, Arizona
• Track and field athletes from Arizona
• American women middle-distance runners
• American women long-distance runners
• Stanford Cardinal women's cross country runners
• Stanford Cardinal women's track and field athletes
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States

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