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Sally Meyerhoff: 5 Facts About the Running Champion Killed Tuesday

By Mary Phillips-SandyMar 9th 2011 – 1:04PM

Sally Meyerhoff, a 27-year-old marathon champion who was preparing for the 2012 Olympic trials, was killed Tuesday when a pickup truck hit her bike, the Arizona Republic reports. Meyerhoff was struck during a training ride in Maricopa, Ariz. around 1:30 p.m., apparently after failing to yield at an intersection. According...

Background on ahwatukee

Ahwatukee is an L-shaped neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona bordered on the north by South Mountain Park and Baseline Road, on the east by Interstate 10 and the cities of Chandler, Guadalupe, and Tempe, and on the south and west by the Gila River Indian Community.

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