1500 m: 3:59.38 Anna Willard (born March 31, 1984) is an American middle distance runner.
[2] Because Willard missed a track season at Brown due to injury, she had not exhausted her athletic eligibility prior to graduation.
[3] Willard set the U.S. women's record for the 3000 meter steeplechase of 9:27.56 at the 2008 United States Olympic track and field trials on July 3, 2008, in Eugene, Oregon, en route to qualifying for the United States Olympic team.
[6][7] Willard's U.S. steeplechase record was eclipsed by teammate Jennifer Barringer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
She was victorious at the USA Indoor 1500 m, and the 800 m at the Reebok Grand Prix and a Golden League meet in Paris.