Posted: August 5, 2004

Athletics: Hickman Expecting Second Child

From David Monti

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U.S. distance runner, Libbie Hickman, is four months pregnant with her second child.

Hickman, 39, had her first child, Lindy Aldrich Hickman, on 06-Nov-2001. The baby girl, was born five weeks prematurely. Along with husband Walter, Hickman doesn't know if little Lindy will have a new brother or a new sister.

"We don't know," said Walter in a telephone interview today. "It's a little early to find out."

Hickman was a 2000 Olympian, running the 10,000m at Sydney where she finished 16th in the final. She has a personal best time of 31:41.33 at that distance, and has run the marathon in 2:28:34. She was U.S. 10,000m champion in 1999, and the 2000 U.S. half-marathon champion.

Although Hickman began the year training for competition, she stopped when she found out she was pregnant. The couple welcomed the news of the new addition to their family.

"We're pretty excited," Walter added.