U.S. Olympic marathoner Magdalena Lewy Boulet earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team by finishing second in the 2008 U.S. Women's Olympic Marathon Trials. Leading for much of the 26.2-mile race, she finished in a personal-best time of 2 hours, 30 minutes, 19 seconds. Magda, 36, and a native of Poland, represented the United States at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games last summer.

Magda became a U.S. citizen on the morning of September 11, 2001. She earned her bachelor's degree in human biodynamics from U.C. Berkley in 1997 and a master's degree in exercise physiology from Cal State Hayward. Magda lives in Oakland, California with her husband Richie, one of the United States' best milers in the 1990s, and their four-year-old son Owen. In 2003, she returned to her alma mater as a coach for the Golden Bear cross country program, where she coached cross country and distance events for 2 years.

Magda is coached by Jack Daniels, Ph.D., a world-renowned authority on distance running. Magda has been under the guidance of coach Daniels since 2001.