If women had been eligible to compete with men in intercollegiate athletics in 1952, Janet Moreau would have been a member of the Boston University track team.
"I wish they had allowed women to compete," Doug Raymond, who was then head coach of track for the Terriers, commented. "I clocked Janet more than once in the 100 at 10 seconds. She was faster than most men in New England."
Doug hardly overstated the facts, as Janet's record of accomplishments indicates.
From 1949 to 1952 she was named four times to the All America track team. In 1951 as a member of the United States National team, she won a gold medal in the Pan America Games, running a leg on the 4 x 100 meter relay team.
A year later, as a member of the U.S. Olympic team, she also won a gold medal as a member of the relay team that set a world record in the event of 45.9 seconds.
The same year, she won the National standing broad jump championship with an American record of 8'10", won the national indoor 220 title, the national indoor 50 yard dash championship and was the high point scorer in the National Indoor Championships.
The same year she was the National Junior Champion in the 100 meter dash, setting an American record at 11.8 seconds and completed a five year sweep as New England champion in the 50, 100 and 220.
In addition to her amazing accomplishments in track, Janet was the National Junior Freestyle swimming champion at 100 meters in 1948 and held several Rhode Island and New England championships before giving up swimming in order to concentrate on track.
