Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Charles Florence Torpey bụ onye nkuzi Coogan na Mahadum Maryland, onye duziri ndị otu nwoke na ndị nwanyị na-agba ọsọ na Mahadum La Salle ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ ọnwụ. Mgbe ọ nọ na mahadum, Coogan bụ ọkachamara n'ịgba ọsọ steepụ. Coogan bụ onye mbụ a mụrụ na Massachusetts nke gbara otu kilomita n'ihe na-erughị minit anọ. Na Machị 1995, na Pan-American Games (Mar del Plata, Argentina), Coogan nwetara ihe nrite ọlaọcha na Marathon, na oge nke 2:15:21. Ọ gbara ọsọ
marathon na 1996 Summer Olympics na Atlanta, na-etinye 41st na oge nke 2:20:27, mgbe ọ na-etinye nke abụọ na U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon na oge nke 2:13:05 (oge ndụ ya kacha mma). O tinyekwara nke atọ na U.S. 2000 Olympic Trials Marathon na oge nke 2:17:04, ma ọ bụghị asọmpi na 2000 Sydney Olympics n'ihi na ọ bụghị nweta Olympic "A" ọkọlọtọ nzere oge. Ọ lara ezumike nká na asọmpi na 2004.