her primary distance was the 1500 meters. she ranked in the top ten of the 1500 meters five times in the united states from 1990-1998. she also ranked in the top ten of the 3000 meters four times. her personal bests for the 1500 meters and the 3000 meters are 4:07.15 and 8:46.04 respectively. in 1996 she tied for 5th place in the 1500 meters at the united states olympic trials held in atlanta, georgia. she was eighth at the iaaf world indoor championships in the 3000m in 1993. she was the usa track and field indoor national champion in the same event a year later. in 1996 franey fleming won the prestigious millrose games women's mile run 11 years after capturing the high school millrose girls mile run making her the only athlete to do so. in 1997 she finished third place behind deena kastor and lynn jennings at the usa 8k cross country championships in portland, oregon.