Ann Roniger

In 1956, Roniger broke the national standing broad jump record, and tied the National Junior Olympic record for the 50-year dash.^[6] From 1957 to 1959, as a teenager in Elmdale, Kansas, Roniger was three-time Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) women's pentathlon national champion.^[7][8] Her 1957 win was considered especially notable, because she "had never competed previously in the shotput, hurdles, or high jump", three of the component events.^[9][6] She was featured in Sports Illustrated for her accomplishment.^[10] In 1958,^[11] she won three events, set two Ozark regional records,^[12] and finished with the highest total points across the five pentathlon events. In 1959 she was included in the All-America Women's Track and Field Team.^[13]

She continued competing as an athlete in college at Colorado State University, where she was a member of the school's first women's track and field team, along with sprinter Lillian Greene-Chamberlain, high jumper Ann Marie Flynn, and Rose Melanchuk.^[3] She aspired to a place on the American team for the 1960 Summer Olympics,^[14][15] but failed to qualify.^[16] In 1961 she transferred to the University of Hawaii, where she continued as a track athlete.^[4] In 1962, she set a state women's high jump record at Hawaii's Cooke Field.^[17]

In adulthood, Hussong was a health science teacher at a Kansas high school for 25 years. When she retired to Oklahoma, she became a professional organizer.^[1]

Ann Roniger married Bill Hussong in 1962. They had three children, William, Shawn, and Stephanie. She died in 2019, aged 76 years, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[1]