Women's Cross Country Defends Regional Title at Wisconsin
Last updated: Dec. 12, 2012
At Michigan ... Member of Big Ten Championship team (2012) ... Member of back-to-back Great Lakes Region Championship teams (2011, '12) ... Two-time NCAA Championship participant (2011, '12) ... All-Great Lakes Region (2012) ... Academic All-Big Ten (2012).
Sophomore (2012) ...All-Great Lakes Region ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Finished 75th (20:36.7) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Championships (Nov. 17) , helping U-M finish fifth -- its best finish since 2006 ... Finished 13th (20:45) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 9), helping U-M win its second-straight regional title -- earned All-Great lakes Region honors ... Finished 29th (21:03.3) at the 6,000-meter Big Ten Championships (Oct. 28), helping U-M win its ninth Big Ten title ... Finished 37th (20:54.3) at the 6,000-meter NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 13) ... Finished 13th (21:44) at the 6,000-meter Spartan Invitational (Sept. 14) ... Opened the season with a third-place finish (18:14) at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Aug. 31).
Freshman (2011) ... Capped the season with an 157th-place finish at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) in a time of 21:25.3 ... Helped Michigan win the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12) title as its fifth scorer, finishing 29th in a 6,000-meter time of 21:22.9 ... Crossed the line 52nd at the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 30) in a time of 21:28 ... Finished 89th at NCAA Pre-Nationals (Oct. 16) in a time of 22:26 ... Ran a personal-best 5,000-meter time of 17:44.53 at the Greater Louisville Classic (Oct. 1) to finish 30th overall ... Placed ninth at the 6,000-meter Illinois Orange & Blue Preview (Sept. 16) with a time of 21:47 ... Ran unattached at the 5,000-meter Michigan Open (Sept. 2), finishing eighth in a time of 18:52.84.
Prep ... Graduated from Rochester High School (2011) ... National Honor Society ... Academic All-State ... Cross Country ... Member of state championship team in 2007 ... Individual state champion in 2010 ... Finished eighth out of 256 runners at the 2011 Foot Locker Midwest Cross Country Championships ... Track & Field ... Member of state championship team, including 4x800-meter champion team in 2010 ... Runner-up in the 800-meter (2010) ... At the 2011 state meet, second in the 1,600-meter and third in the 800-meter ... Third at the 2011 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 1,500-meter (4:24.44).
Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Engineering ... Born on January 24, 1993 ... Daughter of Douglas and Tracy Handler.
