CAREER BESTS Indoor | Outdoor 800m: 2:10.80 | 2:09.30 1500m: -- | 4:19.10 Mile: 4:40.18 | -- 3000m: 9:49.02 | -- * School record holder in the indoor mile and outdoor 800m ** Team Captain for the 2008-09, 2007-08 and 2006-07 seasons 2009 Cross Country: Competed in every event for the Cards... Earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships where she finished 75th... Named All-Region and All-BIG EAST performer for the fourth straight season with third and sixth place finishes, respectively... Won the Mid-American Opener (14:35.74)... Finished runner-up at the UW-Parkside Midwest Open and Greater Louisville Classic... Added a 14th place finish at Pre-Nationals. 2008-09: Competed in three outdoor events and three indoor events for the Cardinals...Had five first place finishes...Finished second in the mile run at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship...Qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships for the mile...Automatic qualifier to NCAA Outdoor Championships after fourth place finish in 1,500m at regionals...Named BIG EAST female track performer of the week on January 28, 2009...Made USTFCCCA All-Academic Team...Set a personal best in the 1500m at the Canadian Championships. 2008 Cross Country: Was the Cards No. 1 runner for the third consecutive year ...Had two first place finishes, Mid-American Opener and Winthrop Invite, in five events for the Cardinals ... Finished second at the Greater Louisville Classic ... Finished tenth out of 137 competitors at the BIG EAST Championships and 5th out of 231 competitors at the NCAA Southeast Regionals ... Named All-BIG EAST and All-Region performer for the third consecutive year ... Earned one of 38 individual bids for the NCAA Championships ... Finished 72nd out of 252 competitors at the NCAA Championships; the highest in women's program history ... Qualified for the World Cross Country Championships after finishing second at the ASGI Canadian Cross Country Championships in the women's senior race. 2007-08: Finished 20th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, fifth at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships and NCAA Mideast Regional and eighth at the Canadian Olympic Team Trials in the 1,500m... Set school record in 800m (2:09.30) at the Cardinal Twilight. 2007 Cross Country: Was the first U of L runner through the finish line in all six events, just as she was in 2006 ... Finished first overall two times on the year, first at the Mid-America Opener and again at the Navy Invitational ... Placed ninth at the BIG EAST Championships out of 132 competitors to earn All-BIG EAST Honors ... Earned All-Region Honors at the NCAA Southeast Regionals with a ninth-place finish overall. 2006-07: Competed in three events for the Cardinal during the indoor season ... Posted a second place finish at the Gladstein Invite in the 3000m ... Ran a 5:04.13 minute mile at the BIG EAST Championships which was good for 12th place. 2006 Cross Country: First U of L woman to race at the NCAA Championships, and finished 106th overall ... Named All-BIG EAST and All-Region as a freshman ... Finished 11th at the BIG EAST Championships and 15th at the NCAA Regional's ... Was the first finisher for the Cardinals in all seven races she ran ... Won the Greater Louisville Classic. High School: Three-year member of the Canadian Junior Team at the World Cross Country Championships ... Canadian Cross Country Champion in 2003 ... Bronze medalist in the 1500 meters at the Canada Summer Games ... Nine-time Provincial medalist ... Personal best times as a prep were 4:28.80 in the 1500m, 2:10 in the 800m and 9:49 in the 3000m. Personal: Born May 1, 1987 ... Daughter of Wendy and Blair McKay ... Has one sister, Amber ... Majoring in exercise science, also studying speech pathology. |
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