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Marie Lawrence
One of Washington's five cross country All-Americans from the 2008 National Championship team ... was UW's second or third finisher at every meet during the team's dominating season ... national high school steeplechase champ will make collegiate track debut this season. 2008 (Cross Country): Breakout sophomore season saw her place second or third among Huskies at every meet as the women won the program's first National Championship ... earned first career All-American honor for 25th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 20:32, an improvement of 92 spots from 2007 nationals ... the Pac-10 runner-up behind teammate Kendra Schaaf, running what would have been a Springfield Country Club course record time of 19:53 had Schaaf not set the new mark ... named First Team All-Pac-10, and All-West Region following her fourth-place finish at Regionals, second on the team ... Regional finish marked a 28-place improvement in one year ... at Pre-Nationals, placed fifth overall and third among Huskies as the women dominated several top-10 teams ... placed third at the Tiger Invite in Auburn as the Huskies swept the top-three spots ... was the Sundodger runner-up in 20:23 to open the season, running 35 seconds faster than the previous year and serving notice for the season to come. 2007-08: Stellar freshman season, UW's Newcomer of the Year ran No. 3 or No. 4 at every varsity race for the Huskies ... placed 13th at the Pac-10 Championships (3rd UW) in season-best 20:34, earning second team All-Pac-10 and was the third freshman across the line ... finished 117th overall (4th UW) at first NCAA Championships, helping the Huskies to eighth ... also ran fourth on the squad at West Regionals and Pre-Nationals ... burst onto the scene with third-place finish at Sundodger Invite in 20:58, followed by 13th-place run at the Dellinger in 20:48, running No. 3 for the Huskies on both occasions ... redshirted track season. High School and Personal: Born in Carson City, Nevada ... parents are Lee and Jack Lawrence ... older sister Collier runs cross country and track for Washington State ... younger brother John will run for Portland State ... one of the top recruits in the class of 2007 ... placed 11th at the 2007 USA Cross Country Championships in Boulder, Colo. ... Junior National Champion in 3k steeplechase in 2006 with a championship meet record time of 10:15 ... Footlocker Cross Country All-American in the 5k from 2003-06 after placing second at the Footlocker XC Championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005, and fifth in 2006 ... has represented the United States at both the World Junior Cross Country Championships and the World Junior Track and Field Championships ... Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Northern Nevada for cross country and track ... three-time Nevada state cross country champion ... also a state champ on the track in 800m, 1600m, and 3200m ... plans to major in physical therapy. Major Meets Collegiate Best Marks |
