4-time National Junior Champion over 1500/5000m (1989-1990)
Member of National Junior X-country Team 1988-89-90
(highest finish 24th place in Norway'89)(each year: 35th/24th/49th)
Member of National Junior & Senior Track Teams 1989-90-91
Highest overseas finish:
8th 1500m final WJ Championships '90;
7th 1500m final Pan Am Senior Games, Cuba '91
Have received five Provincial Achievement Certificates (89-91)
Awarded by the Govt. of Ontario
Have received two National Achievement Certificates (89, 90)
Awarded by the Govt. of Canada
College and Post-Collegiate Career (first by academic year)
1992 &
1993
Fall
6th
SEC X-Country
8k
15th
NCAA X-Country
10k
31:08
Indoor
1st
SEC Championships
3000m
8:05.32
7th
NCAA
3000m
8:12.75
Outdoor
Redshirted due to injury.
1993 &
1994
Fall
3rd
SEC X-Country
8k
23:29
Baton Rouge LA
2nd
NCAA X-Country
(SEC Athlete of the Year)
10k
29:43
Leihigh PA
Indoor
1st
SEC
3000m
7:56.70
1st
NCAA
5000m
13:48.08
Outdoor
1st
SEC
5000m
14:00.2
2nd
SEC
10'000m
31:11
2nd
NCAA
5000m
14:25
Summer
Member of Canada's 1994 Commonwealth Team (5000m - 11th in 13:50.68)
1994 &
1995
Fall
1st
SEC x-country
(SEC Athlete of the Year)
8k
Prairie Grove AR
10th
NCAA x-country
10k
Prairie Grove AR
Indoor
6th
SEC
Mile
4:10
Baton Rouge LA
2nd
SEC
3000m
8:08.72
Baton Rouge LA
1st
NCAA
3000m
8:06.81
Indianapolis IN
Outdoor
4th
SEC
1500m
3:41.39
Tuscaloosa AL
2nd
SEC
5000m
14:07.95
Tuscaloosa AL
2nd
SEC
10'000m
29:33
Tuscaloosa AL
4th
NCAA
5000m
14:39
Knoxville TN
1995 &
1996
Fall
11th
Cherry Street Mile
Mile
3:55.63
Tulsa OK
9th
Tulsa Run
15k
44:43
Tulsa OK
5th
Razorback Invitational X-country
10k
28:59
Fayetteville, AR
1st
Canadian Senior cross country
12k
37:35
Montreal QU
Indoor
11th
Cherry Street Mile
Mile
3:55.63
Tulsa OK
9th
Tulsa Run
15k
44:43
Tulsa OK
5th
Razorback Invitational X-country
10k
28:59
Fayetteville, AR
1st
Canadian Senior cross country
12k
37:35
Montreal QU
Outdoor
132
World Cross Championships
Cape Town SA
5th
Tyson Invitational
1500m
3:43.79
Fayetteville, AR
11th
Mt. Sac Relays
5000m
13:42.8
Walnut, CA
2nd
Penn Relays
10'000m
29:18
2nd
SEC Championships
10'000m
29:43
2nd
SEC Championships
1500m
3:44
2nd
SEC Championships
5000m
14:08
2nd
NCAA Championships
10'000m
28:56.55
3rd
NCAA Championships
5000m
13:49.65
1996
Summer
3rd
Canadian Olympic Trials
5000m
13:50.
Montreal QU
4th
Canadian Olympic Trials
1500m
3:42.19
Montreal QU
4th
Aileen Meagher
1500m
3:45
Halifax NS
3rd
Hechtel Invitational
5000m
13:22.08
Hechtel BEL
1st
Mackenzie Run
8k
23:32
Toronto ON
1st
Canadian Champs
5000m
14:11.83
Kitchener, ON
1st
Canadian Champs
10'000m
29:13.30
Kitchener, ON
1st
Falmouth Mile
Mile
4:01.54
Falmouth MA
Fall
5th
Bowling Green Classic
10k
28:48
Bowling Green, KY
4th
RoJack's
8k
23:02
Attleboro, MA
5th
Motorola
10k
28:58
Phoenix, AZ
5th
McDonnell Mile
Mile
3:51.0
Fayetteville, AR
1st
Mission Inn
5k
13:46
Riverside, CA
1st
Canadian Cross Country Champs
12k
37:24
Montreal QU
9th
Manchester Road Race
4.8 mile
23:00
Manchester CT
Coaches
Paul Poce (1995-Present)
Head Coach
Toronto Olympic Club
National team coach
Toronto Ontario
905-855-9374 (Fax and voice)
John McDonnell (1992-1997) Head Coach, University of Arkansas Track
U of A Campus, Bud Walton Arena (BWAR)
501-575-5403 (Voice)
501-575-3716 (Fax) Jeffrey Gaynor (1985-1994) National Team Coach, Personal coach 1985-1994
30 Parkside Drive
Hamilton Ontario
905-528-2258
Personal Notes
Aunt Rosalyn competed for Australia in 3m and 10m diving at 1956 Olympics.
Currently work as an independent consultant (Elite Conceptual Consulting) on
top working for the City of Toronto Urband Development Services,
Information Technology support team
Studied sustainable development issues, having taken Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of Arkansas.
Plays classical guitar.
Avid reader and researcher.
Enjoys various sports such as cross country and downhill skiing, hiking, swimming, and biking.
Sierra Club member and supporter.
Married August 2001 (I know, I can't belive it either - poor girl)
