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Kaitlyn Gillespie
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Sr. |
| Hometown: |
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio |
| Height: |
5-2 |
| Sport: |
Women's Cross Country |
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- Riding high on confidence following All-America honors from last season
At West Virginia in 2011
- Achieved All-America honors with a 27th-place mark at the NCAA Championship in 20:17 (6k)
- Came in seventh place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in 21:46 (6k), earning all-region honors
- Earned all-BIG EAST honors with seventh-place finish at the BIG EAST Championship in 20:14 (6k)
- Came in second place at the Penn State National in 20:53 (6k)
- Arrived in second place at the Toledo Bubble Buster Invitational in 13:18 (4k)
At West Virginia in 2010
- Earned All-America honors following her 34th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in 20:46 (6k)
- Achieved all-Mid-Atlantic Region accolades with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in 20:31 (6k)
- Earned all-BIG EAST honors with a 10th-place mark at the BIG EAST Championships with a 6k time of 21:17
- Finished 17th at the Penn State National with a 6k time of 21:13
- Came in first place at the BIG EAST Preview in 18:28
- Achieved her second first-place finish of the season at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 5K time of 17:24
- BIG EAST academic all-star
At Cedarville in 2009
- NCCAA and NAIA All-American
- Placed sixth at the NAIA Championships
- Named conference female athlete of the week four times
- Named team's Most Valuable Runner
- Took first place at the Shawnee State Invitational, the DePauw/Rose-Hulman Invitational, the Aquinas Invitational, the American Conference Championship and the NCCAA Championships
Prep
- Captain of the cross country team at Cuyahoga Falls Christian Academy
- 2008 state champion in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter races
- Member of 2008 state championship team
- Dapper Dan Club of Akron honoree
Personal
- Daughter of Jim and Diane Gillespie
- Has one brother and a sister
- Birthday is June 28
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Named to the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Named to 2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic team
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