Nora Colligan Class: Senior Hometown: Rockford, Mich. High School: Rockford Height: 5-10

2003: Scored in all six races she ran as a senior, including the championship meets … NU’s second-place runner and 30th overall at the 6K Big Ten Championships (11/2), clocking a career-best 22:07.1 … Third Wildcat, 40th overall with a time of 22:44 at 6K Midwest Regional (11/15) … Third among Northwestern runners at the 6K Spartan Invitational (9/19) and the 5K Lakefront Invitational (10/4) … Placed 22nd overall with a time of 22:33.8 at Spartan Invite and 27th overall in 18:38 at Lakefront … Also scored with a time of 23:31 at the 6K Roy Griak Invitational (9/27) and 23:24.1 at the 6K Pre-National Invitational (10/18) … Academic All-Big Ten … Competed in the Women's College 3,000 at the 2004 Penn Relays.

2002: Competed in four races for the Wildcats … Ran at the 5K Big Ten Championships and clocked 19:34.4 … Best 6K time came at the Roy Griak Invitational (23:20.6) … Also ran at the 6K Illinois State Invitational (24:11.21) and the 5K Notre Dame Invitational (19:34) … Academic All-Big Ten.

2001: Ran in six races and was NU's sixth runner on each occasion … Finished 62nd overall at 5K Big Ten Championships (19:00.0) … 94th overall at 6K NCAA Midwest Regional (23:38.4) … Best finish was 34th at 5K Bradley Open (19:36) … Also ran at 5K Illinois Invitational (18:49), 6K Roy Griak Invitational (22:54.2) and 6K Pre-National Invitational at Furman (24:01) … Academic All-Big Ten.

2000: Ran in all eight races, scoring in five … Finished 40th overall with season-best 6K time at NCAA Midwest Regional (22:12) … Finished 49th overall at 5K Big Ten Championships (18:44) … Fourth overall at 2-mile UIC Opener (11:22) … Finished 13th overall at 5K Bradley Open (18:33) … Also scored with season-best 5K time at Notre Dame Invitational (18:17) … Was an alternate for the U.S. junior women’s team at IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Ostend, Belgium.

High School: Member of Rockford’s 1998 and 1999 state championship cross country teams with NU teammate Emily Blakeslee … 2000 state runner-up in 800 (2:12) … Four-time all-conference in cross country, three-time all-conference in track … All-state in both … With Blakeslee, ran on 4x1-mile relay team that set national record at Nike Indoor Classic (20:23) … At 2000 Foot Locker Championships, member of winning 4x800, 4x1-mile and Distance Medley relay teams and earned All-America honors … Member of Rockford’s 4x800 relay team that took third at the 1999 Foot Locker National Track Meet.

Personal: Born Nora Jean Colligan on 8/21/82 … Daughter of Rick and Susan Colligan … Majoring in Materials Science and Engineering.

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