2003: Served as one of the Wildcat captains in 2003 … Ran four times on the season … Clocked 19:48 at the 5K Lakefront Invitational (10/4) and 20:33 at the 5K UW-Parkside Invitational (10/18) … Ran 24:15.3 at the 6K Spartan Invitational (9/19) and 25:05 at the 6K Roy Griak Invitational (9/27) … Academic All-Big Ten. 2002: Participated in five races for the 'Cats, scoring in three of them … Won the individual championship at the 5K Forester Invitational, shattering her personal-best in the process (19:16) … Scored as NU's third runner at the 5K Midwest Open (20:49) and its fifth runner at the 5K Lakefront Invitational (20:05) … Finished 37th overall at the season-opening 6K Illinois State Invitational (25:03.27) … Also ran at the 6K Roy Griak (24:16.2) … Academic All-Big Ten. 2001: Ran in three races and scored in one of them … Best finish was 21st overall at 5K Forester Invitational (20:35) … Scored at 5K Notre Dame Invitational (20:33) … Also competed in 5K Bradley Open (21:38) … Academic All-Big Ten. 2000: Ran in two races, the 6K Roy Griak Invitational (24:45) and the 6K Lakefront Invitational (25:02) … Ran with the ‘B’ team in the 5K Forester Invitational (20:36). High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track as well as one letter in basketball … Illinois Class A state champion in 1,600 in 1998 and 1999 … All-state and team MVP in cross country four times, including second-place finishes at state championships in 1997 and 1998 and sixth-place finishes in 1996 and 1999 … Team won 1998 Class A cross country state championship and finished third in 1999 … Sectional track champions in 1998 and 1999 … Competed in Northwest Herald All-Star Festival 2000. Personal: Born MaryCatherine LaBracke on 4/30/82 … Daughter of Steven and MaryRose LaBracke … Mother ran cross country at Marquette University … Psychology major. |
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