Caroline Speirs Class: Senior Hometown: Greer, S.C. High School: Riverside Height: 5-5

2004: As a senior, competed in a team-high seven races including both Big Tens and Midwest Regionals ... Championship-meet appearances were first of her college career ... Finished 94th overall at Big Tens (10/31) and 154th at Midwest Regionals (11/13) ... Scored twice during the season ... Second among NU runners and fourth overall at 5K Forester Invitational (10/16) to help NU win team title ... Placed third among NU runners and 18th overall at 4K Great Am Legends (9/4) ... Placed 27th overall at 4K Hawkeye Invitational (9/10) ... Ran 6K races at both Griak Invitational (9/25) and Bradley Classic (10/1) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2003: Ran three times during the season ... Best 5K time was 21:06 at the UW-Parkside Invitational (10/18) ... Finished 28th overall in 21:22 at the 5K Forester Invitational (10/11) ... Ran 22:05 at the 5K Lakefront Invitational (10/4) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2002: Participated in five races and scored three times for the Wildcats ... Placed fourth overall at the 5K Forester Invitational (19:44) ... Also broke the 20-minute mark for 5K at the Lakefront Invitational (19:49) ... Finished as NU's top runner at the 5K Midwest Open (70th overall in 20:24) ... Also ran two 6K races, the Illinois State Invitational (24:59.64) and the Roy Griak (24:34.6) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2001: Ran in five races, scoring twice ... Best overall finish was 12th at the 2-mile UIC Home Opener (12:20) ... Also scored in 5K Notre Dame Invitational (20:03) ... Also competed in 5K Bradley Open (20:39), 5K Illinois Invitational (19:59) and 6K Roy Griak Invitational (24:56.2).

High School: Lettered six times in cross country and six times in track ... Captained both in 2000-01 ... Team MVP in cross country in 2000 ... Team MVP in track three times ... Five-time all-state, all-county and all-conference in XC ... Spartanburg Herald All-Area Team ... Cross country team won four state titles during her tenure and finished second one other time ... Team also won five county and five conference championships ... Ran on 2001 state champion 4x800 relay team ... Wendy's High School Heisman Award winner ... Competed in 2001 South Carolina Shrine Bowl Game Ball Run ... Graduated sixth in a class of 263 ... National Honor Society member ... National Merit Scholarship recipient.

Personal: Born Caroline Gilmer Speirs on 3/3/83 ... Daughter of Susan and Bob Speirs ... Brother, Daniel, is a member of Northwestern's Class of 2002.

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