| Kara Scanlin |
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PR: 800: 2:17; Mile: 4:55.28; 3000m: 9:54.29; 5000m: 16:36.38; 10000m: 34:38.57
ALL-AMERICAN: Cross Country '06
ALL-ACC: Cross Country '02, '06
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AT VIRGINIA: 2006-07-(XC): Earned her first All-American honor with a 25th place finish at NCAA Nationals in 21:16.4, less then three seconds behind teammate Emily Harrison ... Led Virginia to a 14th place team finish at Nationals and upset of 14 ranked squads ... Was the first Cavalier, along with Harrison, to receive Cross Country All-American honors since Jennifer Owens in 2001 ... Earned her third All-Region honor by placing 7th, directly behind teammate Emily Harrison, in 20:36.05 at NCAA Southeast Regionals, leading Virginia to a fourth place team finish and an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships ... Garnered her second All-ACC Cross Country honor by placing tenth at the ACC Championships in 21:29.7, giving Virginia three All-ACC harriers and three finishers in 12 seconds ... Crossed the line in 20:47 at Pre-Nationals, seven seconds behind teammate Emily Harrison, and placed 27th overall, helping UVa to a 11th place team finish ... Finished 17th at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minnesota in 21:51, being one of three Cavaliers within the top 21 and helped UVa to a sixth place team finish ... Crossed the line seventh at the Lou Onesty Invitational in 18:06.6, helping lead the Cavaliers to their third straight team title ... 2005-06-(Out): Ran a personal best 34:38.57 to take third in the 10,000 meters at the ECAC Championships, moving her up the chart as the eighth-best performer in school history ... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional meet in the 5000 meters with her 16:36.38 finish at the Stanford Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 10,000 meters at the ACC Championships at Wake Forest in 36:04.97, just missing All-ACC honors ... Crossed the line ninth in the ACC Championships 5000 meters, just missing scoring by .07, in 16:52.01 ... Opened her outdoor season with a victory in the 3000 meters at the 49ers Invitational in 9:54.29 ... -(In): Ran 17:17.69 to place ninth at the ACC Championships in Blacksburg ... -(XC): Ran in all six meets, including the Pre-Nationals meet in which she led team and finished 31st overall in 20:59 ... was second Cavalier across the line in other five meets ... just missed earning All-ACC honors by finishing 16th at the ACC Championships in 19:57.8 ... earned All-Regional honors by finishing seventh at the Regional meet in 20:18.1 ... crossed the line 18th at the Great American Cross Country Festival in 17:48.6 as the Cavaliers second finisher and helped upset #21 ranked Georgia ... finished ninth in 18:31.62 at the Lou Onesty Invitational to help the Cavaliers to a second straight team title ... her return from injury coincided with UVa's return to the National Championships ... 2004-05:- Missed seasons due to injury ... 2003-04- Missed seasons due to injury. 2002-03-(Out/In): Redshirted indoor and outdoor seasons. (XC): Turned in an incredible first-year campaign, leading the Cavaliers in three races, including NCAA Pre-National meet where the Hoos finished seventh, upsetting a pair of teams...finished 10th at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet, leading the Cavaliers with a 20:29.9, earning All-Region honors... earned ACC All-Conference honors with a seventh-place finish
High School-Two-time Footlocker finalist...second place at Adidas outdoor 2-mile...high school All-American in XC and track...four time cross country all-state...cross country individual state champ 2001...set Florida 3 mile state record...four time cross country MVP...four time track all-state ...four time track MVP. Personal- Born July 15, 1983 in Jacksonville, Fla....daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Scanlin...one sister, Leah.
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