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Track & Field
AS A SOPHOMORE: Participated in five of six meets for the Irish ... finished fourth in her first meet of the season, clocking a time of 17:49 at the National Catholic Championship ... ran a time of 17:38 to finish 31st at the Notre Dame Invitational ... finished 37th at the Pre-National Meet in 21:03 ... earned her first all-BIG EAST cross country honor with a 14th-place finish at the BIG EAST Championship, clocking in at 21:13 ... closed out the season with a 103rd-place finish (23:16) at the Great Lakes Regional ... concentrated on the mile run and 3,000 meters during the indoor track season ... took eighth place at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 5:02.79 mile ... ran the mile in 5:07.67 to finish third at the Indiana Relays ... also finished third in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best time of 9:54.22 ... opened the outdoor season with fifth-place finishes in the 800 meters and 1,500 meters at the Mike Poehlein Invitational ... ran the 800 in 2:19.30 and the 1,500 in 4:42.03 ... took the top spot in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:58.00 at the Spartan Invitational ... followed that with a fourth-place showing at the Mt. SAC Relays, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:45.73 ... finished 10th in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:38.71 at the VS Athletics Beach Invitational ... garnered all-BIG EAST honors with her third-place performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the BIG EAST Championships, smashing her own school record with a time of 10:29.63 ... finished in 13th place (4:32.20) in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational and took 30th (2:14.94) in the 800 meters ... closed out her season with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Mideast Regional, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11:00.61. AS A FRESHMAN: Finished as one of the top-five runners for the Irish in every cross country meet she ran ... took sixth at the National Catholic Championship, running 18:17 over 5,000 meters ... dropped that time to 18:04 at the Notre Dame Invitational where she was 79th ... took 126th at the NCAA Pre-National meet ... placed 27th in the BIG EAST meet in a third-place team effort ... closed her season placing 35th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional ... concentrated on the mile during the indoor track season ... did run the 3,000 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational, coming through in 10:01.67 ... broke five minutes in the mile for the first time of the season at the Meyo Invitational, finishing 10th in 4:54.97 ... qualified for the finals of the mile at the BIG EAST indoor meet, running 4:55.85 ... took ninth in the final in 4:57.47, just missing BIG EAST team points ... garnered the first all-conference honors of her career by taking third in the distance medley relay with teammates Joanna Schultz, Brianne Schmidt and Katie DeRusso (11:49.66) ... ran the 1,200-meter leg of the relay ... ran her season's best mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational, finishing 12th in 4:53.49 ... ran a strong 1,500 meters outdoors at the Central Collegiate Championship, finishing in 4:30.59 ... focused heavily on the 3,000-meter steeplechase, establishing her best time of the season and a new school record at the BIG EAST outdoor meet ... ran 10:41.33 to finish third and earn additional all-conference hardware ... also competed on the 4x800-meter relay to take sixth, scoring more points for the BIG EAST team champion Irish ... qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the steeplechase ... placed 13th in 10:47.10. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and indoor & outdoor track at Saratoga Springs High School (N.Y.) ... 15-time All-America honoree between cross country and track ... four-time all-state selection in cross country ... 2006 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for state of New York ... three-time top-30 finisher at FootLocker National Cross Country Championship (placed 22nd in 2005) ... holds national high school record in 2,000-meter steeplechase (6:36.05), a mark she has set and re-broken several times in past year ... also led off SSHS four-mile relay team that set national indoor high school record in 2005 (19:59.24) ... ranked among national top 10 during 2006 indoor season for several events, including the 1,500 meters (seventh - 4:31.50), mile (10th - 4:52.58), 3,000 meters (second - 9:42.55; fastest on a banked track) and two miles (fifth - 10:41.29) ... took third in high school mile at famed Millrose Games in 2006 (her third consecutive appearance at event) ... finished as `06 state runner-up in 3,000-meter run ... won title at `05 Brown Cross Country Invitational (18:14) ... placed third at `05 New York state cross country championship (17:39.57 for 5K), helping team win state title (its 14th in past 17 seasons) ... also member of three-time Nike Team Nationals cross country national champions (set national meet scoring record in 2004 with 51 points) and `05 national runner-up ... helped pace four-time New York state cross country team champion ... National Honor Society member ... born Aug. 12, 1988 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... daughter of Christine and Gary Ferguson ... middle of three children ... father, Gary was a two-sport standout (football and track) at Northwood University (Mich.) ... aunt, Melissa Harbour, was a heptathlete at Texas A&M ... majoring in psychology. |
    
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