Gillian Nordquist

Gillian Nordquist

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Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Clarkston, Mich.

High School:
Clarkston

2007-08: [Cross Country] 2007 Patriot League Women's Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year and ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District selection ... consistent No. 2 scorer for the Bison ... at the Patriot League Championship, ran the second-fastest Bison time (21:50.00; 6K) for ninth place to make second-team all-league ... opened the season with a third-place finish at the Bison Open, running a 17:47.86 in the 3-mile race ... at the Western Ontario International Invitational, placed 25th with a time of 19:16.00 in the 5K ... finished second for the Bison and 92nd out of 317 runners at the Paul Short Invitational, clocking a time of 22:27.00 (6K) ... posted the second-fastest time for the Bison and 14th overall at the Lafayette Leopard Invitational (21:46.00; 6K) ... [Indoors] Won the 5,000 at the Bison Opener, clocking a personal-best time of 18:12.07 ... took sixth in the mile at the Bucknell Heptagonal (5:16.37) ... at the Bison Open and Multi, finished fourth in the 3,000 (10:26.23) ... ran the 3K and 5K at Patriot League Championships but did not score ... [Outdoors] Runner-up in the 3,000 at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... best Patriot League finish was ninth in the 10,000

2006-07: [Cross Country] Ran in six races for the Bison ... placed 10th at the Patriot League Championship (24:30 for 6K) and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (59th; 22:12)... named All-Patriot League ... [Indoors] Set a personal best in the 3,000 (10:25.04) at the Akron Open ... finished ninth in the 5,000 at the Patriot League Championships ... [Outdoors] Established a season best in the 10,000 (38:10.21) for sixth place at the Patriot League Championships ... also finished 12th in the 5,000

2005-06: [Cross Country] Scored for the Bison in all seven races she competed in ... was the team's sixth finisher at the Patriot League Championship (20th overall) and seventh at the Mid-Atlantic Regional (82nd overall) ... [Indoors] Won the 5,000 at the Black Squirrel Invitational (18:54.20) ... finished fourth in the mile at the Bison Open with a season-best time of 5:21.24 ... captured third in the 3,000 at the Bucknell Winter Classic, setting a season-best mark in the event (10:31.91) ... ran a season-best 18:38.92 in the 5,000 at the Akron Open ... also competed in the event at the Patriot League Championships ... [Outdoors] Scored in the 10,000 at the Patriot League Championships, taking fifth in 37:59.77 ... ran a season-best 4:55.03 in the 1,500 at the Fred Hardy Invitational ... posted a season best in the 3,000 at the Sam Howell Memorial Invitational (10:32.83) ... established a personal-best time in the 5,000 (17:56.96) at the Bison Outdoor Classic

Personal: Daughter of Steven and Martha Nordquist ... graduated from Clarkston High School where she lettered four times in both cross country and track ... set a school top-ten time in the 5,000 for cross country ... earned all-county and all-league honors all four years ... also earned all region honors three times and named all-state once ... part of four county, three league, two regional, and two state championship teams in cross country ... four-time high school All-American in the mile relay ... earned all-state honors as a part of the school's 4x800 relay ... English - creative writing and Spanish major ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

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