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2002-03 Team Co-Captain
2003 Indoor: ECAC QUALIFIER: 1000 METERS, 3200-METER RELAY, DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY; Posted a season-best and ECAC-qualifying time of 2:53.17 to finish runner-up in the 1000 meters at the Collegiate Open… Performance moved her into seventh place in the GMU all-time indoor performers list in the event… Came out of the preliminary round with the second-best time in the 1000 meters at the ECAC Championships, and placed ninth in the finals in 2:57.59… Ran the anchor on the 4x800-meter relay that won in a season-best 9:18.06 at the Collegiate Open… Also anchored the distance medley relay to victory at the Patriot Games… Posted the team’s best times in the mile and 3000 meters… Ran a season-best time of 5:05.95 in the mile and clocked in at 11:09.58 in the 3000… Both were top-10 finishes. 2002 Cross Country: Named to the All-CAA Cross Country team after a 10th-place finish in the 6,000 meters at the CAA Championships in 22:26.87… Recorded four other top-10 finishes, including a season-high finish of third at the Mason Invitational… Posted a personal-best time of 18:25.60 in the 5,000 meters at the James Madison Invitational to place fifth among collegians and sixth overall… Posted the Patriots’ best time in all six meets. 2002 Outdoor: Competed in the 800, 1500 and 4x800-meter relay… Posted the team’s top time in the 1500, winning at the Maryland Invitational in a season-best 4:41.39… Scored for the Patriots in the event at the CAA Championships, placing seventh… Also scored in the 800 meters, finishing eighth in a season-best 2:17.28. 2002 Indoor: Top miler for the Patriots… Posted season-best time of 5:02.54 to finish seventh among collegians at Virginia Tech’s Last Chance Meet… Turned in two additional top-10 finishes in the mile… Placed third among collegians in the 800 meters at the season-opening Father Diamond Invitational in 2:24.14… Ran a leg on the distance medley relay that picked up two top-10 finishes. 2001 Cross Country: Team captain… Posted a top-20 finish at the season-opening Navy Invitational in a season-best 20:30.76… Also competed at the CAA Championships. 2001 Highlights: Outdoors, recorded a team- and personal-best time of 4:38.21 in the 1500 meters for a top-25 finish at Tennessee’s Sea Ray Relays… Was third in the event at the Patriot Invitational… Ran the third leg in both the 4x800-meter relay and distance medley relay… 4x8 finished fifth in the College Division at the Penn Relays in a season-best 9:16.78… Indoors, qualified for the ECAC Championships as part of the 4x800-meter relay… Won the 800 meters at the Patriot Games in 2:20.64… Placed in the top five in the mile at the Collegiate Invitational… Ran a season-best 5:10.26 in the mile at the Penn State Open… Ran the first leg of the 4x800-meter relay, winning at the Patriot Games… Competed in four cross country meets in 2000 … The top Patriot finisher at the season-opening Navy Invitational, placing in the top 10… A top-15 finisher at the Mason Invitational, finishing the 5,000-meter run in a then-personal-best 20:14.42… The team’s top finisher at the CAA Cross Country Championships, placing 27th in the 6,000-meter run in 24:25.60. 2000 Highlights: Outdoors ran season- and team-best time of 4:52.01 in the 1500 meters at the CAA Championships… Also competed in the 800 meters at the Terrapin Invitational, finishing fourth in 2:24.85... Indoors, primarily competed in the mile… Placed in the top 10 at the Collegiate Invitational in a season-best 5:24.53… Competed in every cross country meet in 1999, posting two top-20 finishes… Recorded best time of 21:06.20 at the CAA Cross Country Championships, as the fourth Patriot finisher… Highest finish was 12th at the Maryland Invitational. Prep: A multi-sport athlete, playing three years of varsity basketball, four years of outdoor track, three years of cross country and one year of indoor track for the Dragons… Earned all-state accolades for track in '98… Named to the All-TCAC first team from '96-'98 in cross country… As a junior placed second at states in the 1600 meters and was a qualifier as part of the 4x800-meter relay… The District 10 champion in the 1600 meters as a junior… Holds her high school record in the 1600 meters and the 4x800 meter relay… Named to Who's Who Among American High School Students. Personal: Born March 23, 1981… Parents are Mike and Kathy DiPenti… Has two older brothers, Brad (31) and Jerry (24) … A member of the Student Athlete Advisory Council… Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in Spring 2002… Enjoys camping and swimming… Heavily recruited out of high school by schools such as James Madison, Kentucky and Purdue… A 1999 graduate of Warren Area High School… A communications major. PRs: 800 (2:17.28), 1500 (4:38.21), Mile (5:01), 5,000 XC (18:25.60) |
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