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04/10/2012
17 Utah athletes earn all-academic honors.
04/07/2012
Mergaert has lifetime-best season opening performance.
03/03/2012
Alyssa Abbott finishes career with personal-best performance in the mile.
03/02/2012
Utah distance medley relay finishes third with record performance.
02/29/2012
Utah distance medley relay team has sights on NCAA Championships.
At Utah
2011 Cross Country:
Finished 13th at Nevada Twilight ... recorded a time of 19:38.4 for 27th place at BYU Autumn Classic ... earned the 20th with a time of 19:53 at UNLV Invitational ... received Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic Honors.
2011 Outdoor Track:
Finished third in the 800m with a season-best time of 2:06.71 at the Stanford Invitational ... set a personal-best in the 1500m with a time of 4:26.47 for 15th place at Mt. Sac Relays ... earned eighth overall in the 800m at the MWC Outdoor Championships ... ran the 800m split of the distance medley relay that set a school-record time of 11:17.09 and earned the school's first-ever Drake Relay champion.
2011 Indoor Track:
Finished first in the 800m at the New Mexico Invitational with a time of 2:09.26 ... ran personal-best 400m time of 57.20 at Bronco Open ... earned second place overall in the 800m at the MWC Indoor Championships ... ran the 800m portion of the school-record-setting distance medley relay that finished with a time of 11:11.71 to finish second overall at the Alex Wilson Invitational ... received MWC All-Conference Team honors.
2010 Outdoor Track:
In season debut, set a personal-best time of 4:31.07 (1500m) for second overall at the Willie Williams Classic ... took first place in the 800-meter (2:07.82) race at the Aviva England Under 23 Championships and World Trials ... finished 23rd overall (2:15.43) in the 800m event at the NCAA Championships ... was runner-up in the first round at the NCAA Preliminary meet with a school-record 800m time of 2:06.21that beat her previous personal-best by one second ... clocked an 800m time of 2:08.12 that earned her fourth place at the MWC Outdoor Championships.
2010 Indoor Track:
Set 800m personal best at the NCAA Last Chance Qualifier ... her performance earned her third place in the meet and was the second-fastest in school history ... ran the 800m leg of distance medley relay team that set a school record time of 11:13.77 at NCAA Last Chance Qualifier ... finished seventh overall at the MWC Indoor Championships with an 800m time of 2:12.21 ... won conference title as a member of the distance medley relay that clocked a 11:38.59 at a time that ranks second in MWC Championship history ... clocked a time of 2:07.6 at the Husky Invitational for 11th place overall.
2009 XC:
Finished 48th overall at the MWC Championships with a time of 24:07.3 ... competed at the Chile Pepper Invite (6K), finishing the course in 23:18.76 (95th-place overall) ... opened the season with a 5K at the University of Nevada Invitational, clocking in at 21:32 for 19th-place overall.
2009 Outdoor Track:
Took fourth in 800m run at the Aviva England Athletics Under-20 Championships with a time of 2:08.71 in final heat ... earned the second-best time in school history in the 800m run (2:12.41) at the Utah Twilight where she earned first-place ... earned first place at the Eccles Coliseum Spring Meet with a time of 2:14.09 in the 800m ... at the Stanford Invitational, finished the 800m run in 2:13.12 for eighth-place in her heat.
2009 Indoor Track:
At the MWC Championships, finished seventh overall in the 800m run with a time of 2:15.85 ... set a new PR in the 400m at the Mountain State Games with a time of 58.39 to earn second-place overall ... competed at the Utah State Invitational in the 800m where she won outright with a time of 2:15.67 ...
2008 XC:
Redshirt.
High School:
South England 1500 meter champion in 2006 ... came in second in the South England Indoors in 2007 ... English Schools finalist 2004-08 ... earned a second-place finish for South England 800m race in 2008 ... personal records include 2:09 for 800m and 4:36 for 1500m run.
Personal:
Daughter of Peter and Rosemary Yates ... majoring in mass communication ... born April 23, 1990.
