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CARA REARDON<br />
• SENIOR<br />
• DISTANCE<br />
• NORTHBOROUGH, MASS.<br />
2004-05: <strong>Cross</strong> Country: Competed at the BIG EAST Championships<br />
... fi n<strong>is</strong>hed in 22nd place at the CCSU Blue Devil Invite <strong>and</strong><br />
23rd at the CCSU Mini Meet. Indoor: Participated in only the<br />
3,000-meter run in the Boston University Invitational. Outdoor: Took second place in the<br />
5000 at the <strong>UConn</strong> Invitational with a time of 18:37.48.<br />
2003-04: <strong>Cross</strong> Country: Ran in fi ve meets for the <strong>Huskies</strong> ... placed 20th at the CCSU<br />
Mini Meet <strong>and</strong> 27th at the Quinnipiac Invitational. Indoor: Top fi n<strong>is</strong>h was 15th place in the<br />
3000-meter run at the URI Invitational. Outdoor: Fin<strong>is</strong>hed 12th in the 1500 at the Wildcat<br />
Classic ... placed sixth in the 5000 at the <strong>UConn</strong> Invite #2.<br />
High School: Varsity letterwinner in cross country <strong>and</strong> track <strong>and</strong> fi eld at the Notre Dame<br />
Academy in Worcester, Mass. ... was the team’s top cross country runner as a senior ...<br />
named a conference all-star as a senior ... named co-captain of the indoor track team as a<br />
senior ... was given the Coaches Award in cross country as a senior.<br />
Personal: Cara Mackenzie Reardon ... political science <strong>and</strong> philosophy major ... born<br />
November 20, 1983.<br />
ERIN SALES<br />
• SENIOR<br />
• MIDDLE DISTANCE<br />
• WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN.<br />
2004-05: Indoor: Took 10th place in the 500-meter run at the New<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> Championships ... placed second in the 800 at the URI Invitational<br />
… placed third in the in the 500 at the Black Knight Invitational<br />
with a time of 1:20.18. Outdoor: Participated in six meets … took fi rst place at the Dick<br />
Shea Open in the 800 with a time of 2:22.84.<br />
2003-04: Indoor: Took 13th in the 500 with a time of 1:23.42 at the Alden Invitational …<br />
fi n<strong>is</strong>hed 9th in the 500 at the URI Invitational with a time of 1:21.42 … came in 10th at the St.<br />
Valentine’s Invitational with a time of 1:19.51 … ran a season-best 1:19.10 in the 500 at the<br />
New Engl<strong>and</strong> Championships. Outdoor: Placed 11th in the 200 dash with a time of 27.84<br />
at the fi rst <strong>UConn</strong> Invitational … ran 1:01.79, good for fi fth place in the 400 at the Wildcat<br />
Invitational … also took fi fth in the 400 with a time of 1:01.46 at the fi rst <strong>UConn</strong> Invitational …<br />
recorded a season-best time of 27.34 in the 200 at the second <strong>UConn</strong> Invitational … came in<br />
10th in the 400 with a season-best time of 1:00.63 at the Yale Spring Invitational.<br />
High School: Earned fi ve track <strong>and</strong> fi eld letters at Windsor Locks High School … four-time<br />
All-Conference athlete.<br />
Personal: Erin Michelle Sales … management major … born November 9, 1984.<br />
MELANIE MURPHY<br />
• SENIOR<br />
• DISTANCE<br />
• NEWTOWN, CONN.<br />
2004-05: <strong>Cross</strong> Country: Ran in BIG EAST Championship for the<br />
<strong>Huskies</strong> ... took 26th place at the CCSU Mini Meet. Indoor: Competed<br />
in the New Engl<strong>and</strong> Championships, taking 12th place in the 1,000-<br />
meter run preliminaries with a season team-best time of 3:02.87 ... Competed in a total of six<br />
meets … fi n<strong>is</strong>hed second at the Alden Invitational in the 1000. Outdoor: Participated in the<br />
800 as well as the 1500 at two meets … fi n<strong>is</strong>hed 11th at the Dick Shea Open in the 800.<br />
2003-04: Indoor: Came in 13th in the mile at the Alden Invitational with a season-best time of<br />
5:47.55 … took 10th in the 500 at the URI Invitational with a time of 1:21.60 … placed ninth<br />
with a season-best time of 1:19.43 in the 500 at the St. Valentine’s Invitational. Outdoor:<br />
Fin<strong>is</strong>hed 17th in the 400 with a season-best time of 1:05.43 at the Dick Shea Open … ran a<br />
season-best time of 28.25 in the 200 at the same meet … fi n<strong>is</strong>hed 13th in the 800m at the<br />
fi rst <strong>UConn</strong> Invitational with a season-best time of 2:28.52.<br />
Personal: Melanie Murphy ... a graduate student ... born February 12, 1984<br />
ORLAITH CUNNINGHAM<br />
• SOPHOMORE<br />
• DISTANCE<br />
• BRANFORD, CONN.<br />
Athlete Profiles<br />
2004-05: <strong>Cross</strong> Country: Competed at the NCAA Regionals <strong>and</strong> BIG<br />
EAST Championships ... participated in a total of fi ve meets. Indoor:<br />
Competed in three meets … fi n<strong>is</strong>hed in the top-20 on three occasions. Outdoor: Ran in the<br />
3,000-meter steeplechase at the BIG EAST Championships, taking 17th place ... competed<br />
in a total of four meets … took third place in the 3000 steeplechase at the <strong>UConn</strong> Select<br />
Invitational.<br />
High School: Two-time cross country letterwinner <strong>and</strong> four-time track <strong>and</strong> fi eld letterwinner<br />
at Branford High School … earned All-Div<strong>is</strong>ion, All-Conference <strong>and</strong> All-State honors for cross<br />
country twice … named All-New Engl<strong>and</strong> in cross country as a senior … received New Haven<br />
Reg<strong>is</strong>ter MVP honors for cross country in 2002 <strong>and</strong> 2003 … two-time team MVP for cross<br />
country <strong>and</strong> outdoor track … SCC Champion in cross country for 2002 <strong>and</strong> 2003 … earned<br />
All-SCC Team cross country honors in 2002 <strong>and</strong> 2003 … served as captain for cross country<br />
<strong>and</strong> outdoor track teams … named to Hartford Courant All-State Team for cross country in<br />
2002 <strong>and</strong> 2003 … named All-State for outdoor track in the 1600 in 2002 … also lettered in<br />
basketball … student council member … national honor society member.<br />
Personal: Orlaith M. A. Cunningham … nursing major ... born March 12, 1986.<br />
MARLENE PRIEST<br />
• JUNIOR<br />
• SPRINTS/HURDLES<br />
• SOUTH DENNIS, MASS.<br />
2004-05: Indoor: Competed in the 500-meter run at the New<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> Championships, placing eighth in the preliminaries ...<br />
participated in a total of fi ve meets … placed fi rst in the 500 at the Black Knight Invitational<br />
with a time of 1:19.90. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 400 hurdles at the BIG EAST<br />
Championships with a personal best time of 1:01.55 ... ran in the 400 hurdles at the ECAC<br />
Championship for the <strong>Huskies</strong> .... participated in a total of fi ve meets … took fi rst place in<br />
the 400 hurdles in the third <strong>UConn</strong> Invitational of the season with a time of 1:03.64.<br />
2003-04: Indoor: Placed fourth in the 55 hurdles at the Yale Invitational ... qualifi ed for<br />
the BIG EAST Championships in the 500 <strong>and</strong> fi n<strong>is</strong>hed 15th in the prelims. Outdoor: Took<br />
sixth in the 400 hurdles in 1:03.68 in the fi rst meet of the outdoor season, the Miami Invitational<br />
... took fi rst in the 400 hurdles <strong>and</strong> second in the 100 hurdles at the <strong>UConn</strong> Invite #1<br />
... capped off the season with a strong seventh-place fi n<strong>is</strong>h in the 400 hurdles at the BIG<br />
EAST Championships <strong>and</strong> also competed at the ECAC Championships.<br />
High School: Four-year varsity track <strong>and</strong> fi eld letterwinner at Denn<strong>is</strong>-Yarmouth Regional<br />
High School under coach Jim Hoar … New Engl<strong>and</strong> champion in the 300m hurdles as a<br />
junior … team captain as a senior … indoor 4x400 relay team placed fi rst at Class B, State<br />
Coaches, State <strong>and</strong> New Engl<strong>and</strong> meets in 2001 … named to the honor roll all four years.<br />
Personal: Marlene Cecilia Priest ... human development <strong>and</strong> family studies major ... born<br />
May 28, 1985.<br />
RACHEL ROME<br />
• SOPHOMORE<br />
• MIDDLE DISTANCE<br />
• MORRISTOWN, N.J.<br />
2004-05: <strong>Cross</strong> Country: Competed in the CCSU Blue Devil Invitational<br />
for the <strong>Huskies</strong>. Indoor: Participated in the 1,000-meter run<br />
preliminaries at the New Engl<strong>and</strong> Championships ... was a member of the d<strong>is</strong>tance medley<br />
relay team that took sixth place at the BIG EAST Championships. Outdoor: Participated in<br />
fi ve meets … placed 9th in the 1500 at the Dick Shea Open … took 10th place at the third<br />
<strong>UConn</strong> Invitational in the 800.<br />
High School: <strong>Cross</strong> country <strong>and</strong> <strong>Track</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Field</strong> athlete at Morr<strong>is</strong>town High School… earned<br />
All County honors three times for indoor <strong>and</strong> once for outdoor… served as team captain for<br />
both track <strong>and</strong> fi eld <strong>and</strong> cross country…two-time MVP for outdoor <strong>and</strong> once for indoor… cross<br />
country team earned county championship her freshman year <strong>and</strong> state sectional championship<br />
her junior year… National Honor Society member.<br />
Personal: Rachel Marie Rome… elementary education major ... born May 20, 1986.<br />
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