2012 Cross Country Yearbook - Indiana State University Athletics

Indiana State Women’s Cross CountryMACEY BLACK5’-6”JuniorMiddle DistancePleasant Hill, Ill.Pleasant Hill High SchoolCross Country -2011 - Did not compete.2010 - Did not compete.Indoor Track & Field –2012 – Named All-Conference asmember of distance medley relay and 4x400 meter team teams… ran second leg of distance medley relay that placed second atMVC Indoors in 11:53.82 … ran third leg of 4x400 meter relaythat finished second at MVC Indoors with me of 3:44.75 … alsocompeted in 200 and 400 meters … placed 11th in 400 metersat MVC Indoors (57.61) … ran career best 57.38 in 400 meters atMeyo Invitaonal … ran career best 25.59 in 200 meters at GVSUBig Meet.2011 – Competed in the 60, 200, and 400 meters … placed 12thin 400 meters at MVC Indoor Championships in 400 meters in apersonal best me of 58.24 … placed 20th in 200 meters at MVCIndoors with a personal best me of 26.10 … ran personal bestme of 8.05 in 60 meters at Edmonds Cup.2010 – Competed in the 60, 200, and 400 meters … placed 21st atMVC Indoor Championships in 200 meters with me of 26.47.Outdoor Track & Field –2012 – Named All-Conference as member of 4x400 meter relayteam … ran second leg of winning 4x400 meter relay at MVCOutdoors in 3:40.78 … ran second leg of 4x400 relay that ransecond fastest me in school history of 3:40.17 in winning atPolytan Invitaonal … ran second leg of 4x100 relay that ran10thfastest me in school history of 46.63 in placing fih at MVCOutdoors … ran second leg of 1600 sprint medley relay that setschool record with a 3:51.19 finish at the Drake Relays … finishedseventh in 400 meters at MVC Outdoors with career best 56.12 …also ran career bests in 200 meters (25.48) and 100 meters (12.56)… named to MVC Track & Field Scholar Athlete Team.2011 – Competed in 100, 200, and 400 meters … ran personal best25.53 in 200 meters at Indiana Quadrangular … ran personal best58.99 in 400 meters at Paceseer Invitaonal … had season bestme of 12.80 in 100 meters at Indiana Quadrangular.2010 – Competed in 100, 200, and 400 meters … placed 17th atMVC Outdoor Championships in 400 meters with personal bestme of 59.79.Before ISU – Leered in track & field four years, basketball fouryears, and volleyball four years at Pleasant Hill High School …set school records in 100, 200 and 400 meters … garnered threeindividual All-State medals with a high-place of fourth in the 200meters at the Illinois State meet … had the second best me inIllinois Class A in 2009 with a 12.34 in 100 meters … had personalbest me of 26.02 in 200 meters … was All-Conference in basketballand volleyball in 2008 and 2009.Sycamore Cross Country 2012 YearbookPersonal – Macey Diane Black was born on June 3, 1991, in Foley,Ill., the daughter of Carla and Ken Black … majoring in RecreaonalTherapy at Indiana State … interests include swimming, boang,and four wheelers … has two siblings, Madison and Brian.VALERIE BURNS5’-6”JuniorDistanceGranger, Ind.Penn High SchoolCross Country –2011 – Placed fih at the EvansvilleMid-America Opener with a 4Kme of 15:23 … finished 25th at theIndiana Intercollegiates with a me of18:54 … ran season best 5K of 18:53at Notre Dame Invitaonal and a season best 6K me of 23:36 atthe ISU Pre-Naonal Invitaonal.2010 – Finished 16th at Sycamore Pride (20:05), 63rd at IndianaIntercollegiates (19:41) and 122nd at Notre Dame Invitaonal(20:14).Indoor Track & Field –2012 – Competed in 3,000 and 5,000 meters … ran career best10:09.05 in 3,000 meters at Meyo Invitaonal … ran career best17:24.72 in 5,000 meters at GVSU Big Meet … placed 12th in 5,000meters at MVC Indoors with me of 17:52.37.2011 – Did not compete.Outdoor Track & Field –2012 – Competed in 1,500, 5,000, and 10,000 meters … ran careerbests in each event … ran 4:50.58 in 1,500 meters at EIU-ISU IceDual … posted 11th fastest 5,000 meter me in school historywith a 17:41.30 finish at Paceseer Quadrangular … won 10,000meters at EIU Big Blue Classic with 13th fastest me in schoolhistory of 37:16.59.2011 – Ran personal bests of 4:57.76 in 1,500 meters, 10:41.48 in3,000 meters, and 18:25.91 in 5,000 meters.Before ISU – Competed in track & field and cross country at PennHigh School … Most Valuable Player in track four years … twicenamed track & field all-state in 3200 meters (2007), 4x800 relay(2007 … named all-state in cross country (2007) … holds schoolrecord in 3200 meters and as member of 4x800 meter relay team… played soball for five years before taking up running … wasMVP shortstop for Harris Heat.Personal – Valerie Ann (Val) Burns was born on March 6, 1992,in St. Joseph, Mich., the daughter of Steve and Charlene Burns …majoring in Exercise Science at Indiana State with plans to earnMaster’s and PhD in Exercise Physiology … interests include bikingand water sports … member Naonal Honor Society.Page C11