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2010 Cross Country

Diana Palka

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Walt Whitman H.S.
  • Hometown:
    Huntington Station, N.Y.

Summary

Biography

2010 Cross Country: Picked up a 23rd-placefinish at the UNC Invitational (5k) with a time of 22:11.30 ...Finished with a time of 22:11.91 at the Big South Preview (5k) ...Crossed the finish line at the Charlotte Invitational (5000m) witha time of 21:03.10 ... Posted a time of 20:26.00 at the Blue RidgeOpen (5k) ... Crossed the finish line with a time of 19:55.61 atthe 2010 Big South Championships (5k) ... Wrapped up the 2010season with a time of 23:58.20 at the 2010 NCAA Southeast Regionals(6k) in Louisville, Ky.

2009 Cross Country: Topped all Lady Bulldogrunners with a fifth-place finish at the Western Carolina Open (2mile) with a time of 12:13.93 ... Placed 19th overall with a timeof 20:06.00 at the Big South Conference Preview Meet (5k) ...Recorded a time of 19:09.40 at the Charlotte Invitational (5k) ...Crossed the finish line with a time of 20:59, good enough for a43rd-place finish at the 2009 Big South Conference ChampionshipMeet (5k).

2008 Cross Country: Finished 17th aftercrossing the line in 13:24.07 at the WCU Open ... Placed 26th atthe Wolfpack Invitational with a time of 20:42 ... Recorded a17th-place finish at the Catamount Classic, crossing the finishline in 20:25.47 ... Posted an 18th-place effort at the Pirate XCInvitational in a time of 20:39 ... Ran 20:37 at the Blue RidgeOpen ... Finished 45th at the New Balance Big South ConferenceChampionships, crossing in 22:05.67.  

2007 Cross Country: Took 17th in her firstcollegiate race with a time of 13:54 at the Western CarolinaInvitational ... Finished 26th at the Big South Preview aftercrossing the line in 21:46.6 ... Placed 36th at the PirateInvitational with a time of 22:14 ... Was 14th at the GWU Duels ...Took 131st at the at the Blue Ridge Open with a time of 21:14 ...Finished 61st at the A-Sun Championships with a time of 21:25.

Before Gardner-Webb: A three-time all-leagueselection in cross country at Walt Whitman H.S. ... Two-timeall-division honors ... Earned all-league accolades in the 3,000m... Two-year captain of the cross country team ... Captained thetrack team her senior season ... Three-time all-league selection inbasketball ... Member of the National Honor Society.



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Historical Player Information

  • 2007Freshman

    Dist.
    5'11"
  • 2008Sophomore

    Dist.
    5'11"
  • 2009Junior

    Dist.
    5'11"
  • 2010Senior

    5'11"