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2008 Cross Country

Bree Tharpe

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Roaring River, NC

Summary

Biography

2008 Cross Country: Finished 44th at theWolfpack Invitational with a time of 22:22 ... Was 23rd at theCatamount Classic, finishing in 21:21.89 ... Posted a 21st-placeperformance at the Pirate XC Invitational after crossing the linein 21:42 ... Placed 209th at the NCAA East Regional with a time of25:39.3. 

2007-08 Outdoor: Scored points at theA-Sun Championship with a sixth-place finish in the 3,000msteeplechase, finishing in 13:18.45 ... Had a fourth-place finishin the event at the Solid Orange Classic ... Placed 11th in the1,500m at the Radford Invitational after crossing the finish linein 5:32.59 ... Had a season-best time of 2:33.91 in the 800m at the49er Classic.

2007-08 Indoor: Part of the sixth-placedistance medley relay team at the A-Sun Championships, finishing inof 13:02.79 ...Took 32nd at the On The Track Invitational in themile with a time of 6:01.85 ... Was 16th in the mile at theAppalachian Limited meet in a time of 6:07.51.

2007 Cross Country: Finished 33rd at thePirate Invitational with a time of 21:13 ... Took 12th at the GWUDuels ... Was 108th at the at the Blue Ridge Open with a time of20:46 ... Placed 36th at the A-Sun Championships with a time of20:17.

2006-2007 Outdoor: Took third in the3,000m steeplechase at the A-Sun Championships with a time of12:30.98 ... Shattered the school record in the 3,000m steeplechaseat the Solid Orange Classic, crossing the line in 11:58.29 for asecond-place finish ... Took seventh in the 5,000m event at theAsics Winthrop Invitational after crossing the line in19:35.03.

2006-2007 Indoor: Finished 16th in themile at the A-Sun Championships ... Part of the sixth-placedistance medley relay team at the conference meet ... ... Recordeda sixth-place finish at the Appalachian Limited in the 1,000m witha time of 3:25.80 ... Took seventh in the 3,000m at the AppalachianInvitational and eighth in the mile at the AppalachianLimited. 

2006 Cross Country: Finished 13th at theClemson Invitational by running 20:24 for 5k ... Was ninth at theMcAlister Invitational, finishing in 19:50 ... Thirty-seventh atthe A-Sun Championships.

2005-2006 Indoor: Fifth in the mile at theAppalachian State Open ... Set a personal best in the 3,000m with atime of 11:29.00 at the NiswongerInvitational. 

2005-2006 Outdoor: Set a personal best inthe 800m and the 1,500m at the Snow Bird Invitational ... Fourth inher first steeplechase at the 49er Classic ... Eighth in thesteeplechase at the conference championships ... Set apersonal-best time in the 800m at the Knoxville Invitational aftercrossing the line in 2:29 ... Fourth in the 1,500m at the Orangeand Purple Classic with a personal-best time of 5:07.

2005 Cross Country: Missed much of herbase training heading into freshman season, but recovered well ...Ran a 20:30 at the A-Sun Championships in the 5K ... Had a solid 6Krace in the NCAA Regional.

Before Gardner-Webb: A five-sport athleteat East Wilkes (N.C.) High ... Participated in soccer, basketball,track, cross country and tennis as a prep ... Graduated with a 4.0grade point average ... A multiple state qualifier ... State runnerup in the 1,600m run and finished third in the N.C. Class 2A CrossCountry state meet as a senior.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2006Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2007Junior

    5'8"
  • 2008Senior

    5'9"