| Amy Maciasek |
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 | Class: Junior
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 | Hometown: Arden Hills, Minn.
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 | High School: Mounds View
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 | Height: 5-7
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 | Event: Distance
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ASU: Improving distance runner for Sun Devils, as evidenced by her 1:05 improvement from the 1998 to 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championships...has focused on 3000- and 5000-meter events on the track.
1999 XC: A part of ASU's starting lineup all year...finished 29th (18:36) at Pac-10 Championships, 48th (18:24) at Regionals and 215th (18:33) at the NCAA Championships as ASU posted school records for team finish at all three...posted a top-10 finish, placing ninth, at the Cal Irvine Invitational with a personal-best time of 18:20.
1999 Outdoor: Competed in four events: 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m...finished 16th in the 5000m at the Pac-10 Championships (17:57.17)...posted a personal-best time of 17:13.90 in the 5000m at the Drake Relays, finishing 13th...ran PRs of 2:16.60 and 4:40.51 in the 800 and 1500 meters, respectively, at the Bill Sawyer Invitational...placed second in the 1500 at that meet...ran a PR of 9:51.00 in the 3000m at the UofA-NAU Double Dual.
1999 Indoor: Finished sixth in the 3000m at the MPSF Championships, timing a 10:22.67 (10:10.90aa)...clocked a season-best altitude-adjusted time of 5:07.78 in the mile at the Days Inn Invitational.
1998 XC: Contributed to ASU's first NCAA Championships team appearance...part of ASU's top seven runners all season...placed 34th (18:46) at Pac-10 Championships and 50th (season-best 18:23) at Regionals, both fourth-best on squad...finished 235th (19:59) at NCAA Championships...a Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection.
1998 Outdoor: Clocked a team-best 10:16.4 in 3000m at Baldy Castillo Invitational...finished 12th in 3000m (10:24.12) at Pac-10 Championships...also competed in 1500m (4:48.93) and 800m (2:26.42).
1998 Indoor: Placed seventh in her heat of the mile (5:11.68) at MPSF Championships...ran season-best 5:06.46 (aa).
1997 XC: Clocked a season-best 18:46 in the Cal Irvine Invitational...finished 51st at the Pac-10s and 103rd at NCAA Regionals.
High School: '97 graduate of Mounds View HS, Arden Hills, Minn.... lettered five years in track and field and five years in cross country.... captain of cross country and track teams.... voted all-conference track and field from '93 - 97.... voted all-conference cross country from '93 - '96.... voted all-state track from '93 - '96.... voted all-state cross country from '94 - '96.... MVP of track team in 1996-97.... MVP of cross country team in 1994.
Personal: Majoring in supply chain management.... parents are Jim and Jean Maciasek.... has one brother, Brian (22).... born April 21, 1979, in Shore View, Minn.
Personal Bests: 800-2:20.84, 1500m-4:40.51, Mile-5:06.46aa, 3000m-9:41.38, 5000m-17:13.90, XC-18:20.
AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
1999 Cross Country 215th 18:54
1998 Cross Country 235th 19:59