| Colleen Burke |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.
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| High School:
Shadow Mountain
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| Last College:
Phoenix CC
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| Height:
5-4
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| Event:
Distance
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ASU: Has established herself as a consistent distance force since transferring from Phoenix CC.
2000 XC: Solid member of ASU’s starting seven all season…Sun Devils’ fifth-best finisher at the NCAA Championships (142nd, 22:19.5)…finished 48th at regionals (21:57) and 21st at Pac-10 Championships…earned season-best seventh-place finish (19:00.3, 5K) at the UC Irvine Inv.…recorded season-best 6,000m time (21:27.2) at Pac-10 Championships…earned Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention acclaim.
2000 Outdoor: Placed eighth at the Pac-10 Championships in the 10,000m with a season-best 37:05.65…also competed in the 3,000m and the 5,000m, notching season bests of 10:21.74 at the Double Dual and 17:34.43 at the Baldy Castillo Inv., respectively.
2000 Indoor: Placed third in the 3,000m (10:31.26) at the Double Dual…turned in season bests in the mile (5:13.85a) and the 3,000m (10:09.03a).
1999 XC: ASU's third-best finisher at the NCAA Championship and NCAA Regional... placed 80th at the NCAA Championship in 17:51... earned all-region honors with a 15th-place finish at West Regionals (PR 17:35)... her ninth-place finish at the Pac-10 Championship (17:37.8) was second-best for ASU and earned second-team All-Pac-10 recognition... had five top-20 and two top-10 finishes... started her Sun Devil career with a fourth-place showing at the Cal Irvine Invitational (18:03.2)... finished 17th at the Roy Griak Invitational and 19th at the Pre-NCAA Meet.
Phoenix CC: Won the U.S. Community College Elite Invitational with a record-time of 17:24... 10,000-meter national champion in 1999... six-time JC All-American... Division II cross country national champion in 1998... an honors graduate with a 3.8 GPA... named 1999 Phoenix College Women's Sports MVP.
High School: Lettered in track, cross country, soccer and softball... captain of the cross country team in 1995 and '96 as well as captain of the softball team in '97... placed 16th at the state class 5A meet... was seventh overall at the Thunderbird Invitational.
Personal: Majoring in nutrition... parents are Dan and Kate... has two sisters, Mary (18), and Stephanie (13)... hobbies include ice skating and rollerblading... born Nov. 11, 1978, in Phoenix.
Personal Bests: Mile – 5:13.85a, 3,000 – 10:09.03a (indoor), 5,000 – 17:34.43, 10,000 – 37:05.65.
AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
2000 Cross Country 142nd 22:19.5
1999 Cross Country 80th 17:51
