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2007-08 Track and Field Roster

Liz Gill

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • High School Branson School
  • Hometown San Anselmo, Calif.

Biography

2007 Cross Country Season: Placed 17th with time of 19:52 at Metropolitan Championships ... completed the Heptagonal Championships in 19:19.7 ... ran the Ram Invitational in 20:06.

2006-07 Season: Finished the 5000m in 18:20.02 at Sam Howell Invitational...ran the 800m in 2:27.06 at George Mason Invitational; crossed in 1500m in 4:56.93...had time of 10:31.95 in 3000m at Indoor Heps...ran the 5000m in 17:52.07 at Valentine Invitational.

2005-06 Season: Placed 11th at the Leopard Invitational (22:04.4) ... finished third at the Metropolitan Championships (19:07) ... ran 18:34.3 at Heps to finish 36th ... ran 17:19.16 in the 5000m at the Sam Howell Invite ... finished four in the 3000m at the Dartmouth and Yale meet (10:23.48) ... ran 17:44.69 in 5000m at Indoor Heps to place 13th ... placed eighth in the 10k at Outdoor Heps (37:43.37).

At Branson High: Five letters in cross country, track, and basketball ... captained cross country and track ... first team All-Marin County Athletic League in XC as junior and senior ... as a senior, took second in North Coast Section Championships and fourth in state championships (Division 5) ... starred on the track for Branson as a senior -- won the league 1600, second in both the 800 and 3200 ... first in the 3200 at the North Coast Section meet ... 10th in that event at North Coast Section Meet of Champions ... two-time track MVP ... fastest high school woman finisher in demanding Dipsea Race (7.1 mile trail race) ... awarded Dipsea Race & Foundation Scholarship ... four-year North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete, three-year CIF Scholar-Athlete ... A.P. National Scholar. Personal Bests: 2:23 800, 5:13 1600, 10:30 3000, 11:16 3200, 19:237 XC (5K).

Personal Information: English major ... interested in dance and yoga ... tutor for community group during the summer ... mother Linda Gill, a high school track and XC coach, competed in both sports at UCLA ... uncle Stacy Geiken also participated in both sports at Stanford ... Elizabeth Gill, b. 1-21-86 in Lake Forest, Ill.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Junior

    Distance
  • 2007-08Senior

    Distance