PERSONAL RECORDS
OUT 3,000m 9:52.90
IN 5,000m 17:16.48
OUT 5,000m 17:18.12
10,000m 36:43
2001-2002
Outdoor: Ran a 4:55.43 in the 1,500m at the Wake Forest Invitational … Posted a 9:52.90 in the 3,000m at the Duke Invitational, the team's second-fastest time of the season … Finished the 5,000m at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 17:53.16 … Came in fifth in the 5,000m at the College Station Relays … Placed ninth in the 10,000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 36:53.73, the tenth-fastest time in school history
Indoor: Did not compete
Cross Country: Saw action in five races … Led the team at the Mountaineer Open with a 6th place finish … Earned all-regional honors at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships with a 20th place finish … Came in 22nd at the ACC Championships … Posted a 34th place finish at the Great American Festival
2000-2001
Transferred to Wake Forest from Stephen F. Austin in
the fall of 2000
Outdoor: Took 6th in the 10,000m at the ACC Championships with a season-best time of 37:06.07, the 7th best time of the season in the ACC … Ran a 17:18.12 in the 5,000m at the Penn Relays … Posted a 4:49.29 in the 1,500m at the 49er Classic
Indoor: Placed 7th in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships … Finished 12th in the 3,000m at the Kroger Invitational with a time of 10:15.46 … Took 4th in the 5,000m at the Meyo Invitational at Notre Dame
Cross Country: Captured 25th place at NCAA Regionals, earning all-regional honors ... Took 19th place at the ACC Championships ... Ran a 22:29 at the NCAA Championships ... Finished 5th at the Wake Forest Invitational ... Competed in every race, garnering five top 25 finishes
1999-2000 at Stephen F. Austin
Earned all-conference honors in cross country and track & field ... Two-time Southland Conference Cross Country Runner of the Week
BACKGROUND
Led Clements High to 1997 and 1998 District Championship ... Two-time district champion in cross country ... Three-time district champion in track 1998 cross country regional champion ... 1998 cross country 5A state champion ... 1998 finalist for Footlocker National Cross Country team ... National Honor Society member ... Health & Exercise Science major ... Born July 6, 1981 in San Angelo, TX ... Parents are Steve & Cindy Burns and Lynn & Tami Rutland
