Claire Percival Class: Senior Hometown: Sarnia, Ont. High School: Northern Collegiate Position: Distance Experience: JR-SR

Personal Bests

Indoor
Mile: 4:50.86
3000m: 9:45.04

Outdoor
1500m: 4:35.44
3000mSC: 10:23.88
4x1500: 17:57.28 (PSU Record)

Percival's Nittany Lion Resume ...

* Penn State Record Holder
~ 4x1500m - 17:57.28

* NCAA Regional Qualifier
~ 2007 3000mSC (11th; 10:24.01)

* Big Ten Scorer
~ 2007 3000mSC (5th; 10:27.83)

On the International Scene ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Canadian Olympic Trials in a personal-best 10:23.88.

On the National Stage ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Finished 13th in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional Championships. || 2007 Outdoors || Clocked a personal-best 10:24.01 to finish 11th in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional.

At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Placed sixth in the steeplechase in 10:33.53 ... Also competed in the 5,000-meters. || 2008 Indoor || Just missed a scoring finish with an 11th-place effort in the 3,000-meters (9:45.04) ... Also ran the mile, clocking 4:52.72 in the preliminaries. || 2007 Outdoors || Scored a fifth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, running 10:27.83 ... also ran a personal-best 17:42.65 for 5000-meters at the conference meet. || 2006 Outdoors || Ran 17:57.50 in the 5000. || 2006 Indoors || Competed in the 5000.

Around the Track ...
|| 2008 Outdoor || Finished fourth in the steeplechase at the Oregon Pepsi Challenge ... Recorded fifth-place finishes in the steeplechase at the Sun Angel Classic and Jesse Owens Classic. || 2008 Indoor || Ran a personal-best 4:51.86 for the mile to finish fifth in the championship section at the Tyson Invitational ... Finished sixth in the 3,000 at the Penn State National (9:49.63) ... Placed second in the mile at the Penn State Relays, and fifth at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup. || 2007 Outdoors || Ran under the regional qualifier in the steeplechase on four occasions throughout the season, opening up with a 10:40.73 to win the event at the George Mason Spring Classic ... Finished eighth in the steeple at Penn Relays (10:35.69) ... also ran on the school-record 4x1500 at Penn ... the team clocked 17:57.28 to take sixth in the Championship of America section ... Won the 1500-meters at the Bucknell Track Classic with a career-best 4:35.44. || 2007 Indoor || Medical Redshirt. || 2006 Outdoor || Clocked a season-best 11:01.80 to finish 11th in the steeplechase at Sea Ray Relays ... Finished fifth in the steeple at the Pepsi Team Challenge at Oregon, and 15th at Penn Relays. || 2006 Indoors || Placed second in the mile at the Penn State Open ... Finished fourth in the 3000-meters at the Penn State. || High School || Competed in the steeplechase at the World Junior Championships ... OFSAA cross country gold medalist in 2002 and 2003 ... OFSAA cross country silver medalist in 2001 and 2004. || Personal || Daughter of Larry and Julie Percival ... Born January 21, 1987 ... Majoring in Special Education.