Cheryl Spring Class: Senior Hometown: The Woodlands, Texas High School: The Woodlands Position: Distance Experience: SR

Personal Bests

Indoor
Mile: 5:00.49
3000m: 9:43.33
5000m: 16:39.53

Outdoor
1500m: 4:45.73
3000mSC: 10:34.25
5000m: 16:32.56

Spring's Nittany Lion Resume ...

* NCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region Selection (Cross Country)
~ 2006 (18th Place)
~ 2007 (23rd Place)

On the Course ...
|| 2008 Cross Country || Placed 34th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional ... Took top honors at the Spiked Shoe Invitational and placed fourth at the Iona Meet of Champions. || 2007 Cross Country || Placed 23rd at the Mid-Atlantic Regional, earning all-region honors ... Took 28th at the Big Ten Championships as PSU's second runner ... Finish fifth at the Spiked Shoe Invitational. || 2006 Cross Country || Earned all-region honors with an 18th-place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Regional ... Placed 41st at the conference meet ... Took seventh at the Penn State National, and eighth at the Spiked Shoe Invitational.

On the National Stage ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Competed in both the 5000-meters and the 3000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional, placing 13th in the steeplechase (10:40.44), and 21st in the 5000 (16:58.42). || 2008 Outdoor || Placed 20th in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional Championships.

At the Big Ten Championships ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Placed ninth in the steeplechase in 10:43.51 and 18th in the 5000 in 17:14.31. || 2009 Indoor || Posted a seventh-place scoring finish in the 5000, clocking 16:39.56. || 2008 Outdoor || Recorded seventh-place finish in the steeplechase with a personal-best 10:34.25 ... Finished 11th in the 5,000-meters. || 2008 Indoors || Placed 18th in the 5000. || 2007 Outdoor || Posted a sub-11 minute performance with a 10:58.95 in the steeplechase, good for 13th overall. || 2007 Indoor || Took 16th in the 3K at the Big Ten Championships, running 10:17.62.

Around The Track ...
|| 2009 Outdoor || Placed third in the steeplechase at the Jim Click Shootout ... Bettered the NCAA regional standard in the steeplechase (10:37.6h) in a second-place finish at the Bison Outdoor Classic ... Posted a PR and regional-qualifying 16:32.56 to finish seventh in the Championship 5000 at Penn Relays. || 2009 Indoor || Recorded a provisional-qualifying s in the 5000-meters, finishing 10th at the Washington Husky Invitational ... Placed second in the 5000 at the Penn State National, running 16:49.58. || 2008 Outdoor || Finished 12th in the 5K at Penn Relays with a PR 16:58.39 ... Placed fourth in the steeplechase at the Sun Angel Classic. || 2008 Indoor || Finished ninth in the 5000 at the Tyson Invitational (16:59.64) ... Ran a personal-best 9:43.33 to finish fourth in the Inviational 3000 at the Penn State National. || 2007 Outdoor || Ran a career-best 10:58.88 in the 3000-meter steeplechase to finish 13th at Penn Relays ... Clocked a personal-best 4:45.73 at the Auburn Tiger Classic ... Finished second in the steeple at the Bucknell Team Challenge (11:04.90). || 2007 Indoor || Finished sixth in the 3000-meters at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup with a career-best 9:50.68 ... Placed 11th in the 3000 at the Penn State National with a time of 10:10.26. || High School || An eight-time varsity letter winner and two-year team captain ... a three-time team cross country MVP ... team finished third at the Texas state meet during senior year. || Personal || Daughter of John and Deborah Spring ... Born December 20, 1987 ... Majoring in Nursing.