General:  CAA scorer in cross country and 3k steeplechase. High school state qualifier in cross country and 3200m…cross country captain.  Personal Bests: Indoor: 3000m, 10:53.32; 5000m, 18:41.09.  Outdoor: 1,500m, 5:07.26; 3000m, 10:53.02; 3000m steeplechase, 11:38.18; 5000m, 18:28.73.  2004/2005/Junior:  Indoor:  Focused on the 5000m…set at new personal best at the Virginia Tech Challenge…earned a gold medal at the Mason Collegiate Open.  Outdoor: Explored the 3000m steeplechase…placed third at the Fred Hardy Invitational…scored points with seventh place finish at the Outdoor CAA Track and Field Championships…set a new personal best in the 5000m at the Ram Invitational.  2003-2004/Sophomore:Cross Country: Top VCU finisher for all but one race (NCAA Regionals) … ran personal best in 5,000m at the East Carolina Invitational with a time of 18:32.98 coming in fourth place overall … achieved personal best in 6,000m at CAA Championships with a time of 22:55.00 earning 22nd place overall. Indoor:  Concentrated on the 3000m and 5000m … placed fourth at the Navy Invitational indoor meet in the 5,000m, while achieving a personal best … ran a season best in the 3,000m at the GMU Winter Open Invitational.  Outdoor: Placed second in the 5000m at the VCU Invitational, while earning a personal best … achieved personal best in the 3000m at the USF Bull Invitational.  2002-2003/Freshman: Cross Country: Was top VCU finisher in first collegiate race at Elon-High Point Invitational with a time of 19:18 … also was top VCU finisher at the 5,000m Great American Cross-Country Festival with a time of 21:25.10.  Indoor: Earned personal best in the 3000m at the indoor GMU meet.  Outdoor: Placed fifth at the Tribe Invitational in the 3,000m.  Prior to VCU: Member of the All-State outdoor team for the 3,200m in 2002 … led Western Albemarle to a fifth place finish in the 2001 state cross country meet … also played soccer for two years.  Personal: Majoring in chemistry … born May 22, 1984 … daughter of Alan and Dee Thompson.