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2011-12 Women's Track and Field Roster

101 Morgan Denecke

101 Morgan Denecke

  • Class:
    Junior
  • High School:
    Clover Hill
  • Hometown:
    Midlothian, Va.

Summary

Biography

Indoor:
2010-11: Finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Liberty Quad with a season-best time of 18:21.05…Posted a time of 10:39.28 in the 3,000m at the Kent Taylor UNC Run for the Kids for fourth…Competed in the one mile (5:19.65) and the 1,000m (3:15.73) at the State Farm Games for sixth and fifth, respectively…Clocked an 18:39.63 at SoCon Indoors for 17th in the 5,000m… Named to the SoCon All-Academic Team...2009-10: Freshman all-conference honoree in the 3,000-meter run...Finished fifth at the Liberty Open in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:30.99…Clocked a time of 5:16.05 in the one-mile run at the Vince Brown Invitational…Competed in the 3,000-meter and one-mile run at the SoCon Championships clocking a 10:21.90 and a 5:15.77, respectively.
Outdoor:
2010-11: Took sixth at the SoCon Outdoor Championships in the 10,000m with a time of 37:44.18…Posted a season-best time of 18:05.06 in the 5,000m at the Raleigh Relays for second in her section…Finished 10th in the 5,000m at SoCon Outdoors with a time of 18:42.42…Clocked a time of 4:56.27 in the 1,500m at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational…Finished the 800m in 2:31.48 at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational… Named to the SoCon All-Academic Team…Member of the SoCon Honor Roll…Recipient of the SoCon Commissioner’s Medal...2009-10: Clocked a 18:52.59 in the 5,000-meter run at the Raleigh Relays…Ran a 19:18.74 in the 5,000-meter run at the SoCon Championships.

Cross Country:
2011: Clocked the second-best time in program history of 17:43.70 to finish 14th at the SoCon Championships and earn All-SoCon second team honors…Was the top Elon finisher at NCAA Regionals with a time of 21:52.5, which is the second-best 6K time in school history…Claimed ninth at the Royal XC Challenge with a time of 17:48.5…Clocked a 17:54.00 at the Charlotte Invitational…Won the College of Charleston Invitational to open the season with a then school record of 17:56.00…Took fourth at the Elon Invitational with a time of 18:12.00...Named to the Fall SoCon Academic All-Conference Team...Earned the team's Most Dedicated award...2010: Clocked her career-best time of 18:40.1 at the 2010 Royal Cross Country Challenge earning her the fifth-best 5k time in Elon history…Posted a 18:56.26 at the SoCon Championships as Elon’s top finisher…Finished 13th at the Elon Invitational with a time of 19:15...2009: Earned SoCon All-Freshman honors with a 15th-place finish at the Southern Conference Championship with a then career-best time of 19:05.09…Second-best time of the season came at the Blue Ridge Open where she ran a 19:14.82…At the Elon Invitational, she ran a 19:37…Posted a time of 22:22.38 in the 6K at the NCAA Regional Championship. 

High School: Served as the captain of her high school’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track team during her senior season…Dominion District Indoor 1,600-meter champion…Recorded a PR of 19:33 in the 5,000-meter run, 5:19.74 in the 1,600-meter run, 11:22.12 in the 3,200-meter run and 18:58.43 in the track 5,000-meter run…Two-time Dominion District VHSL Group AAA Academic Award winner in cross country…Named the Most Valuable Runner on her indoor track team as a freshman and junior…Received Scholar Athlete Award in cross country, indoor and outdoor track during all four years at Clover Hill High School…Three-time member of the indoor track VHSL Central Region AAA All-Academic team…Two-time member of the outdoor track VHSL Central Region AAA All-Academic team…Seven-time Dominion District VHSL Group AAA Academic All-District Award winner in indoor and outdoor track.
Personal: Full name is Morgan Leigh Denecke…Born on December 23…Majoring in exercise sport science.

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