2014 West Virginia University Track & Field Guide

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Mountaineer Profiles

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Amy CASHIN 5-5, Freshman Mid-Distance Werribee, Australia

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Daughter of Peter and Brenda Cashin Has one brother and one sister Birthday is July 28 Majoring in pre-sports psychology

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Ran for coach Mike Combs at Chardon High School Named Valedictorian of senior class Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track First-team All-PAC Conference Four-time regional qualifier

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5-1, Freshman Distance St. Marys, W.Va.

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Daughter of Charles and Kathleen Drazba Has two brothers Birthday is May 18 Majoring in pre-human nutrition and foods

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5-4, Freshman Distance Chardon, Ohio

Birthday is Sept. 29 Daughter of Robert and Rachel Diehl One of three children Has two brothers and a sister Industrial Engineering major Cousin ran track at Arkansas

Finished second at the 2013 Penn Relays in the 3,000-meter run Four-time West Virginia track and field state champion in class A in the 800-meter run (2010-13) and the 1,600-meter run (2010-13) Three-time West Virginia track and field state champion in class A in the 3,200-meter run (2011-13) Part of the 4x800-meter relay team that captured the state title in 2012 Holds the West Virginia Class A state meet record in the 800-meter run (2:18), 3,200-meter run (10:31) and the 4x800-meter relay (9:48)

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Allie DIEHL

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Captain at Werribee Secondary College for coach Peter Burke Member of Team Australia for the World Junior Cross Country Championships, where she placed 50th with a 6k time of 20:48 2013 Victoria State U-20 champion in the 1,500 meter-run Silver Medalist at the 6k U-20 Australia Cross Country Championships Part of Team Victoria for cross country and track & field from 2007-13 2012 U-20 Cross Country Champion in Victoria Bronze Medalist at the 4k U-18 Australia Cross Country Championships in 2010 Silver Medalist at the 4k U-16 Australia Cross Country Championships in 2009 Champion in the U-16 3,000-meter run at the 2009 Australia Track & Field Championships

Recipient of the Chardon High School Scholar-Athlete Award OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award

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Four-year letterwinner at St. Marys High 2011 and 2012 Gatorade West Virginia Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year 2013 Gatorade West Virginia Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year 2009, 2011 and 2012 West Virginia AAA State Cross Country Champion Placed third at the Footlocker Southwest Regional with a time of 17:10 to qualify for the 2012 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, where she placed 22nd overall Second place at the 2012 USATF Cross Country Junior Championships Helped lead Team USA to the championship at the 2012 NACAC, where she placed fourth individually Holds the West Virginia State Meet record for cross country with a time of 17:17 Took top honors at the 2012 Great American Cross Country Festival Part of a St. Marys squad that won the 2009 AAA West Virginia Cross Country Championship Undefeated in Little Kanawha Cross Country Conference Championship competition all four years West Virginia outdoor track and field record holder in the mile (4:53), 1,600-meter run (4:51), 3,000-meter run (9:37), 3,200-meter run (10:27) and two-mile run (10:37) West Virginia indoor track and field record holder in the 3,200 (10:41), two-mile run (10:29) and the 5,000-meter run (17:40)

Rachel FAULDS 5-3, Freshman Distance Frankford, Ontario

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Ran cross country and track & field at Trenton High and was coached by her father, Allan, and Sue Tripp Bronze Medalist in the Senior Girls 5k at the 2012 OFSAA Cross Country Championships Silver Medalist in the Junior Division at the 2011 OFSAA Cross Country Championships Silver Medalist in the Junior Division at the 2012 OFSAA Track & Field Championships in the 3,000-meter run Won the bronze medal at the Canadian Junior National Championships in the 3,000-meter run in 2011 Won the silver medal at the Canadian Youth National Championships in the 3,000-meter run Bronze medalist sophomore year at the OFSAA Championships in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:17, while also placing sixth in the 1,500-meter run Also competitive swimmer for seven years

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Daughter of Allan and Stephanie Faulds

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