Mary Bacher

Sport: Cross Country/Track

Class: Senior

Hometown: Allentown

High School: Allentown Central Catholic

Major: Nursing

Track 2005:(Outoor) Won the steeplechase event at Lehigh in a time of 11:30.71...Finished seventh at the Bucknell Distance Carnival in the 3000-meter steeplechase in an NCAA Championship qualifying time of 11:16.83...Was a third place finisher in the 3000 meters at West Chester in a time of 10:50.64, a PSAC-qualifying time...Finished second in the 3000 meter steeplechase in 11:48 at the Susquehanna Invitational...Ran a PSAC-qualifying time of 11:48 in the steeplechase at Virginia Commonwealth finishing in third place. (Indoor)Took fifth in the 3000 meters at East Stroudsburg in 11:16.36...Ran a PSAC qualifying time of 19:26.06 in the 5000 meters at the Bison Open.

Cross Country 2004:Placed 32nd at the NCAA Regional meet in a time of 23:08...Came in 28th place at the PSAC Championships with a time of 24:42...Finished 160th in the Penn State National Race in a time of 23:34...Took fifth place at the Husky Invitational finishing the Bloomsburg course in 24:37.70...Place 35th in the Gulden Invitational at Bucknell University in a time of 24:17...Finished in an impressive seventh place in the Slippery Rock Quad Meet in a time of 21:23...Had a solid showing at the Penn State Spiked Show finishing 67th in 25:25...Took seventh at 5,000 meter Slippery Rock Quad Meet in a time of 21:23.

Cross Country 2003:Helped Bloomsburg to a team victory by finishing fifth at the Bloomsburg Invitational with a time of 24:29...had a strong showing at the Penn State Spiked Shoe by placing 24th overall with a time of 22:53...Took 29th overall at the Lock Haven Invitational...Ran well and took 18th place at Bucknell in a time of 23:49...Was the Huskies top finisher at DeSales, placing 17th in a time of 20:09...Placed fourth at Mansfield in a time of 19:28...Was the Huskies top finisher at the PSAC Championships, placing 31st in a time of 24:42...Was a top 20 finisher at the NCAA Regional Championships, taking 20th overall in a time of 22:58.

Track 2003: Teamed up with Cherise Mercer, Mary Bacher, and Cherise Mercer for a 6th place finish in the 4x800 relay in the PSAC Indoor Track Championships. Individually, she finished 9th in the mile with a personal best time of 5:28.50. At the Susquehanna University Indoor Invitationa she took home 8th place in the 1,500-meter race in a PSAC-qualifying time of 5:10.06.

2004 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

Bison Open

Spiked Shoe

SRU Quad

Gulden Inv.

Husky Inv.

Penn St..

ESU Inv.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(16) 19:58

(67)

(7) 21:23

(35) 24:17

(5) 24:37

(160) 23:34

(28) 24:42

(32) 23:08

2003 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

BU Inv.

Penn St.

Lock Haven Inv.

Bucknell Inv.

DeSales Inv.

Mansfield Inv..

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(5) 24:29

(24) 22:53

(29) 24:15

(18) 23:49

(17) 20:09

(4) 19:28

(31) 24:42

(20) 22:58

2002 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

KU Inv.

Penn St.

BU Inv.

Lehigh Inv.

DeSales Invit.

GC Invit.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(17) 26:00

(105) 25:01

(5) 26:18

(136) 24:30

(62) 20:55

(27) 25:07

(25) 25:21