Mary Bacher

Sport: Cross Country/Track

Class: Senior

Hometown: Allentown

High School: Allentown Central Catholic

Major: Nursing

2006 (Track): (Outdoor) Won the steeplechase event at the Big Red Invitational at Cornell University in 11:17.71, improving her NCAA provisional qualifying time... Set an Eiler-Martin Stadium record in the steeplechase, taking first in a time of 11:20.37 and also improved her NCAA provisional qualifying time in the process... Took seventh in the 3,000 meters at the East Challenge Meet at Lock Haven qualifying for the PSAC Championships in 10:51... In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, was second in 11:24.73 at the Jim Taylor Invitational at Susquehanna University... Was fourth of 16 runners in the steeplechase in a PSAC-qualifying time of 11:37.70 at the Virginia Commmonwealth University Classic

2006 (Track): (Indoor) Won the 5000-meter event at the Susquehanna Open in a time of 19:21.03... Took sixth place in the 3000 in 11:01.15 at the East Challenge Meet... Placed sixth in the 1000 meters in 3:20.49 and seventh in the mile in 5:38.88 at the DeShriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg... Qualified for the conference championships in the 3000 meters by taking 11th place in a time of 10:56.28... Took fifth place in the mile at the Orange and Maroon Classic in a time of 5:42.8.

2005 (Cross Country): Placed 22nd (22:51) at the NCAA East Regional at Lock Haven... Took 33rd place at the PSAC Championships in 23:51... Placed 12th at the Slippery Rock Invitational finishing in a time of 23:59... Finished 17th at the Lock Haven Invitational (23:10)... Finished 34th at Penn State's Spiked Shoe helping the team to a fourth place overall finish... Placed 12th in 19:07 at the Bison Open.

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, Katie Conlon, and Jessica Billingsby 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.

2005 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

Bison Open

Lock Haven Inv.

Spiked Shoe

SRU Invitational

Penn State National Invitational

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(12) 19:07

(17) 23:10

(34) 23:05

(12) 23:59

(127) 23:18

(33) 23:51

(22) 22:51

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