Vanessa Gilbert

Position:
Cross Country
Class:
Senior
High School:
Fairmont
Hometown:
Kettering, Ohio

2009-10 (5th-Year Sr.) Cross Country - No remaining eligibility . . . Indoor - Academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . placed fifth in the 5,000-meter run with a career-fast time of 17:31.99 at the MAC Championships . . . added a sixth-place and career-best effort in the 3,000-meter run at the league meet with a time of 10:09.44 . . . both times were BSU season-best efforts . . .added the Cardinals best mile effort of the season, clocking in at 5:00.69 at the Ball State Quadrangular . . . Outdoor - Turned in a season-best time of 18:32.52 in the 5,000-meter run at the Pacesetter Invitational.

2008-09 (Sr.): Cross Country - Led Ball State in all six meets . . . registered a career and BSU season-best 5K time of 18:02.5 to place 23rd at the Mid-American Conference Championships . . . clocked a season-fast 6K time of 22:41.8 at Pre-Nationals . . . only Cardinal to finish in the top 100 at the NCAA Regional (22:53.7; 75th; 6K) . . . finished sixth at the Great American Legends 5K Run (19:13.37) . . . Indoor & Outdoor - Redshirted.

2007-08 (Jr.): Cross Country - Helped the Cardinals to a second place finish at the Indiana Intercollegiates placing seventh individually at 18:15.08 (5K) . . . recorded the second-best mark for BSU at the MAC Championships placing 22nd (18:30, 5K) . . . Indoor - Finished 11th in the 5,000m at the MAC Championships while posting BSU's second-best time of the season (17:58.09) . . . Outdoor - Placed second in the 5,000m at the Dave Rankin Invitational with a time of 18:14.14 . . . finished fifth in the 5,000m at the Butler Twilight (18:22.22).

2006-07 (So.): Cross Country - Placed 12th at the Bronco Invitational (19:24, 5K) . . . helped the Cardinals place fifth at the MAC Championships by placing 21st individually at 21:24 (6K) . . . Indoor - Recorded a second-place finish at the Bowling Green Quadrangular to mark the third-best time in the 3,000m for the Cardinals (10:22.26) . . . recorded the second-best time for BSU in the 5,000m (17:51.19) . . . Outdoor - Posted the second-best time for Ball State in the 3,000m (10:28.64) . . . finished fourth in the 3,000m at the Stan Lyons Invitational with a time of 10:30.54 . . . recorded the third-fastest time for Ball State in the 5,000m (18:14.14) . . . finished 10th at the Miami Invitational in the 5,000m (18:21.67)

2005-06 (Fr.): Cross Country - Competed in all seven meets for the Cardinals . . . posted BSU's best time at the MAC Championships, finishing 10th with a time of 18:09 (5K) . . . for her performance she was honored as an All-MAC Second Team selection . . . Indoor - Competed in the 3,000m (10:09.22) and the 5,000m (17:48.43) . . . Outdoor - competed in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:49.79), 5,000 (18:02.57), and the 10,000m (38:56.16)

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in cross country and track and field at Fairmont . . . as a senior, helped the cross country team capture the Greater Western Ohio Conference title . . . named GWOC Runner of the Year in 2004 . . . a two-time All-Ohio Runner, two-time All-Ohio Academic Runner and three-time first-team All-GWOC honoree . . . holds the school record in the 5K (18:06) and 1600m run (5:05)

PERSONAL: Full name is Vanessa Marie Gilbert . . . born Dec. 13, 1986, in Dayton, Ohio . . . daughter of Fred and Mary Sue Gilbert . . . has two brothers and one sister . . . majoring in landscape architecture.