Amanda Ponsot

Position:
Middle Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Carroll
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.

2005-06 (Jr.)
Cross Country ? Competed in all seven meets for BSU . . . recorded a third-place finish at the George Dales Invitational with a time of 18:11.07 . . . helped the Cardinals to a third-place team finish at the Mid-American Conference Championship placing 35th with a time of 18:54...Indoor - recorded the team's best 800 time in 2:11.93...second best team time in the mile (5:00.58).

2004-05 (So.)
Cross Country ? Competed in all seven meets for the Cardinals . . . finished 11th at the Indiana University Open with a time of 15:48.40 . . . helped the squad to a runner-up finish at the MAC Championship finishing 46th (19:34.75) . . . Indoor ? Recorded the team’s best-times in the mile (4:58.9h) and the 800-meter (2:12.97) . . . placed fourth in the mile at the MAC Championships with a time of 4:59.10 . . . added a fifth-place finish in the 800 (2:13.11) . . . posted two second-place finishes in the mile Jan. 15 and Feb. 18 . . . Outdoor ? Owned season-best times in the 800 and 1,500 at 2:13.11 and 4:33.81, respectively . . . her time in the 1,500 was a personal record . . . placed third at the MAC Championships in the 1,500 with a time of 4:38.22 and fifth in the 800 with a time of 2:15.72.

2003-04 (Fr.)
Cross Country - Helped the team win the MAC Cross Country Championships by finishing 42nd (18:52.40) . . . competed in all eight meets . . . finished eighth in her first collegiate cross country meet (Butler Open) . . . Indoor ? Posted BSU’s top time in the 800 (2:13.67) . . . recorded BSU’s third-best clockings in both the 600 (1:40.31) and mile (5:05.09) . . . Outdoor ? Owned the top time for the Cardinals in the 800 (2:15.46) . . . a member of the 4x400 relay team that finished sixth at the MAC Championships with a time of 3:46.93.

High School
Named Fort Wayne’s News-Sentinel Prep Sports Female Athlete of the Year in 2003 . . . as a senior, won the cross country sectional and regional meets . . . helped lead the cross country team to the 2001 Northeast Hoosier Conference Championship, three sectional crowns and two regional titles . . . an all-area selection as a senior . . . two-time third-place finisher in the state meet in the 800 . . . a two-time all-state performer in the 4x800 relay . . . a state participant in the 4x400 relay . . . an all-area selection in three sports as a senior . . . earned all-conference honors in four sports.

Personal
Full name is Amanda Eileen Ponsot . . . born September 20, 1984, in Fort Wayne, Ind. . . . daughter of James and Debra Ponsot . . . has one sister and two brothers . . . majoring in chemistry.