Brittany Ade

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
High School:
Bishop Dwenger
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.

2010-11 (5th Year Sr.): Cross Country - Competed in six of BSU's seven meets . . . turned in a season-best 5K time of 19:13 to place 67th at the Notre Dame Invitational . . . clocked a season-best 6K time of 23:42.0 to place 74th at the Mid-American Conference Championship.

2009-10 (Sr.): Cross Country - Redshirted . . . Indoor - Ran the first leg for the eighth-place distance medley relay which posted a time of 12:08.42 at the Mid-American Conference Championships . . . ranked second on the team in the 800m run with a season-fast time of 2:19.14 at the Meyo Invitational . . . her season-fast clocking of 5:20.88 in the mile run was the third-fastest individual time of the year for the Cardinals . . . Outdoor - Ranked second on the squad in the 1,500m run with a season-fast time of 4:46.59 at the Clark Wood/Lenny Lyles Invitational . . . added a season-fast time of 2:20.05 in the 800m run at the Pacesetter Invitational to rank fourth on the squad.

2008-09 (Jr.): Cross Country - One of four Cardinals to compete in every meet in 2008 . . . recorded a season-best 5K time of 18:41.5 at the MAC Championships to place 57^th out of 101 participants . . . notched a season-fast 6K time of 23:22.1 at Pre-Nationals . . . Indoor - Delivered a sixth-place finish in the 800m at the MAC Championships with a clocking of 2:13.99 . . . the effort was a career-fast time, a Ball State season-best and ranked as the seventh-best individual conference time for the season . . . victorious in the 800m at the BSU Quadrangular (2:16.85) . . . posted a season-fast time in the mile (5:06.51) at the Meyo Invitational . . . Outdoor - Earned three points for BSU at the MAC Championships finishing sixth in the 800m while posting BSU's best time of the season (2:12.98) . . . recorded BSU's second-best time in the 1,500m at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational (4:44.21) placing second . . . won the 800m at the Miami Invitational (2:17.97) . . . registered a fourth-place finish in the 800m at the Pacesetter Invitational (2:16.44).

2007-08 (So.): Cross Country - Finished 39th out of 162 competitors at the Indiana Intercollegiates (19:11.81; 5K) . . . helped BSU to a fifth place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational placing 51st individually (18:51; 5K) . . . Indoor - Finished first in the 3,000m at the Bowling Green Quad with a time of 10:19.85 . . . recorded BSU's second-best time of the year in the 800m placing seventh at the Gladstein Invite (2:18.9) . . . tallied BSU's second-best time of the year in the mile (5:03.32) . . . member of the distance medley relay team that placed first at the MAC Championships (11:44.33) . . . Outdoor - Redshirted.

2006-07 (Fr.): Cross Country - Competed in all seven meets for BSU . . . recorded an eighth-place finish at the Butler Open . . . placed 67th at the MAC Championships . . . Indoor - Redshirted . . . Outdoor - Recorded four top 10 finishes in the 1,500m . . . placed seventh at the Dave Rankin Invitational finishing in 4:46.78 . . . earned a fourth-place finish at the Stan Lyons Invitational in the 800m (2:16.97) and finished 11th in the 3,000m (10:53.10)

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in track at Bishop Dwenger . . . two-time sectional and two-time regional champion in the 800m . . . First Team All-State honors in 2005 . . . 2005 all area selection . . . ninth-place finish in the 800m at the state finals

PERSONAL: Full name is Brittany Kaye Ade . . . born June 6, 1987, in Fort Wayne Ind. . . . daughter of Thomas and Beverly Ade . . . has one brother, Eric.