Tara Haddock
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| Height: | 5-10 |
| Student Level: | SR |
| Hometown: | Citrus Springs, Fla. |
| Previous School: | Lecanto HS |
AS A JUNIOR (2008-09)
CROSS COUNTRY: Consistently among NSU's top three runners...Finished 10th out of 117 runners at the FLRunners.com Invitational presented by Nike (10/4/08), covering the 5K course in a personal-best time of 19:03.25, taking nearly 53 seconds off her previous top 5K time...Had Top-20 performances in both 6K races...Had a career-best 6K time of 23:48 and placed 20th out of 119 runners at the NCAA Division II South Region Championships (11/8/08)...Was 10th out of 41 runners at the Sunshine State Conference Championships (10/25/08) with at time of 23:50...TRACK: Set program records in both the 800 and 1,500 meters...Was the top NSU runner in the 800 meters in six meets and the top 1,500-meter times in three meets...Clocked 2:18.16 in the 800 meters at the UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18/09), breaking own record by 0.52...Holds NSU's 1,500-meter record after recording 4:52.80 at the Hurricane Invitatioanl (3/20-21/09), which placed sixth at the meet...Is one of two runners in program history to run sub-5:00 in the 1,500 meters, joining teammate Krystal Porter...Took third in the 800 meters at the UNF Osprey Challenge and FSU Relays (3/26-28/09), was sixth at the FSU Twilight Invitational (3/14/09) and the UCF Twilight (5/10/09)...Had a 10th-place finish in the 800 meters at Miami Elite (4/11/09) and took 15th at the Hurricane Invitational...Was third in the 1,500-meters at the FAU Twilight Invitational with a time of 4:54.61...Was seventh in the 1,500 meters at the Miami Elite with a time of 4:54.43...Anchored the sprint medley relays that raced at FSU Relays and Pepsi Florida Relays...Member of the sprint medley team that registered a program-record time of 4:09.88 at the Pepsi Florida Relays.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08)
CROSS COUNTRY: Led the Sharks in six races, including the SSC Championships... Had four Top-15 finishes...Finished 14th at the Tampa Early Bird Classic (9/14/07)...Finished 14th at FLRunners.com Invitational (10/05/07)...Earned first career SSC Runner of the Week on Oct. 15 after leading NSU to a seventh place finish at the Sodexho Hatter Invitational...Led the Sharks to a third place finish at the SSC Championships, crossing the finish line in 12th place (10/20/07)...Led the way for the Sharks at the NCAA Division II South Regional Championship (11/03/07)...TRACK: Set a new school record in the 800 meters at the NCAA Division II South Region Championship (5/5/08), clocking 2:18.68 en route to a third-place finish and All-Region honors...Also garnered All-Region distinction in the 5,000 meters (fifth, 19:57).
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07)
CROSS COUNTRY: A two-sport athlete at NSU, making an impact by scoring in every meet...Finished 21st at the Shark Invitational (9/2/06)...Finished 20th at the Florida Tech Invitational (9/9/06)...Placed 16th at the FLRunners.com Invitational (9/30/06)...Finished 19th at SSC Championships (10/21/06)...TRACK: Earned All-South Region honors...Finished 32nd out of 52 runners in her first event at the Hurricane Invitational (3/16/07)...Finished fifth out of 22 runners in the 1,500 meters at the Tampa Distance Classic (3/24/07).
CAREER
Named 2006 Female Athlete of the Year...Was the 2006 Individual, County and Conference Champion...Named Team MVP...Four-time First-Team All-Conference track selection...Three-time All-Area Team selection...Two-time Chronicle Track Athlete of the Year and Cross Country Runner-Up...Finished career with three Lecanto track records (1,600 meters, 400 meters and 4x800-meter relay)...Holds two state medals for fifth and eighth place finishes in 4x800-meter relay...Helped Lecant's cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the state meet as the No. 2 runner in 2004....Four-time All-Conference and All-Area as a member of the basketball team...Also a member of NSU Women's Basketball team.
PERSONAL
Born in Baton Rouge, La...Athletic training major...Hobbies include rock climbing and playing Guitar Hero...Favorite food is chicken quesadillas...Daughter of Ron and Ginny Haddock...Has one sister, Brandy.
