| Claire Laverty |
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• 2009 All-District CoSIDA Academic Honor Roll
• 2009, 2008 and 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant
2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country - Competed in first NCAA Championship Meet finishing the 6K course in 23:50 ... Ran in last four meets for Wildcats after coming off of preseason injury ... Season best time was recorded at the SEC Championships with a 6K time of 23:13. Indoor - Anchored seventh-place distance medley relay team at SEC Championships ... Ran a personal best 3,000m time of 10:21.72 at the Iowa State Classic. Outdoor - Ran a personal-best time of 4:49.82 in the 1,500m run at the Eastern Kentucky Open ... Also ran the 3,000m run and the steeplechase.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Ran in five of UK's six meets including the SEC Championships ... Thirty-fifth at the Old Timers Classic with a personal-best 5K time of 19:20. Indoor - Competed in the mile run SEC/Big Ten Challenge turning in a time of 5:07.49. Outdoor - Finished seventh overall at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with personal-best steeplechase time of 11:12.39 ... Placed fourth in steeplechase at Sea Ray Relays clocking in at 11:14.82.
2006-07 (Freshman): Cross Country - Competed in five of UK's six meets her rookie campaign, including the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Seventh overall at the EKU Invitational with a 2-mile time of 11:43 ... Fifty-seventh at the Cal Poly Invitational with a then-personal-best 5K time of 19:39. Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Earned a personal-best 4:54.30 in the 1,500 meters at the Seminole Invitational.
High School: A four-year member of her high school track and cross country squads ... A regional champion and state qualifier in cross country her junior year ... A county, sectional and regional champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters her sophomore, junior and senior years ... An all-state selection in the 1,600 her junior year ... Also competed in swimming for four years in high school ... An academic all-state selection her senior year.
Personal: Full name is Claire Elizabeth Laverty ... Born Nov. 11, 1987 ... Parents are John and Susan Laverty ... Has one sister, Anne ... Major is psychology.
