2010: NCAA Regional participant in steeplechase, qualifying from 10:39.30 at Payton Cardinal Invite... Time improved her No. 2 footing in school history... Finished 3rd (10:40.82) at Big West Conference Championships... Also hit 10:45.56 at S.F. State Distance Carnival... Competed in open 3K once (9:59.74 at Stanford Opener) and 1,500 twice (4:34.20 at Brutus Hamilton).
2009: Team[apos]s top steeplechase runner, placing 6th (10:52.78) at Big West Conference meet... Went 10:51.0 (hand time) during Causeway Dual... Also among team leaders in 1,500 (4:44.38 at Mondo Invite) and 5,000 (17:45.80 at Brutus Hamilton).
2008: Competed in 5,000 in five meets, posting season-best 18:13.35 during Woody Wilson Classic... Also appeared in 1,500 (4:50.00) in Aggie Twilight and 3,000 (10:41.68) in Causeway dual.
CROSS COUNTRY: Aggies[apos] top finisher at Bronco Invitational (14th overall) and NCAA West Regional (33rd) in 2010... Crossed as team[apos]s No. 2 runner on three other occasions, including Big West Conference (17th)... Placed 14th at Big West Conference Championship in 2009, one of five appearances... Also among team[apos]s top three finishers at Stanford (25th), Pre-Nationals (89th) and West Regional (31st)... Appeared in six meets in 2008, including NCAA West Regional... Finished T20th at Big West meet...Raced four times as a freshman in 2007, including the Big West and West Region championships.
HIGHLAND HS [apos]07: Qualified for state meet as a junior, finishing 18th in Division I... Twice named as cross country MVP... Also a two-year MVP in track & field, capturing Golden League titles in 1,600 (5:29.28) and 3,200 (11:54.24) as a senior... Selected as class valedictorian... Posted 4.0 grade-point average all four years.
PERSONAL: Born in Santa Ana, Calif.... Majoring in biotechnology... Parents are Paul & Druanne Fitzgerald... Proudest achievement was qualifying for the state cross country meet in 2005... Claims two historical events she wishes she could have witnessed: the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the race between War Admiral and Seabiscuit.
