Vanessa Robinson Season 2015-16

QUICK NOTES: UC freshman record holder in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:07.05), which also is the all-time #5 marks in program history… also ranks #7 all-time on the indoor 1,000m run list (3:02.54).

2016-17 SEASONS
2016 XC (SO): Raced twice on the year… finished 22nd overall at the Friendship Invitational before taking 19th in the open race at the All-Ohio Championships.

2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (FR): Won two races on the year and earned placement on a pair of program all-time Top 10 charts in the process… opened the season by taking second in the 2,000m steeplechase at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational in 7:19.45, which qualified her to the junior national meet… won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Kentucky Relays in 11:09.88, which ranked sixth all-time at UC and broke the school’s freshman record… improved that mark to 11:07.05 to place 10th at the American Outdoor Championships and move up to fifth on the all-time list… won the 1,500m run at the RedHawk Invitational in 4:39.97, the seventh-best time in UC history… qualified for and competed in the 3,000m steeplechase as the 2016 USATF Junior National Championships… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (FR): Raced at four different distances during the indoor season, including the 800m, 1,000m, mile and 3,000m events… competed at the American Indoor Championships in the 3,000m run… posted a time of 3:02.54 in the 1,000m run at the SPIRE DI Invitational to move into seventh on the school’s all-time Top 10 in the event.
2015 XC (FR): Ran in five races during her rookie season… posted a Top 15 finish in her first collegiate cross country race, placing 13th overall at the Queen City Invitational… team’s third finisher at the American Conference Championships.

High School: One of Ohio’s top prep distance and cross country runners… two-time Ohio D1 State Cross Country qualifier… Top 5 finishes at the Ohio Capital Outdoor Conference in the 1,600m each of the last two seasons with a runner-up finish in 2014.

Personal Bests – Indoor:
800m – 2:24.00 (Kentucky Invitational – 1/16/16)
1,000m – 3:02.54 (SPIRE DI Invitational – 2/12/16) – UC #7
Mile – 5:18.22 (Indiana Relays – 1/30/16)
3,000m – 10:28.62 (American Championships – 2/29/16)

Personal Bests – Outdoor:
1,500m – 4:39.97 (RedHawk Invitational – 4/30/16) – UC #7
2,000m SC – 7:19.45 (Oliver Nkikoloff Invite – 4/2/16)
3,000m SC – 11:07.05 (American Championships – 5/14/16) – UC #5 & UC Freshman Record