2018 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA indoor All-American 1st team in DMR (2017, 2018). ... USTFCCCA indoor All-West Region in 3,000 meters (2017) and DMR (2017, 2018). ... All-GNAC indoor in mile (2017) and 3,000 meters (2018). ... USTFCCCA 2nd team outdoor All-American in 5000 (2017). ... USTFCCCA outdoor All-West Region in 5000 (2017). ... All-GNAC outdoor in 1500 meters (2016, 2017) and 5000 (2017). ... GNAC All-Academic (2016, 2017. 2018). ... USTFCCCA All-Academic (2016, 2017, 2018).
Senior (2018): INDOOR – Teamed with Kate Lilly, Lani Taylor, and Chynna Phan for a 5th-place finish in the 4,000-meter distance medley relay at the NCAA Championships, running the 1,600-meter anchor leg and bringing it home in 11:31.69. Also was on the anchor at the SPU Final Qualifier meet on Feb. 24 as the Falcons clocked 11:39.11 to go from on the bubble to well above the NCAA cutoff line. ... Placed 3rd in the 3,000 and 4th in the mile at GNAC. Her 3K time of 9:59.22 was an NCAA provisional qualifier. ... Ran just one other meet, clocking 5:00.29 in the mile at the Husky Classic on Feb. 10. OUTDOOR – Placed 21st in the NCAA 1500, clocking 4:35.37. ... Placed 4th in the mile at GNAC with a personal-best and NCAA provisional time of 4:27.85, the second sub-4:30 of her career and well below her previous best of 4:29.53. ... Just a short while after that, was back on the track and placed 5th in the 5000 in 17:19.29. ... Focused exclusively on the 1500 and 5000 throughout the season, beating the NCAA 1500 provisional time in three meets, and the 5K provisional in one (17:13.91 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 19 in Azusa, Calif.) ... Won the 1500 at SPU's Doris Heritage Track Festival on March 24.. ...
Junior (2017): INDOOR – Ran the 1,600-meter anchor leg on the 4,000-meter distance medley relay at the NCAA Division II nationals, coming from 10th place when she took the baton and surging around the final curve to give the Falcons team of Sarah Macdonald, Lani Taylor, Chynna Phan, and herself 8th place and the final All-American spot with a time of 11:36.02. That was a six-second drop from their NCAA provisional qualifying time of 11:42.22 on Jan. 27 at the UW Invitational. ... Also placed 13th in the mile at NCAAs in 4:56.59. ... Posted two NCAA provisional times in the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 14, clocking 4:58.95 in the mile – her first time of breaking five minutes – and 9:48.85 in the 3,000 meters. That was her first-ever 3K. ... Beat her mile PR on Jan. 28 at the UW Invitational with a 4:56.37, and went een faster at the SPU Final Qualifier on Feb. 25, clocking 4:53.64. OUTDOOR – Placed 19th in 5000 meters at NCAA nationals in 17:15.48, her first trip to the outdoor championships. ... Led a 2-3-4 Falcon finish in the 5000 at GNAC, coming across the line in 17:31.60. ... Placed 3rd in 1500 at GNAC in 4:36.65. ... Made five NCAA provisional times during the regular season, with three of those in the 1500 (including a PR of 4:29.53 at the Oregon State High Performance meet in Corvallis on April 28) and two in the 5000 (with a PR of 16:41.59 at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., on April 13). ... Ran an 800-meter PR of 2:14.28 in the Ken Shannon Invitational at Husky Track on May 6.
Sophomore (2016): INDOOR – Placed 12th in the GNAC mile with a 5:15.76. ... Just six days earlier at the UW Indoor Open on Feb. 14 – her first meet of the season due to an injury – set a mile PR at 5:10.43. ... Ran the 1600-meter anchor leg on the 5th-place 4000 distance medley relay at GNAC. OUTDOOR – Placed 3rd in GNAC 1500 in 4:34.04. ... Came back just two hours later to take 5th in the 5000, moving up from 7th on the last of the 12 1/2 laps, and stopping the watch in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 16:49.91 -- her first sub-17 and a 13-second drop from her previous PR of 17:02.93. ... Set a PR and an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 4:30.80 in the 1500 on April 30 at the Ken Shannon Invitational. ... Came within one spot of making the NCAA cut in the 1500. ... Ran in seven meets, all in the 1500 or 5000.
Freshman (2015): INDOOR – Placed 13th in the mile at GNAC in 5:18.14. ... Ran a personal-best mile time of 5:12.20 at UW Indoor Open. ... Competed in one other meet, making college debut in the 800 and mile at season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 17. OUTDOOR – Placed 11th in the 10,000 meters -- her first 10K -- at GNAC in 43:56.41. ... Ran in seven other meets at distances ranging from 800 to 5000 meters, focusing primarily on the 1500. Set a PR of 4:46.28 in that race at the Emilie Mondor Invitational on April 11.
Henry M. Jackson High School: Posted PRs of 30.33 in the 200 and 5:11.90 in the 1600 as a junior in 2013, and 2:19.81 and 111:25.12 in the 3200 in 2012. ... Her 1600 personal best helped her win that event at the 2013 Everett School District Championships. ... Set sophomore and junior school records in the 800. ... Also ran cross country, making the state meet three times, and played basketball.
Personal: Mary Suzanne Charleson. ... Born Oct. 14, 1995. ... Psychology major.
Fun facts: Joined her middle school cross country team in 7th grade to get in shape for basketball, only to discover that conditioning for the two sports is different, Fell in love with running. ... Loves long runs on trails. ... If not for running, would be more serious abou swimming. ... Favorite sport to watch is basketball. ... Dumbest movie she has seen is "Bubble Boy." ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." ... Favorite junk food is chocolate. ... Favorite healthy food is peanut butter toast with banana slices. ... Favorite TV program is "Gilmore Girls." ... Favorite pro team is the Seattle Seahawks. ... Favorite athlete is marathon runner Joan Benoit. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, would invite Martin Luther King Jr. because "I admire his courage and his willingness to stand up for what is right," She would serve pasta and chocolate raspberry cheesecake. ... Her friends call her Mare. ... In 10 years, plans to be a pediatrician, married, and living in the Pacific Northwest.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:23.46 (1/17/2015)
Mile: 4:53.64 (2/25/2017)
3000: 9:48.85 (1/14/2017)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:14.28 (5/6/2017)
1500: 4:27.85 (5/12/2018)
5000: 16:41.59 (4/13/2017)
10,000: 43:56.11 (5/9/2015)
CAREER RESULTS
