Seattle Pacific University Athletics

SPU: Three-year letterwinner. ... USTFCCCA outdoor and indoor All-American in 2009 and 2008; USTFCCCA indoor All-American in 2007. ... All-GNAC outdoor in 2008 and 2007. ... All-GNAC indoor in 2009 and 2008. ... CoSIDA Academic All-District in 2009. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2009 and 2008. ... USTFCCCA All-Academic in 2007. ... SPU outdoor Most Inspirational in 2008.

Junior (2009): OUTDOOR – Placed 5^th in the 1,500 meters at NCAAs in 4:32.45. ... Posted three automatic qual times in the 1,500 during the season. ... Also had NCAA provisional qualifying times in the 800 and 5,000. ... Solid showing in some of the top meets in the Northwest and elsewhere on the West Coast: 14^th in the 5,000 at Stanford Invitational, 5^th in 800 Open at Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational, and 2^nd in 1,500 at Ken Foreman-Ken Shannon Invitational. INDOOR –  Finished second to teammate Jessica Pixler in the mile at NCAAs in 4:48.87. Earned the top seed for the finals by winning her preliminary heat in 4:55.45. Also took 7^th in the 5,000 meters at NCAAs in 17:04.01. Was an automatic qualifier in both events. ... Won the GNAC 5,000 meters for the second straight time, and did it again in a meet record, going 17:27.34 to shatter her own 2008 record of 17:39.95. ... Took 3^rd in the mile at GNAC in 4:53.31.

Sophomore (2008): OUTDOOR – Won the 1,500 at GNAC Championships in a meet-record tie of 4:29.66, taking more than two seconds off the old record of 4:31.84, set in 2002. Also took 4^th in the GNAC 800 in 2:16.05. ... Ran on SPU’s 5^th-place 4x400 relay at GNAC meet. INDOOR –  Placed second behind Jessica Pixler in the mile at NCAA indoor championships in 4:51.74. Also led off Seattle Pacific’s 3^rd-place distance medley relay team. ... Won the 5,000 at GNAC in 17:39.95, wiping out the old record of 18:17.35 set in 2007 by SPU’s Karin Rohde. Led off Seattle Pacific’s winning distance medley relay, and placed 2^nd in the mile at GNAC meet in 4:59.47.

Freshman (2007): OUTDOOR – Placed 2^nd in the 3,000 meters at GNAC in 10:05.47, and 3^rd in the 1,500 meters at GNAC in 4:43.06. INDOOR – Ran 2^nd in the mile at GNAC meet in 5:00.34, and was on SPU’s winning distance medley relay team.

Personal: Jane Marie Larson. ... Born July 11, 1988. ... English major.

Fun facts: As a high school freshman, Larson trained with Juanita High because Cedar Park Christian didn't have a cross country team. The school started a program by the time Larson was a sophomore. ... Favorite books are "The Kite Runner" and short stories by Flannery O'Connor. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, saying, "We would probably eat pancakes, drink coffee and talk about books." ... Went to Cameroon on a mission trip with SPU classmates.