Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: Western Albemarle
Hometown: Charlottesville, Va.
2008 Cross Country: One of the top runners in the nation… Finished third at NCAA Championships, highest finish ever for a Virginia Tech male or female runner ... NCAA Southeast Regional Champion ... NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... Took second at the ACC Championships … Crossed the line in second at the Chile Pepper Invite … Set the Tech Cross Country Course record in her victory in the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 15:55.3.
2008 Outdoor: Advanced to the finals in the 5,000-meters at the Olympic Trials, where she placed ninth … In semifinals of the 5,000-meters at the Olympic Trials, Fanning set new school record in the event with time of 15:37.73… Earned a trip to the NCAA Championships in the 5,000-meter run, her second trip to the national meet, where she took sixth with a time of 15:54.38 ... Won the 5,000-meters at the East Regional with time of 16:11.42 ... Finished runner-up in the ACC Championships’ 5,000-meter run with time of 16:33.17 ...
2008 Indoor: ACC champion in the 3,000-meter run, clocking 9:23.50 ... Ran personal best time in the 3,000-meters at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet, running 9:22.00 for third place ...Won the 1,000-meter run at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a school-record time of 2:47.07.
2007 Cross Country: Finished 12th out of 255 runners at the NCAA Championships with a time of 20:32 … Performance also earned her All-American honors for the second time in her career … Just the fourth woman in school history to earn All-American recognition in cross country, and the first to do so since 2003 ...Was an All-NCAA Southeast region performer for third consecutive season with a season-best 6k time of 20:05.05, which placed third … Finished fourth at the ACC Championships at 20:57.7 … Three-time Virginia Tech Athlete of the Week (Oct. 1, Oct. 29, and Nov. 26) … Registered first-place overall finishes in three of six meets in which she ran.
2007 Outdoor: Won 1,500-meter race at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a school-record time of 4:17.79 … Finished 15th in the 1,500-meter run (4:20.93) at the NCAA Championships … Member of distance medley relay team that set a new school record by more than 24 seconds at the Sea Ray Relays (11:30.01) .. Finished 6th in the 1,500-meter race at the NCAA East regional (4:23.12) … Finished second in the 1,500 meters at the ACC Championships to earn All-ACC honors … Top finisher in the 5,000-meter race at the Duke Invitational with a personal-record time of 16:14.51 … Won 800-meter race at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with a personal-best time of 2:10.54 … Named to All-ACC Academic Track & Field team.
2007 Indoor: Member of All-American distance medley that finished fourth in the NCAA Championships with an 11:10.84 performance … The distance medley relay was runner-up at the ACC Championships, combining for a time of 11:26.25 … Fourth-place finisher in the 3,000-meter race at the ACC Championships with a time of 9:27.50 … Awarded ACC Indoor Track and Field Performer of the Week (Feb. 19) after winning the mile at the VT Challenge in a time of 4:40.66 … Runner-up in the 3,000-meter race at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup with a personal-record time of 9:26.18.
2006 Cross Country: Led Tech to an 18th place finish at the national championships with an individual finish of 77th, taking 61st in team scoring with a time of 21:55 … Earned NCAA All-Southeast region honors for the second straight year after finishing 18th in 21:10 … Claimed 42nd at the ACC Championships in 22:48 … Took 50th at the Chile Pepper Invite in 21:49, and ninth at the William & Mary Inter-Regional in 22:19 … Turned in the second individual time of 17:04 at the 5k Wake Forest Relays while pairing with Kelly Clark to finish as the top team, and earned ACC Performer of the Week honors for her efforts … Was named to both the All-ACC Academic Team and the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I All-Academic Team.
2006 Outdoor: Placed 13th at the NCAA East Region meet in the 1,500m with a time of 4:28.09 ... Recorded a regional qualifying mark in the 1,500m after finishing in a personal-best time of 4:24.69 for third at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... The time is the third fastest in school history ... Placed seventh at the Florida State Relays in the 1,500m with a time of 4:39.35 ... Set a then-personal-best with her time of 4:31.72 at the Duke Invitational in the 1,500m ... Placed 32nd in the 800m at the Duke Invitational with a time of 2:15.09 ... Finished fifth in the 3,000m with a time of 9:56.91 at the Lou Onesty Invitational ... Finished eighth in the 5,000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 16:51.94, qualifying for the NCAA regional meet ... Was 13th in the 1,500m at the meet ... Was second in the 800m at the Liberty Invitational with a time of 2:11.93.
2006 Indoor: Was on the second-place 4x800m relay team at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 9:18.81 ... Was on the first-place distance-medley relay team with a time of 11:43.23 at the Penn State Invitational ... The time is the third fastest in school history ... Finished 18th in the 800m at the Penn State Invitational with a time of 2:16.18 ... Was on the fourth-place distance medley relay team at the ACC Championships ... Finished 11th in the 3,000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 9:49.56 ... Set a personal-best time of 4:51.70 in the mile at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet, winning the race.
2005 Cross Country: Earned all-region honors at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships for her 22nd-place performance with a time of 21:05.7 ... In her first collegiate race, won the VT Alumni Meet with a time of 17:12.91 ... Won the 5k Mountaineer Open in 18:03.98 ... Was the top Tech runner at the Penn State Invitational, finishing the 6k course in 22:10, earning 42nd place ... Finished 19th at the ACC Championships with a time of 20:17.2.
High School: A four-time all-state cross country runner … Led the cross country team to three AA Virginia state titles and the track team to three AA state championships … Was the 2004 Jefferson District and Region II cross country champion … Her track accomplishments include being a four-time AA Virginia state champion in the 4x800-meter relay, an all-state performer 13 times for the indoor and outdoor seasons and Nike Indoor Classic All-American … Won the district title in the 800-meter race and the 4x800-meter relay … Took second at the Region II Championships in the 800-meter race and the 4x800-meter relay …
Personal: Born August, 27 1987 in Seattle, Wash. ... Daughter of Elizabeth Fanning ... Sister, Jessica, runs cross country and track & field for Virginia Tech ... Human nutrition, foods and exercise and communication major.
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