2012 Women's Cross Country Roster

Thom Swarr

Taryn Shank

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hagerstown, Md.
  • Height 5-4
  • High School North Hagerstown
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

TFRRS Profile

Season-by-Season Statistics
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009

2012 (Senior): Topped 20 career meets with six more races in 2012...Back-to-back sixth-place finishes at the Misericordia Cougar Classic Sept. 15, and the Dickinson Short Course Invitational Sept. 29...Nearly set a new PR in a 6k care with a 22:02.10 (best is a 22:01.80) at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble Oct. 13...Finished fourth at the MAC Championships Oct. 27, ensuring her fourth straight top 10 at the conference championship meet...All-Mideast Region for the second time in her career after a 28th-place run at the NCAA DIII Mideast Regional hosted by Dickinson on Nov. 10...Named to the MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll for the third time in three years eligible...USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country.

2011 (Junior): Had to sit out the first half of the season with an injury, but shook off the rust in no time, placing third at the Elizabethtown Battle for the Buggy on Oct. 22 in her first race back...Went on to take All-MAC First Team honors for the third year in a row with a 10th-place finish at the MAC Championships at Messiah on Oct. 29...Finished 43rd at the NCAA Division III Mideast Region Championships in her third meet back, just eight spots outside of the all-region cut off...Among the seven Blue Jays selected to compete at the NCAA DIII Championships...MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection.

2010 (Sophomore): Made her way to the starting line in seven of eight meets...Finished in the top 12 in every meet up until the NCAA DIII Championships...Runner-up at the 6k Delaware Valley Invitational on Sept. 4 (23:57.44)...Placed ninth in 22:31.30 at the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble Oct. 16...Third-place finisher at the MAC Championships on Oct. 30...Eighth-place run at the Nov. 13 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional marked the highest finish of her career at a regional meet...All-Mideast Region...Helped the Blue Jays bring home a program-best 11th-place team finish at the NCAA Division III Championships on Nov. 20...Ran fastest 6k time of her career at the NCAA Championships at Wartburg College (22:01.80)...Earned spot on the MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll...USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country.

2009 (Freshman): Ran in six meets...Named MAC Rookie of the Year by finishing sixth —highest of all freshmen— at the MAC Championships with a time of 24:33.81...Member of the Jays' MAC Championship-winning team...All-Mideast Region choice after a 19th-place finish in the NCAA DIII Mideast Regional...Finished eighth in her first college meet (LVC Invitational on Sept. 12)...Completed season with two top 10's and three top 20's.

High School: Two sport athlete at North Hagerstown High School...Participated in cross country and track & field.

Personal: Born Aug. 18, 1991...Daughter of Ted and Debbie Shank...Majoring in mathematics and computer science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009Freshman

  • 2010Sophomore

  • 2011Junior

  • 2012Senior

    5'4"