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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2012 Women's Cross Country Roster

Cara Mattson

Cara Mattson

  • Position:
    Player
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    East Meadow
  • Hometown:
    ,

Summary

Biography

Fourth year on the Pride cross country roster in 2012...Selected 2012 team captain...2011: Ran in six meets as a junior...Posted a season-best 6K time of 24:41 to place 201st at the NCAA Northeast Regional...Clocked a time of 24:49 to finish 66th at the CAA Championships...Led the Pride team at the 6K Penn State Nationals posting a time of 25:17 to place 206th...Finish 119th in 20:13 at the ECAC University Championship...2010: Ran in all nine meets as a sophomore...Clocked a season-best 6K time of 24:18 to place 75th at the CAA Championships...Posted a 6K time of 24:35 to finish 218th at the Paul Short Invitational...Recorded a 6K time of 24:48 to place 224th at the NCAA Regional...Tallied three 5K meets under 21 minutes...Placed 140th in 20:53 at the ECAC University Championship...Placed eighth in 20:58 at the 5K Brick Stone Invitational...Also clocked a 5K time of 20:58 to finish 65th at the 5K Metropolitan Championships...2009: Ran in all eight meets as a freshman...Placed 7th in 26:35 at the 6K NJIT Invitational...Finished 12th in 21:09 at the 5K Hofstra Invitational...Posted a 6K personal best of 23:53 at Lehigh's Paul Short Run...Clocked a time of 24:54 to finish 84th at the 6K CAA Championship...Recorded a time of 20:34 to finish 123rd at the ECAC Championship...Posted a time of 26:30 to place 211th at the 6K NCAA Regional...Placed 16th in 17:09 at the St. John's Fall Festival...Finished 67th in 20:27 at the Metropolitan Championship...Hofstra Athletics Academic Honor Roll...High School: Was a member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams for four years and the cross country team for three years at East Meadow (NY) High School...Earned all-conference honors in cross country, indoor and outdoor track as a senior...Picked up All-Nassau County honors in cross country and indoor track as a junior, and all-county accolades in outdoor track as a sophomore...Earned all-conference honors in cross country and indoor track as a sophomore...Was a member of one (2007) Nassau Country championship team and two (2006 and 2008) conference championship teams in cross country...Personal: Born March 28, 1991...Has one sister...Enjoys reading and movies in her free time...Aspires to a career as a speech pathologist...Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences major.

 

 


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Historical Player Information

  • 2009Redshirt

    Player
    5'3"
  • 2010Sophomore

    Player
    5'3"
  • 2011Junior

    Player
    5'3"
  • 2012Senior

    Player
    5'3"