2007 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Sara Hiller
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Kickapoo HS
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Mo.
2009 -- Recipient of the Stan Durwood Award, which is presented annually to a
student-athlete with the highest grade point average at a minimum of
100 hours passed... 2008 UMKC Scholar Athlete honoree... a member of the CoSIDA District 7 Academic All-America team... recipient of the Stan Durwood Award, which is presented annually to a student-athlete with the highest grade point average at a minimum of 100 hours passed... UMKC Scholar Athlete honoree... Indoor... finished ninth at the Missouri Classic in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:51.40... ran the season best time of 10:49.94 at the Iowa State Classic in the 3,000 meters... Outdoor... ran for a fifth place finish, scoring four points for the women’s team, in the 5,000 meters at The Summit League Outdoor Championships with a season best time of 17:52.19... recorded three top-8 finishes during the outdoor season in the 5,000 meters... took seventh at the League Championships in the 10,000 meters, clocking in at 38:54.59... ran the second leg of the 4x1,760-yard relay team that finished fourth at the Kansas Relays... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence... CoSIDA District 7 Academic all-America selection... ESPN The Magazine Third Team Academic all-American.
2008 - Indoor... claimed a runner-up finish in the 3,000-meter run (11:08.44) at the Jayhawk Classic... finished sixth in the 5,000-meter run (19:10.33) at the Missouri Southern Open... Outdoor... redshirted during the outdoor season... recipient of UMKC's Stan Durwood Award, which is given to the male and
female student-athlete with the highest grade point average at a
minimum of 100 hours passed... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.... CoSIDA District 7 Academic all-America selection... ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic all-American.
2007 -- Indoor... led the team in the 3,000 and 5,000-meter runs... earned all-conference honors after finishing second in the 5,000-meter run (17:31.49) and placed fifth in the 3,000-meter run (10:07.34) at the 2007 Mid-Con Indoor Championships... the 3,000-meter time is a UMKC school record... was the runner-up in the 3,000-meter run (10:25.84) at the Missouri Invitational... finished 19th in the 5,000-meter run (17:41.90) and 24th in the 3,000-meter run (10:10.23) at the Iowa State Classic... Outdoor... won the 10,000-meter run (40:17.55) to earn a gold medal and all-conference honors at the Mid-Con Outdoor Championships... also finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run (18:03.16) at the Championship... earned a third place finish in the 10,000-meter run (36:20.31) at the Missouri Relays... recipient of the Jack Gant Award, which is given to the best overall student-athlete (includes both athletics and academics)... named to the Mid-Con Winter/Spring Academic all-Conference team and to the Mid-Continent Conference Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence... CoSIDA District 7 Academic all-America selection... named an ESPN The Magazine Third Team Academic all-America selection
2006 -- Indoor... was the runner-up in the 3000-meters (10:21.65) at the EIU Mega Meet... Outdoor... took home fourth place honors in the 5000-meters (17:38.23) at the Kansas Relays... was the runner-up in the 5000-meters (18:07.43) and finished ninth in the 1500-meters (5:02.54) at the UMKC Invitational... all-conference in two events at the Mid-Con Championships... finished third in both the 5000-meters (17:35.76) and the 10,000-meters (38:31.36)... named to the Mid-Con Winter/Spring Academic all-Conference team and to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
High School -- Two-year letterwinner in cross country and four-year letterwinner in track and field... twice named to first-team all-district in cross country... conference champion in 800 meters in track and field as a senior... earned all-conference and all-district honors in track and field in 2003 and 2004... two-time first-team all-confernce academic selection in cross country... also garnered three letters in basketball, being named to first-team academic all-district in 2003... high school coach was Michael Wagner.
Personal -- Born on Oct. 1, 1985... daughter of Greg and Angela Hiller... majoring in pharmacy.
