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Sara Day
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Winston-Salem, N.C.

High School:
Ledford

Event:
Cross Country, Distance

PERSONAL RECORDS

  • 3,000 M 9:50
  • 5,000 M 16:50

CROSS COUNTRY

  • Led team in every race, finishing in the top 4 six times
  • Runner-up at 2000 ACC Championships, earning all-ACC honors
  • Took 3rd at 2000 NCAA Regionals, earning all-region honors and automatic
  • bid to NCAA Championships
  • Ran a 22:03 at the NCAA Championships
  • Ran in six races in 1999
  • Had two top 10 finishes junior year
  • Finished 15th at the 1999 ACC Championships

TRACK & FIELD

  • Won 5,000m at 2000 49er Classic
  • Placed 4th in 5,000m at 2000 ACC Outdoor Championships
  • Took 9th in 3,000m at 2000 ACC Indoor Championships
  • Finished 10th in 5,000m at 2000 ACC Indoor Championships
  • Garnered top 10 finishes in every event junior year

PRIOR TO WAKE FOREST

  • Transferred to Wake Forest from High Point in 1999
  • Captained High Point cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams sophomore year, earning MVP honors in each sport
  • 1999 Big South Champion in both 3,000m and 5,000m
  • Earned academic all-conference honors

BACKGROUND

  • 1995 and 1997 North Carolina state champion in both 1,600m and 800m
  • Placed 3rd in state in cross country in 1994
  • Four-time all-state selection
  • Sociology major
  • Born Sara Leslie Day Nov. 17, 1978 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • Parents are Diana B. Cushing & Danny Day