2016 Women's Cross Country Roster
Ruschel, Amanda
Amanda Ruschel
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Materials Sci. & Engineering
- Hometown:
- Bethel Park, Pa.
- High School:
- Bethel Park
Bio
PERSONAL TRACK RECORDS
PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY RECORDS:
6K: 21:49.1 (2014 Patriot League Championships)
PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPION
2014 Indoor 4x800m Relay - 9:04.28
2017 OUTDOORS: Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll…Set a personal record in the 3000m (10:32.14) at the Larry Ellis Invitational…Ran a personal-best 18:15.63 in the 5K at the Bison Outdoor Classic…Finished in eighth place in the 5K (18:40.96) at the Muhlenberg Invitational.
2017 INDOORS: Did not compete.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 77th overall at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (22:15.0)...Earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors for her 10th place overall finish (22:01.9) at the Patriot League Championships, helping the team to a runner-up finish...Placed third on the Mountain Hawks and 118th overall at the Penn State Nationals (22:07.7)...Finished fourth on the team, 178th overall in the Gold Race at the Paul Short Run (21:51.1)...Tallied a seventh place overall finish at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet (23:10.3)...Finished 10th overall, third on the team at the season-opening Lehigh Invitational (22:55.9)...Named Academic All-Patriot League…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2016 OUTDOORS: Did not compete...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2016 INDOORS: Member of the winning 4x800 relay teams at the Lehigh Fast Times meet and the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet.
2015 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished eighth overall at the Lafayette dual meet (24:30.15)…Placed 175th out of 313 runners in the Paul Short Gold race (22:37.3)…Placed fourth on Lehigh, 111th overall at the Princeton Invitational (23:33.3)…Finished as Lehigh’s highest-placing runner (24th overall) at the Patriot League Championships at Colgate (22:28.6)...Led the team with a 101st place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals at Princeton (23:19.1).
2015 OUTDOORS: Did not compete…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2015 INDOORS: Competed in the 800 meter run and DMR at the Angry Birds Invite.
2014 CROSS COUNTRY: Lehigh’s second-best finisher (25th overall) in the Patriot League Championship race with a season-best time of 21:49.10…ran a 22:18 at Paul Short…finished eighth with a time of 22:46 in the Lehigh-Lafayette dual…named Academic All-Patriot League...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2014 OUTDOORS: Was part of the 4x800 meter relay team that captured second place at the Patriot League Championships, earning Second Team All-Patriot League recognition…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2014 INDOORS: Was a member of the winning 4x800 meter relay team at the Patriot League Championships, earning First Team All-Patriot League status…also competed in the 800 meter run and DMR at the Patriot League Championships.
WHY LEHIGH?
“Lehigh has a very strong engineering program and a beautiful campus.”
GETTING TO KNOW AMANDA
Major & Why: Chemical Engineering
Favorite Place on Campus: Linderman Library
Favorite Food: Cashews
Favorite Musical Artist: Matt Kearney and Imagine Dragons
Favorite Pro Team: Steelers
If I Didn’t Run Cross Country, I Would Play: Ultimate Frisbee
PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY RECORDS:
6K: 21:49.1 (2014 Patriot League Championships)
PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPION
2014 Indoor 4x800m Relay - 9:04.28
2017 OUTDOORS: Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll…Set a personal record in the 3000m (10:32.14) at the Larry Ellis Invitational…Ran a personal-best 18:15.63 in the 5K at the Bison Outdoor Classic…Finished in eighth place in the 5K (18:40.96) at the Muhlenberg Invitational.
2017 INDOORS: Did not compete.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 77th overall at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (22:15.0)...Earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors for her 10th place overall finish (22:01.9) at the Patriot League Championships, helping the team to a runner-up finish...Placed third on the Mountain Hawks and 118th overall at the Penn State Nationals (22:07.7)...Finished fourth on the team, 178th overall in the Gold Race at the Paul Short Run (21:51.1)...Tallied a seventh place overall finish at the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet (23:10.3)...Finished 10th overall, third on the team at the season-opening Lehigh Invitational (22:55.9)...Named Academic All-Patriot League…Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2016 OUTDOORS: Did not compete...Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2016 INDOORS: Member of the winning 4x800 relay teams at the Lehigh Fast Times meet and the Lehigh-Lafayette dual meet.
2015 CROSS COUNTRY: Finished eighth overall at the Lafayette dual meet (24:30.15)…Placed 175th out of 313 runners in the Paul Short Gold race (22:37.3)…Placed fourth on Lehigh, 111th overall at the Princeton Invitational (23:33.3)…Finished as Lehigh’s highest-placing runner (24th overall) at the Patriot League Championships at Colgate (22:28.6)...Led the team with a 101st place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals at Princeton (23:19.1).
2015 OUTDOORS: Did not compete…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2015 INDOORS: Competed in the 800 meter run and DMR at the Angry Birds Invite.
2014 CROSS COUNTRY: Lehigh’s second-best finisher (25th overall) in the Patriot League Championship race with a season-best time of 21:49.10…ran a 22:18 at Paul Short…finished eighth with a time of 22:46 in the Lehigh-Lafayette dual…named Academic All-Patriot League...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2014 OUTDOORS: Was part of the 4x800 meter relay team that captured second place at the Patriot League Championships, earning Second Team All-Patriot League recognition…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2014 INDOORS: Was a member of the winning 4x800 meter relay team at the Patriot League Championships, earning First Team All-Patriot League status…also competed in the 800 meter run and DMR at the Patriot League Championships.
WHY LEHIGH?
“Lehigh has a very strong engineering program and a beautiful campus.”
GETTING TO KNOW AMANDA
Major & Why: Chemical Engineering
Favorite Place on Campus: Linderman Library
Favorite Food: Cashews
Favorite Musical Artist: Matt Kearney and Imagine Dragons
Favorite Pro Team: Steelers
If I Didn’t Run Cross Country, I Would Play: Ultimate Frisbee
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