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Carrie Besser Class: Senior Hometown: Louisville, Ky. High School: Presentation Academy Height: 5-10 Event: Distance/Hurdles Birthdate: 06/04/1981

2002 Cross Country: Competed in all seven cross country meets for the Cardinals ... Recorded career-best 5000m cross country time of 20:18.43 at Evansville Invitational.

2001-02: Placed fifth in 3000m steeplechase at Indiana Four-Way ... Ran second leg of 4x400m relay at Conference USA Outdoor Championship ... Recorded personal-best time in 6000m (24:23.40) during cross country season ... Received Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal ... Member of C-USA Commissioner's and Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Rolls.

2000-01: Placed fifth in 800m at Wildcat Indoor Speed Meet ... Named to C-USA Commissioner's and Fall and Spring AD Honor Rolls.

1999-00: Placed second in 400m hurdles at Cumberland College Invitational ... Named to C-USA Commissioner's Fall and Spring AD Honor Rolls.

High School: Lettered four years in track and volleyball and one in basketball at Presentation Academy ... Finished fourth at 1999 state meet in 300m hurdles ... Garnered all-region and all-state volleyball honors in 1998 ... Received Most Outstanding Female Athlete Award.

Personal: Born Carrie Ann Besser on June 14, 1981 in Louisville, Ky. ... Daughter of Kenneth and Bernadine Besser ... Double-majoring in psychology and English ... Post-college ambition is to go to graduate school ... Names her parents as the people who have had the biggest influence on her athletic career ... Most prized possessions are her cats ... Hobbies include coaching high school volleyball and reading ... Person she'd most like to meet is Cher ... Favorite movie is X-Men ... Favorite TV show is Frasier ... She is a vegetarian.