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2014 Women's Cross Country Roster

Cara Mack

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Llano, Texas
  • Prev School Llano HS

Biography

The Mack File
Parents: Ronald and Marilee Mack
Birthday: Dec. 24, 1991
Major: Mathematics
Honors
Captial One Academic All-District
2014
USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
2010, 2011
LSC Academic Runner of the Year
2012
LSC Scholar Athlete
2015
LSC All-Academic Team
2012, 2013

LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (F), 2015 (S)

At Midwestern State

Cross Country Personal Bests
4,000 Meters: 15.54.10 -- MSU Stampede (8/30/12)
5,000 Meters: 18:53.89 -- Missouri Southern Stampede (9/18/10)
6,000 Meters: 23:58.00 -- MSU Cross Country Carnival (10/16/10)

Senior (2014)
- competed in seven meets turning in one team countable finish.
- provided the tiebreaking difference in MSU's fifth Lone Star Conference title as the Mustangs' sixth runner across the line placing 20th with a 6K time of 24:01.90 at the LSC Championships on Nov. 8.
- had team countable showing taking 10th at the 5K ECU Tiger Chase on Oct. 25 with a time of 19:53.00.
- placed 82nd at hte NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship on Nov. 22 covering the 6K course in 25:26.00.

Junior (2013)
- sat out season.

Redshirt Sophomore (2012)
- garnered LSC Academic Runner of the Year honors.
- competed in four meets.
- helped MSU to a team championship with a season-best 5K time of 20:10.09 at the Texas Wesleyan Ram Ramble (9/22).
- finished 18th individually with a 6K time of 24:43.75 at the MSU Cross Country Carnival (10/6).
- covered the 5K course at the Missouri Southern Stampede in 20:45.92 to finish 113th individually (9/15).
- logged 15:54.10 to finish 17th in the season opening 4K Strohman Dental/MSU Stampede (8/30).

Sophomore (2011)
- served redshirt season.

Freshman (2010)
- competed in eight meets as a true freshman.
- part of Midwestern State's banner season as the Mustangs earned a second NCAA Division II Championship berth and a third consecutive Lone Star Conference championship as the team claimed wins in five meets.
- posted countable time in three events including the Missouri Southern Stampede, MSU Cross Country Carnival and Lone Star Conference Championship.
- placed 22nd in collegiate debut with a 4K time of 16:13.56 at the MSU Cross Country Stampede on Sep. 2, 2010.
- delivered eighth-best 5K performance in program history with a time of 18:53.89 to place 49th at the Missouri Southern Stampede on Sep. 18, 2010.
- finished sixth at the 6K MSU Cross Country Carnival with a time of 23:58.00 on Oct. 16, 2010.
- placed 16th at the Lone Star Conference Championship finishing the shortened 4.5-kilometer course in 17:12.35 on Nov. 16, 2010 in Abilene, Texas.
- had a 60th-place showing at the NCAA Division II South Central Regional with a 6K time of 24:39.38 in Warrensburg, Mo. on Nov. 20, 2010.
- placed 178th at the NCAA Division II Championship with a 6K time of 25:45.90 at Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Ky. on Dec. 4, 2010.


At Llano High School
- earned letters in each of her prep seasons in cross country and track & field.
- helped Yellowjackets to a Texas State 3A runner-up finish and a District 25-3A title as a senior in 2009.
- named a Class 3A all-state runner.
- member of the National Honor Society.


Cross Country Career Performances

Senior (2014)

DateMeetDistanceTimeOverall / Team
9/13/14MSU Stohman Dental Stampede4K15:56.0014 / 9
9/20/14Missouri Southern Stampede5K19:39.7874 / 9
10/4/14Metro State Roadrunner Invitational6K25:22.0056 / 9
10/18/14MSU Cross Country Carnival6K24:31.7028 / 9
10/25/14ECU Tiger Chase5K19:53.0011 / 4
11/8/14Lone Star Conference Championships6K24:01.9020 / 6
11/22/14NCAA II South Central Regionals6K25:26.0082 / 7


 
Redshirt Sophomore (2012)

DateMeetDistanceTimeOverall / Team
8/30/12Strohman Dental/MSU Stampede4K15:54.1017 / 8
9/15/12Missouri Southern Stampede5K20:45.92113 / 10
9/22/12Texas Wesleyan Ram Ramble5K20:10.194 / 2
10/6/12MSU Cross Country Carnival6K24:43.7518 / 7


Freshman (2010)

DateMeetDistanceTimeOverall / Team
9/2/10MSU Stampede4K16:13.5622 / --
9/18/10Missouri Southern Stampede5K18:53.8948 / 5
9/25/10Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree5K20:12.7035 / 6
10/16/10MSU Cross Country Carnival6K23:58.006 / 5
10/23/10East Central Tiger Chase5K20:29.0011 / 6
11/6/10LSC Championship4.5K17:12.3516 / 5
11/20/10NCAA II South Central Regional6K24:39.3860 / 6
12/4/10NCAA II Championships6K25:45.90178 / 6


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2010Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2011Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2012Redshirt Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2013Junior

    5'3"
  • 2014Senior

    5'3"