Ashley Verplank

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bloomington, Ill.
High School:
Bloomington

PRs: 800- 2:04.99• 1,500- 4:14.10•One Mile- 4:36

2011 All American (2nd Team) Indoor Mile, 2010 All-Region Cross Country

Junior Year: Finished 20th at NCAA Regionals to earn All-Region honors • No. 2 finisher for the Tar Heels at NCAA Cross Country Championships, placing 82nd overall to help the women finish 14th • Ran season best 20:40 at Wisconsin adidas Invite, finishing 15th out of more than 200 runners

Sophomore Year: Placed second in ACC's 1500m • Finished eighth in ACC cross country • Turned in a time of 4:14 (personal best) in 1500m.

Freshman Year: Placed sixth at the UNC Challenge • Competed at the Notre Dame Invitational, the Pre-National Meet, the ACC Championship and NCAA Regional.

Prep: Attended Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Ill. • Two-time state champion in the 1600m • Also 800m state champion • Served as team captain four years • Four-time team MVP selection • Placed fifth at the Nike Nationals • Finished fourth at the Junior Championships as a senior • Member of track and field and cross country teams for four years • Also played basketball • Four-year honor roll student • Member of the National Honors Society • Named a conference scholar athlete.

Personal: Plans to major in Psychology with career plans in forensics as a criminal profiler • Hobbies include hanging out with friends • Lists Michael Johnson and Lance Armstrong as athletes she admires • Lists her high school coach and family as having the greatest influence on her athletic career • Brother ran at Western Illinois • Ashley Ann Verplank is the daughter of Doug and Sue Verplank •Born Sept. 18, 1989 in Colorado Springs, Colo.