Andrea Pereira de Almeida

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Bowling Green
Hometown:
Bowling Green, Ohio

2010: In the indoor season, scored the team’s top two times of the season in the 3000m … won the 3000m at the Tom Wright Classic with a time of 10:28.96 … set a personal-best time of 10:28.68 in the 3000m at the MAC Championships, placing 19th … produced BGSU’s two best indoor times in the 5000m … had a personal-best time of 18:18.16 in the 5000m at the BGSU Challenge, placing fourth … finished fifth at the All-Ohio Championships, running the 5000m in 18:18.58 … at the Jane Herrmann Invite, placed fourth in the 500m with a time of 1:23.85 and placed seventh in the mile run with a time of 5:16.31 … during the outdoor season, ran two of the team’s three best times in the 10,000m … was the team’s top finisher in the 10,000m at the MAC Championships, finishing 20th in 39:16.02 … ran the 10,000m in 38:39.52 for 21st at the Hillsdale Relays … placed tenth in the 5000m at the Ohio Team Challenge, completing the distance in 19:03.36 … at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge, finished the 1500m in 5:02.06 to place tenth … also ran the 800m at the TCC meet, finishing 11th in 2:41.65.

2009 XC: Raced in all seven races for the Falcons…. she was the first Falcon to finish at the Iona Meet of Champions when she finished 21st with a time of 23:54.3… her best performance came in the Falcon Invite when she ended up 19th with a time of 22:55.1… set a personal best in a 4K race when she finished eighth at the Toledo Dual with a time of 14:58… also ended up 11th in the Mel Brodt Invitational with a time of 18:47.9… she ended up 52nd at the MAC Championship crossing the finish line in 23:50.7… was the second-best Falcon finisher at the Great Lakes Regional where she ended up 125th with a time of 23:27.11.

2009: recorded a personal best time of 2:23.75 in the 800 m at the CMU Triangular, placing fifth … posted a personal best time of 5:11.97 in the one mile run, finishing eighth at the All-Ohio Championships … placed fourth at the Tom Wright Classic with a time of 5:16.70 … placed 22^nd at the BGSU Challenge with a time of 11:07.07 in the 3000m at the BGSU Challenge … in outdoor, placed second at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge in the 5000m with a time of 18:50.15 … recorded a personal best time of 39:37.60 in the 10,000m at the All-Ohio Championships, finishing eighth.

2008 XC: Set personal best 3K time at University of Toledo with a time of 11:29 ... ran a time of 20:47 at the Mel Brodt Invitational, placing 50th... ran a time of 19:45 at the All-Ohio Championships ... the number five runner for the Falcons with a new personal 6K record time of 22:45 at the Falcon Invite, placing 11th overall ... set a new personal 5K record at the MAC Championships with a time of 18:33, placing 52nd ... finished 135th at Regionals with a time of 23:46.

2008: Ran a season best time of 2:32.28 in the 800m at the Beaver Invite, finishing fourth.

2007 XC: Ran in three of seven meets ... finished with a season-best 5K time of 20:06.85 at the Falcon Invitational.

2007: Ran a career-best in the mile at the Indoor MAC Championships in a time of 5:15.41.

2006 XC: Ran in five of seven meets ... set a 5K personal best of 19:51 at the Mel Brodt Invite and a 6K personal best at the Roy Griak Invite, running 25:43.

High School: A member of her high school[apos]s first state qualifying girls cross country team in 2002, with a team finish ninth of 16 ... a member of the 2003, 2004, and 2005 Division I State Cross Country Team Championships ... participated in the first annual Nike Team National Cross Country Championships in Portland, Oregon in December 2004 ... earned first Team NLL in 2002, 2005, and second Team NLL in 2003 ... named Senior All-Academic Cross Country Athlete ... four year letter winner in cross country ... earned Academic All Ohio Cross Country Athlete in 2003 and 2005 ... a member of the National Honors Society and the French National Honors Society ... coached by Bob Rex and Duff Madara and coached by Brain Tucker and Patrick Carney ... ran personal best times of 5:25 in the 1600m, 12:15 in the 3200m and 19:23 in the 5000m in cross country.

Personal: Daughter of Kathy and Jose Luiz Pereira de Almeida ... born July 21, 1988 ... has a younger sister Isabel ... majoring in visual communication technology.