Tara Weiss

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Gaithersburg H.S.
Hometown:
Gaithersburg, MD

2008 XC: Ran personal best 3K time of 11:30 at the University of Toledo Dual ... placed 37th at the Mel Brodt Invitational with a time of 20:13 ... ran a time of 20:44 at the All-Ohio Championships ... set a new personal best 6K time of 24:19 at the Falcon Invite.

High School: A three year track letter winner for coach Herb Tolbert ... named team MVP for cross country in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... named Most Improved Player in 2005 and 2006 in track ... helped her team to a 25th-place finish at the state meet in 2006 and a 29th-place finish in 2005 ... a member of the National Honors Society and Spanish Honors Society ... served as a team captain for the cross country team in 2005 and 2006 as well as track in 2007.

Personal: Daughter of Kathleen and Henry Weiss ... born Dec. 15, 1988 ... has an older sister Callie and an older brother Jeffrey ... majoring in human development.