Barbara Powers

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

2010: Finished the 3000m at the Tom Wright Classic with a season-best time of 10:30.01, earning second place … placed third in the 3000m at the Jane Herrmann Invite, finishing in 10:37.51 … ran the 3000m in 10:31.64 at the All-Ohio Championships, placing fifth … had a personal-best time of 5:08.30, placing second in the mile run at the Jane Herrmann Invite … at the BGSU Challenge, placed ninth in the 800m (2:21.04) and seventh in the mile (5:10.79) … in the outdoor season, won the 2000m steeplechase at the Toledo Collegiate Challenge, completing the distance in 7:14.62 … ran the fifth-best time in BGSU history in the 3000m steeplechase at the MAC Championships, earning sixth place and team points in 11:02.30 … placed seventh in the 3000m steeplechase at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 11:09.65 … ran the 5000m in 18:22.74 at the Ohio Team Challenge, placing third … placed fifth in the Jack Shaw Invite, running the 1500m in 5:00.90 … also at the Jack Shaw Invite, ran the 800m in 2:28.6 for 12th place … part of winning 4x800m relay team at the Hillsdale Relays as the team had a season-best time of 9:12.61.

2009 XC: raced in five of seven races for the Falcons… completed her strongest race of the season at the Falcon Invite (6K) when she placed 15th with a time of 22:47.2… was the sixth Falcon runner to finish at the Mid-American Conference Championship as she crossed the finish line 22:47.2… completed the Great Lakes Regional in 23:44.40 to end up 139th.

2009: Ran a personal best time of 4:43.30 in the 1500m at the Len Paddock Invitational, placing ninth … recorded a personal best time of 11:20.81 in the 3000m finishing fourth.

2008 XC: Placed sixth at University of Toledo Dual with a personal best 3K time of 10:50 ... the number five runner for the Falcons at the Mel Brodt Invitational with a time of 19:11, placing 17th overall ... ran a time of 24:23 at the Stanford Invitational ... the number five runner fifth runner for the Falcons at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 19:21, placing 38th overall.

2008: Had a season best time of 2:29.57 in the 800m at the Beaver Invite, finishing third ... posted a season best time of 4:52.55 in the 1500m at the All-Ohio Championships, finishing 16th ... placed third in the 1500m at the Beaver Invite with a time of 4:58.93 ... recorded a season best time 11:27.38 in the 3000m steeplechase at the MAC Championships, finishing ninth ... finished second in the 3000m steeplechase at the Toledo Invitational with a a time of 11:33.14 ... had a season best time of 10:26.10 in the 3000m run at the All-Ohio Championships, finishing seventh ... posted a time of 10:26.75 in the 3000m run at the BGSU Challenge, earning a third place finish ... recorded a season best time of 5:11.92 in the one mile run at the BGSU Invite, finishing third.

2007 XC: Ended her freshman season as the Falcons' top runner in both the MAC Championships and the NCAA Regionals ... finished as the team's number two runner on three occasions then and the number two twice ... set a 5K personal-best time of 18:28.61 in the Falcon Invitational, finishing 15th ... set a 6K personal-best time of 22:41.51 at the NCAA Regional meet ... finished fourth in her first collegiate race at the Toledo Dual meet.

High School: Ran personal-bestss of 2:16 in the 800m, 5:11 in the 1600m, and 18:47 in the 5000m ... finished 11th in the 2006 DI Ohio State Cross Country Meet helping her team to runner up honors ... selected as one of the top senior cross country runners in Ohio ... represented Team Ohio in the Mid-East meet of Champions in Kettering, Ohio ... was a member of the Bowling Green High School 2003, 2004, and 2005 Division I Ohio State Cross Country Champions ... earned All-Ohio and Academic All-Ohio honors ... a member of the academic honor roll ... coached by Brian Tucker.

Personal: Daughter of Lindy and Buddy Powers ... born Oct. 30, 1988 ... has a brother John who is a member of the BGSU golf team and a younger sister Caroline... majoring in exercise science.