Tara Weiss

Position:
Distance
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Gaithersburg, MD

2010: Was not active

2009: ran a personal best time of 11:07.70 in the 3000m at the Tom Wright Classic finishing fifth … recorded a personal best time of 19:27.11 in the 5000m at the Jane Herrmann Invite placing third … in outdoor, placed sixth at the Detroit Mercy Titan Classic with a time of 11:19.90 in the 3000m … finished 18^th at the All-Ohio Championships with a time of 19:16.40 in the 5000m.

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.

2008: Had a season best time of 11:29.22 in the 3000m at the Hillsdale meet, finishing 33rd ... Had a season best time 19:16.44 in the 5000m at the All-Ohio Championships, finishing 12th ... Had a time of 19:39.62 in the 5000m at the Oliver Nikoloff meet, finishing 24th

High School: Lettered three years for track coach Herb Tolbert ... Named team MVP for cross country in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ... Named Most Improved Player in 2005 and 2006 in track ... Helper her team to a 25th-place finish at the state meet in 2006 and a 29th-place finish in 2005 ... Was 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 ... plans to major in nursing.