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Whitney Curry

Class:
Freshman
High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown:
Greensburg, La.

2009 Cross Country
Ran in five meets during redshirt junior season ... Finished season with highest score of the year, placing fourth on the team at the NCAA Southeast Regionals ... Posted a time of 23:16.2 and 143rd-overall place in Louisville, Ky. ... Recorded a fifth-place finish for Wake Forest and 234th overall at the Indiana State Pre-Nationals with a time of 24:19 ... Sixth on the team and 186th overall with a time of 22:43 at the Lehigh Invitational ... Placed seventh on the team and 81st overall at the ACC Championships with a time of 23:16.5 ... Started season with an eighth-place team finish and 12th overall at the Wake Forest Relays with a combined two-leg 5K time of 18:52.

2008 Cross Country
Ran in three meets for the Deacons ... Top finish was fourth on the team and ninth overall with a time of 19:41 in the 5-kilometer event at the North Carolina Challenge. 2008 Indoor
Finished 4th and set a new personal-best in the 3,000-meter run at the Clemson Invite (1-18-08) with a time of 10:11.62 ... Ran the 3,000-meter at the ACC Championships (2-29-08) and finished with a time of 10:40.21 ... Turned in her best performance of the season in the mile at the Virginia Tech Challenge (2-23-08) with a time of 5:11.71 to finish 11th ... Placed 12th in the mile with a time of 5:14.78 at the Akron Open (2-2-08) ... Also finished 12th at the Clemson Invite (1-18-08) in the mile with a time of 5:20.99. 2008 Outdoor
Had her best finish of the season in the 5,000-meter at the Wake Forest Open (3-21-08), finishing 4th with a time of 17:51.79 ... Finished 6th at the Duke Invite (4-5-08) with a team-best 10:10.11 in the 3,000-meter run ... Took 7th in the 1,500-meter run at the Yellow Jacket Invite (3-30-08) with a time of 4:42.48 ... Also ran the 1,500-meter at the ACC Championship (4-19-08) and crossed the line at 4:42.71. 2007 Cross Country
Helped the team to a fourth place finish at the Boston College Invitational placing 62nd in 19:35. Ran the 6k Bill Dellinger Invitational in 23:02 placing 131st overall. Helped Wake to a fifth place finish out of 25 teams at the 6k Penn State National Invite with a time of 23:46, placing 117th overall. Placed 75th overall at the ACC Championships and helped Wake Forest to a seventh place finish with a time of 24:09. 2007 Outdoor
Placed 14th in the 3000m run at the Wake Forest Open with a 10:34.58 finish. 2006
Ran in one meet, finishing 15th overall and fourth on the squad at the Wake Forest Relays in a time of 18:33. Background
Won 11 individual state championships, six team championships and three team state runners-up... recipient of Saint Thomas Aquinas[apos] Judy Beur Award... 2006 Wendy[apos]s Heisman finalist... named to the Louisiana Track and Field Coaches Associations[apos] Composite Cross Country team each of the four years she competed... selected to the Louisiana Sports Writers Associations[apos] Composite Team for the 3,200m ([apos]05) and 1,600m ([apos]06)... placed 11th at the National High School Scholastic Indoor Championships in New York in March... national runner-up at the AAU Junior Olympics in the 3,000m... born Dec. 11, 1987 in Hammond, La... daughter of Kyle and Sally Curry.