blank  Shannon Spaulding
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Rockport, Texas High School: Rockport-Fulton Height: 5-4 Event: Distance Experience: 1L

2000 CROSS COUNTRY: Battled stress fracture injury most of season ... Missed first two meets of season because of injury ... Finished 32nd at Sundodger Invitational (9/23) with time of 23:11.86 ... Posted mark of 19:39 at Cowboy Jamboree (9/30) ... Took 17th at Texas Tech Open (10/7) with time of 22:46 ... Posted time of 25:01.8 at Pre-National Meet (10/14) ... Finished in time of 23:30 at Big 12 Championships (10/28) in Boulder, Colo. ... Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2000 OUTDOOR: Finished third at Texas A&M Multi-Event (3/18) in 1,500 meters with time of 4:44.71 ... Took second at Texas-Arlington Invitational (3/25) in 1,500 with time of 4:38.54 ... Finished second at Sierra Providence/UTEP Invitational (4/15) in 800 with time of 2:11.27.

2000 INDOOR: Won first indoor meet at Red Raider Invitational (1/21) with time of 2:19.11 in 800 meters ... Finished third at Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/29) in 800 with mark of 2:18.73 ... Finished 39th at Cannon IV Classic (2/12) in 800 with time of 2:17.24 ... Took fifth at Big 12 Championships (2/26) with season-best 2:11.12 in 800 meters.

1999 CROSS COUNTRY: Posted 79th-place finish in her collegiate debut at Sundodger Invitational (9/25), as team finished second in meet ... Took eighth-place at Red Raider Classic (10/9) with time of 21:10 ... Posted time of 21:22 at Pre-Nationals (10/16) ... Finished 72nd at Big 12 Championships (10/30) with season-best time of 19:22, helping Tech post best-ever fifth-place finish ... Finished 88th at NCAA Mountain Regional (11/14) with time of 19:49.90.

HIGH SCHOOL: 1999 graduate of Rockport-Fulton High School in Rockport, Texas ... Texas 4A state champion in 800 her senior season and runner-up as junior ... Qualified for state each year of high school career ... Cross country state meet qualifier her junior and senior year.

PERSONAL: Born December 30, 1980 ... Daughter of Sandy Cruser and Brad Spaulding ... Has nine siblings: Stephanie, Samantha, Suzanne, Stacey, Sarah, Elizabeth, Kathy, Kelsie and Bradley.