Tracie Akerhielm
	Class: Senior Hometown: Sulpher Springs, Texas High School: North Hopkins Event: Distance Experience: 3L

2004 INDOOR: Competed in the mile, 800m, 3000m, 5000m and as a member of the DMR team ... all-conference in the 5000m ... MILE ... finished second at the Red Raider Classic with a time of 5:06.75 ... ran a time of 5:04.50 at the Texas Tech Quad for a third-place finish ... 800m ... had a career-best mark of 2:22.94 at the Red Raider Classic, finishing in seventh ... 3000m ... finished season with a career-best 9:52.26 at the Big 12 Championships with an 11th-place finish ... finished fourth at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 9:55.22 ... ran 10:25.12 at the Texas Tech Quad, turning in an eighth-place finish ... finished third at the Red Raider Invitational with a time of 10:26.15 ...5000m ... in one appearance, turned in an all-conference performance finishing sixth with a time of 17:02.26 ... DMR ... team finished fifth at the Red Raider All Comers with a time of 12:30.444 ...with a time of 12:57.53, took home first at the Red Raider Classic.

2003 CROSS COUNTRY: Earned all-conference honors ... named to first team academic all-big 12, one of 12 in the Big 12 with a 4.0 GPA ... had a very successful year finishing in the top 25 three times...helped Tech to a fourth place finish at the Big 12 Championships,with a 13th-place finish in a time of 22:16.3 (6K)... had highest finish of seventh place at the Chili Pepper Invite with a time of 21:12.20 (6K)...finished in 35th place at the NCAA Mountain Regional running a time of 22:31.4 (6K)... led Tech to a first-place finish, running a 22:02 (6K) with a 20th-place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree...was second on the team at the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 22:12 (6K)...finished in 29th place after running a 24:02 (6K) at the Lobo Invitational...turned in an 11th place finish with a time of 11:47.93 (2 miles) at the UTA Invitational.

2003 OUTDOOR: All-conference in the 10000 with an eighth-place finish and a time of 36:51.21 ... received an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships in the 5,000-meter run...ran a 17:59.36 at Nationals...all-conference in the 10,000, placing eighth...set a personal record in the 5,000 at the Mt. SAC Relays as she placed first in her division with a time of 16:48.34...earned a gold and two silver medals in the 1,500 during the regular season...ran the first mile of the 4xmile that placed fourth at the Drake Relays and set a school record with a time of 19:56.92.

2003 INDOOR: All-conference in 5,000m ... had a season best mark of 5:10.60 in the mile at the Red Raider Classic ... had team best in 3000m with a time of 9:52.52 at the Big 12 Championships with a seventh-place finish... competed in 5000m Big 12 Championships, running a 17:00.82.

2002 CROSS COUNTRY: Mainly filled the team's second-best finish slot...competed in all six meets...best finish was in the season opener at the Texas Tech Open (5K), a third place finish with a time of 19:51...best time of the year came at the Cowboys Jamboree where she ran an 18:55 ...placed in 24th at the Lobo Invitational (6K) posting a time of 24:12...at the Kachina Classic (5K) posted a 19:38 to fill the sixth spot...ran a 22:11 for a 36th place finish at the Big 12 Championships (6K)...finished the year with a 69th place finish at the Mountain Regional (6K) posting a 23:04.

2002 OUTDOOR: Named to the 2002 Big 12 academic all-big 12 team...took first in the 3K with a time of 10:53.51 at the Texas Tech Open...competed in the 5000m, and placed 20th at the Mt. San Antonio College Relays...outlasted the competition in the 1500m with a first-place finish and a time of 4:43.61 at the UTEP Invitational ...ran the 5K in 17:10.90 at the Stanford Invitational.

2002 INDOOR: Placed third in the Mile at the Texas Tech Early Bird running to a finish of 5:23.31. 2001 CROSS COUNTRY: Placed fifth at the Red Raider Open (5K) posting a time of 20:48...placed fifth at Kachina Classic (5K) posting a time of 19:16.39...placed 27th at the Cowboy Jamboree (5K) posting a time of 18:42...placed 33rd at the Big 12 Championships (6K) with a time of 22:07.1.

2001 OUTDOOR: Posted a time of 17:21.93 in the 5000m at the Stanford T & F Invitational ...took seventh-place with a posted time of 10:16.39 in the 3000m at Texas Relays ...placed second with a posted time of 4:45.38 in the 1500m at the UTEP Invitational ...took first-place with a posted time of 10:36.18 in the 3000m at Tech vs. Oklahoma ...finished 10th at the Big 12 Championships with a posted time of 38:56.50 in the 10,000m. 2001 INDOOR: Won first-place at the Texas Tech Open with a time of 5:08.68 in the mile...finished second with a time of 5:02.20 in the mile, her personal best, at the Red Raider Classic ... posted a time of 10:12.69 in the 3,000m, at Big 12 Championships ...posted a time of 17:44.00 in the 5000m, coming in 10th with at Big 12 Championships.

2000 CROSS COUNTRY: Consistent runner who was one of team's top scorers all season...finished second to Leigh Daniel in season-opening ACU Classic (3 miles) with a mark of 19:20.46...took ninth at Red Raider Open (5K) with time of 20:39...came in 20th at Sundodger Invitational (6K) in time of 22:22.51...posted mark of 19:11 at Cowboy Jamboree (5K) for 29th...finished in time of 24:36.6 at Pre-National Meet (6K) ...posted a 6K mark of 23:44 at Big 12 Championships ...finished with a 6K time of 23:24.6 at NCAA Mountain Regionals.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2000 graduate of North Hopkins High School in Sulphur Springs, Texas...1-A cross country district champion in 1997, `98 and `99...regional champ in 1998 and `99...state medalist in 1998...state champion in 1999...four-year state qualifier...named all-state in `98 and `99...TGCA cross country award...won district titles in 1,600 and 3,200 in 1997, `98, `99 and 2000...regional championships 1999 and 2000...regional medalist in 1997 and `98...state medalist in 1999...state champ in 2000...state record-holder in 1,600...named all-state in track...TGCA 2000 track award...best time in 3,200 is 10:57, 1,600 is 5:06.81...four-year member of BETA club and FHA...two-year Student Council member...class Valedictorian...2000 Ms. North Hopkins High School...member of cross country and track teams.

PERSONAL: Born September 7, 1982, in Mesquite, Texas...daughter of Richard and Sharon Akerhielm...majoring in exercise sport science with minor in nutrition.

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