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2015 Cross Country Roster

Profile

  • Senior
    Class
  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    Hometown
  • 5'7
    Height
  • Vandegrift (Texas
    High School
Gretta Smith
Gretta Smith
Senior
Class
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (cross country)
• 2014 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (cross country)
• 2013 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (cross country)
• 2013 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (track)
• Six-Time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection
2015 Cross Country: Raced in season-opening Bear Twilight Invitational, placing 44th in 4,000-meter time of 15:36.2...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 first team...Named to fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. 2015 Track: Did not compete in any meets...Named to spring Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Baylor Dean's List. 2014 Cross Country: Competed in five meets...Racked up two scoring performances...Was BU's fourth runner to finish at UTA Season Opener in 5,000-meter time of 18:36.3, placing 13th overall...Was 80th at Chile Pepper Festival with season-best 5K time of 18:15.4...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 first team...Named to fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Baylor Dean's List. 2014 Track: Had two-meet outdoor season...Placed 21st in 3,000 meters at TCU Invitational in 11:15.61...Was 15th at Michael Johnson Classic in 5,000 meters with time of 18:40.88..Did not compete in any indoor meets...Named to spring Baylor Dean's List. 2013 Cross Country: Ran in five meets, recording one team top-five finish...Was BU's third-runner to finish at Chile Pepper Festival in 5K-time of 19:44.3 to be 110th overall...Posted season-best time of 19:26.0 at HBU Invitational to place 27th...Earned spot on Academic All-Big 12 first team...Named to fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll and Baylor Dean's List. 2013 Track: Did not compete in any meets...Earned Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team honors...Named to the spring Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. 2012 Cross Country: Took part in season's first two events only...Tallied a 38th-place finish at the Bear Twilight Invitational in 15:23.7...Had season-best finish of 26th at UTA Season Opener in 12:51.2...Named to the fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner of track and cross country teams at Vandegrift High School...Helped team qualify for regionals three out of four seasons...Led Vipers to fifth-place finish at state in senior season...Was first cross country runner to qualify for state in school history...Voted team captain three years...Also ran track, finishing fourth in 3200-meter run during junior year and 5th in senior campaign...Personal-best time of 11:31 in 3200-meter event and 5:14 in 1600-meter...Member of National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society and Sociedad Honoria Hispanica. Personal: Full name is Gretta Elizabeth Smith...Born June 26, 1994...Parents are Chris and Crystal Smith...Has one brother, Gabe...Majoring in Pre-med biology.