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Marisa Howard

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Pasco, Wash.
High School:
Pasco HS

Mountain West 25th Season Cross Country Team
2015 NCAA First Team All-American - 3000m steeplechase
2015 NCAA National Championships Qualifier - 3000m steeplechase
2015 NCAA Preliminary Round Qualifier - 3000m steeplechase
2015 Mountain West Champion - 3000m steeplechase, 5000m
2014 NCAA First Team All-American - 3000m steeplechase
2014 NCAA Runner Up - 3000m steeplechase
2013 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier - 3000m steeplechase
2013 NCAA Preliminary Round Qualifier - 3000m steeplechase
2013 Mountain West Outdoor Champion - 3000m steeplechase

2014-15: CROSS COUNTRY - (Nov. 22) Finished 28^th at the NCAA National Championships...was the second scoring Bronco and finished the 6-kilometer race in 20:35.8...earned All-America honors with her top-40 performance...Howard and Emma Bates became the first female Bronco duo to earn All-America honors in the same season...(Nov. 14) Was the fifth runner to cross the line at the NCAA West Regional...earned All-Region honors...finished in a time of 20:04.9...helped the women's team auto qualify for NCAA Nationals...(Oct. 31) Was the runner up at the Mountain West Championships...finished the 6-kilometer course in 19:53.4...earned First Team All-MW honors...(Oct. 17) Placed 20th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational out of 265 competitors...crossed the line in 20:21...(Sept. 27) finished 11th at the Roy Griak Invitational in a field of 391 competitors in 21:31.2...Was the runner up at the Utah Open (Sept. 5) in 14:23.5...USTFCCCA All-Academic...INDOOR - Competed at the Hoosier Open in the 5,000m and ran a 16:07.90...earned MW Athlete of the Week honors (Dec. 14) OUTDOOR - Earned fourth place in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 9:37.84... The 9:37.84 makes her the sixth-fastest steeplechaser in NCAA history...ran to a fourth-place finish at the Bryan Clay Invite in the 1500m in 4:21.05 for a personal record...captured her third-straight Mountain West steeplechase title (9:57.56) and first 5,000m title (16:08.10) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships...earned All-MW honors in the 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m...qualified for her third-straight NCAA Preliminary Round in the steeplechase...ran a 9:59.55 in the preliminary round to qualify for NCAA Nationals.

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY - Raced in five meets...second at the Utah Open (14:14.3)...fourth at the Bill Dellinger Invite (16:50)...third at the Mountain West (MW) Championships (21:18.58)...ran 20:48 at the NCAA Regionals (56th)...All-MW First Team honoree...47th at the Pre-Nationals...INDOOR - Redshirted...OUTDOOR - runner up at the NCAA Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase (9:43.82)...her time was a new MW all-time record...first team All-American in the 3,000m steeplechase...won the MW title in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:50.28a)...was All-MW in the 5,000m after she took second place at the MW Championships...fifth place at the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:07.57)...originally reset the school record in the first meet she competed in at the Payton Jordan Invite (10:00.79)...took second at the Stanford Invite in the 5,000m in the Section 3 race with a 16:24.18...MW Scholar-Athlete honoree...USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.

2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY - Raced in five meets...led the Broncos in three meets...second at the Roger Curran Invite 4K (14:29.27)...20th at the Roy Griak Invite 6K (21:54.2)...third at the Mountain West (MW) Championships (20:55.29)...36th at the NCAA West Regional 6K (20:39)...All-MW First Team...All-MW Cross Country Academic honoree...MW Scholar Athlete...INDOOR - Ran the Mile, 3000m and 5000m...had a best of 4:55.02 to win the Bronco Classic Mile...sixth at the Husky Classic 3000m (9:32.06)...10th in the MW 3000m...MW runner up in the 5000m (16:49.04)...All-MW honoree (5000m)...ran the school's second fastest indoor 3000m (9:32.06) and 5000m (16:49.04) times...OUTDOOR - NCAA qualifier in the 3000m steeplechase, placing 19th...NCAA Preliminary round qualifier in the steeplechase, placing 10th (10:01.12)...MW Champion in the steeplechase (10:25.24)...All-MW honoree (3000m steeplechase)...won the All-Idaho Cup steeplechase...ran 16:40.60 in the Stanford Invite 5000m...MW Athlete of the Week (April 9, 2013)...All-MW Track & Field Academic honoree...MW Scholar Athlete ...set a school record of 10:01.12 in the steeplechase

2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY - Raced in five meets...led the team in each meet...won the Roger Curran Invite 4K (14:48.10)...seventh at the Santa Clara Invite 5K (17:18.8)...eighth at the MW Championship 6K (21:20.4)...33rd at the NCAA West Regional 6K (21:10)...42nd at the Roy Griak 6K (21:41)...All-MW Second-Team...All-MW Academic honoree...MW Scholar Athlete...INDOOR -Did not compete...OUTDOOR - Ran the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m...clocked a best of 10:47.00 to place third at the MW Championships in the steeplechase...third at the WAR-V steeplechase in 11:02.32...12th in the 5000m at the MW Championships (17:26.67)...MW All-Conference Team (3000m steeplechase)...All-MW Academic honoree...MW Scholar Athlete.

2010-11: CROSS COUNTRY - Fifth in the Roger Curran 4K (14:22.89) for second-best on the team...redshirted the remainder of the season due to injury...INDOOR - Ran in five meets...ran a best of 5:17.71 in the Mile at the Bronco Open...fourth in the Mile at the Blue and Orange Meet (5:19.32)...ran a best of 10:39.20 in the 3000m at the Jacksons Invite, placing sixth...OUTDOOR - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL - Member of the cross country and track teams...five-time Columbia Basin League First Team honoree and five-time second-team honoree...all-area first-team five times and record holder in the 1600m and 3200m...PHS Most Inspirational in 2007 cross country and 2008 track...cross country and track team captains...2008 and 2009 cross country MVP...set school records in the 1600m, 3200m and 4x800m relay...three-time state cross country meet participant...district champion in the 1600m and 3200m...state runner-up in the 3200m and third in the 1600m...2010 CBL Academic All-Conference honoree and Big Nine Spring Student-Athlete...National Honor Society member.

OTHER - Formerly Marisa VanderMalle, she married Bronco runner Jeff Howard in the summer of 2013.

MAJOR - Nursing

CAREER BESTS
Cross Country
4K - 14:22.89
5K - 17:18.8
6K - 20:39

Indoor
Mile - 4:55.02
3000m - 9:32.06
5000m - 16:49.04

Outdoor
3000m steeplechase - 9:43.82
5000m - 16:24.18