Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Marblehead, Mass.

High School:
Marblehead

Height:
5-5

Event:
Middle Distance/Distance

Birthdate:
07/08/1981

ACC 50th Anniversary:
Indoor, Outdoor & Cross Country Teams

2003: Cross Country - Won NCAA Championship for the second year in a row, becoming just the third woman in history to do so...Won the title with a time of 19:30.4, finishing 12 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher...Won all five meets she competed in and extended her meet win streak to 10 in a row, dating back to September of 2002...First woman in ACC history to win four-straight ACC titles, as she won with a time of 19:22.8...The UNC team won the overall ACC title for the third time in its history...Also became four-time winner of the Southeast Regional as she won with a time of 19:44.4...Won the NCAA Pre-Nationals and Great American meets...Recipient of the Honda Award...ACC and Southeast Regional Runner of the Year...Named U.S. Track & Field's Athelte of the Week after winning the national championship... In indoor - Set the 3000M Carolina women's indoor record at the Boston Indoor with a time of 9:00.22...Won the NCAA Championship for the 3000M with a time of 9:01.05...Won the ACC Championship in the mile with a time of 4:38.25...Won the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 4:42.59...In outdoor - Set the ACC all-time record in the 1500M (4:11.60) at the Georgia Tech meet and the 5000M (15:30.60) at the NCAA Championships...NCAA East Regional winner in the 5000M with a time of 15:45.94...NCAA Championship runner-up...At the ACC Championships, won both the 1500M (4:13.05) and the 5000M with a meet record time of 15:47.75... Set Carolina women's outdoor record in three relays at the 2003 Penn Relays, the DMR, 4x800 and 4x1500...Set DMR record with a time of 10:56.67 at the Penn Relays...Set 4x800 record with a time of 8:26.71...Set 4x1500 record with a time of 17:20.18...Won the District Athlete of the Year by the Track Coaches Association...Also named 2003 ACC Outdoor Performer of the Year.

2002: In 2002 Cross Country: Won the first cross country national championship in school history with a record-setting time of 19:36 on the Gibson Course in Terre Haute, Ind., at the NCAA Championship ... Named Honda Athlete of the Year for Cross Country ... Named NCAA Female Cross Country Runner of the Year ... Earned All-America honors ... Won Southeast Regional ... Won the ACC Championship with a time of 20:06.3 (6K) ... Finished first in all five competitions ... In indoor - ACC Athlete of the Year ... All-ACC and All-America in the mile, DMR and 3,000-meter ... ACC Champion in mile (4:42.35), DMR (11:39.98) and 3,000-meter (9:19.85) ... DMR team set American record at NCAA Championship, finishing in 10:59.76 in second place ... At the NCAA Championship finished sixth in the 3,000-meter (9:16.30) and third in the mile (4:39.11) ... Won 3,000-meter at Tar Heel Elite, running 9:17.41 ... In outdoor, All-ACC and All-America in 1,500-meter ... ACC Champion in 1500-meter, setting ACC meet record of 4:16.19 ... Anchored the winning DMR team that set a new school record and won the Penn Relays ... Also anchored the winning 4x1500 meter relay, running the second fastest split (4:12.1) ever ... Broke UNC 1,500-meter record by running 4:15.37 at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Took third at NCAA Championship in 1,500-meter (4:15.52)

2001: In Cross Country: Named the 2001 NCAA Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... All-America for the second-straight season ... Won her second consecutive ACC Championship with a time of 20:34.3 ... Won her second straight NCAA regional at 20:26 ... In indoor, All-America in the mile ... Named ACC Freshman of the Year ... Set ACC meet record in the mile (4:37.41) ... Anchored the DMR to a second place NCAA finish in a school-record time of 11:11.11 ... Placed third at the ACC Championship in the 3K race with a time of 9:33.02 ... In outdoor, Named All-America in the 1,500-meter with a 10th-place finish at NCAAs ... Named ACC Freshman of the Year ... Set ACC meet record in the 1,500-meter (4:18.12) ... Anchored the DMR to a UNC's first-ever Championship of America at the Penn Relays in a time of 4:36 and a school-record of 11:03 ... Won the ACC Championships in the 1,500-meter and the 5K.

2000 : Cross Country: Placed fourth at the NCAA Championships at Ames, Iowa in 20:42.7 ... Named 2000 Cross Country All-America ... Named ACC Freshman of the Year ... Named ACC Performer of the Week three times ... Placed first at the ACC Championships in a time of 17:38.1 ... Named to the All-ACC Team ... Won the Southeast Regional 6K in 20:51

Prep: Three-time All-State cross country ... Junior National cross country national champion ... Finished first in the All-State one mile run ... Champion and record holder in the All-State two mile run ... Won the one mile run (4:46) at the Indoor National Scholastic Championships ... High School Millrose Mile Champion ... Boston Globe All-Scholastic Runner-of-the-Year ... Herald All-Scholastic Runner-of-the-Year ... Also participated in soccer and swimming.

Personal: Born July 8, 1981 ... Daughter of Steve Flanagan and Cheryl Treworgy ... Enjoys music, hiking and swimming.

Academic Major: History

Athlete most admire: Julius Peppers, Tyler Hamilton

Biggest Sports thrill: DMR National Champs