Liz Anderson Class: Sophomore Hometown: Louisville, Ky. High School: Dupont Manual Event: Distance

Personal Records:
5K - 17:16.35(Louisville Invitational - 10/1/11)
6K - 20:35.84(SEC Championship 10/31/11)
Mile (indoor) - 4:52.21 - (Rod McCravy Memorial 1/28/12)
2 mile (indoor) - 10:43.15
800 meters (outdoor) - 2:18.47
1,500 meters (outdoor) - 4:27.82 - No. 9 all-time at Vanderbilt
1,600 meters (outdoor) - 5:03.40
3,000 meters (indoor) - 9:24.04- (UW Husky Classic 2/11/12)
3,000 meters (outdoor) - 9:45.89 - No. 4 all-time at Vanderbilt
3,200 meters (outdoor) - 11:00.27
5,000 meters (outdoor) - 16:29.67 - (NCAA East Prelims - 5/28/11)No. 4 all-time at Vanderbilt

2012 Track: Part of the DMR to place fourth at the SEC Indoor Championships, running a 4K in 11:19.76 ...Set a new personal and school record in the indoor 3K at the UW Huskey Classic with a time of 9:24.04 ... Ran themile at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 4:52.21 for a new personal best ...

2011 Cross Country:Broke personal best in a 6K twice in 2011 season,20:50(Wisconsin Invitational)and 20:35.84 at the SEC Championship(10/31/11) ...Placed second at the SEC Championship for the Commodores, 4^thoverall to help team to first title in school history ...Placed second for Commodores (35th overall) at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational with a time of20:50, helping team to a second place finish ...Opened season with a ninth overall time of17:16.35 at the Louisville Invitational, leading the Dores, breaking her record set last year on same course.

2011 Track: Finished seventh overall at the Kentucky Invitational to set a personal record and eight-best school record time of 9:52.67 in the 3,000 meter ... Broke her previous best 3,000 meter time at the SEC championships, clocking in at 9:40.66 on her way to finishing ninth overall ... Competed in the mile at the Arkansas Invitational, setting a school (11th all-time) and personal best record with a 4:57.90 finish ... Finished 6th overall in the 5,000 meter at the SEC Championship with a time of 16:41.27, which she bested at the NCAA East Prelims a month later with a personal best time of 16:29.67.

2010 Cross Country: Finished ninth overall at the Belmont-VU Opener, clocking a time of 14:36 in the 4K race ... Ran an 18:10 5K at the Louisville Classic, placing 62nd out of 302 runners .... Named SEC Freshman of the Week (10/19) after finishing 7th in the Open Race at Pre-Nationals with a time of 22:02 ... Named to All-SEC Freshman team after finishing 24th overall at the SEC Championship meet, clocking a time of 21:48.60 ... Finished 28th overall at the NCAA South Regional with a time of 20:57.76.

High School/Prep: Named 2010 Kentucky Indoor Track Distance Runner of the Year ... Finished seventh overall in the 2-mile (10:43) at the 2010 Nike High School Indoor Nationals ... Kentucky 3A runner-up in the 3,200 meter with a personal best of 11:14 ... Ranked sixth on the Kentucky High School cross country list with a 5K time of 18:41 in the fall of 2009 ... Recipient of the Chamoli Scholarship for Outstanding Student Athlete in 2010 ... Member of the National Honor Society and French National Honor Society.

Personal: Elizabeth Dunn Anderson ... Born May 11, 1992 ... Father, Steve, graduated from Vanderbilt University ... Twin brother, Knox, is a member of the swim team at Boston University.

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