Maria McDaniel All-Time Results via TFRRS.org
2017-18: Cross Country: Did not compete due to injury.
Track & Field: Recovered from lengthy injury to compete in five meets during indoor season and seven meets during outdoor season ... named Academic All-MAC during indoor and outdoor seasons, also earning MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors outdoors ... had four top-10 finishes during the indoor season, including second at the Ball State Tune-Up in the mile run ... competed at the Indoor MAC Championship in the 5,000-meter run ... won the 1,500-meter run outdoors at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 4:33.92 ... won the 5,000-meter run for the second time in her career at the Drake Relays .... scored at the Outdoor MAC Championship in the 5,000 after taking egiht place with a season-best time of 16:39.81.
2016-17 Cross Country/Track & Field: Did not compete due to injury.
2015-16 Cross Country: Competed in all eight events WMU was represented ... named First Team All-MAC for the second straight season was named to the NCAA All-Great Lakes Regional Team ... earned a place in the NCAA Championships for the second straight season ... five top-three finishes this season including wins at the George Dales Invitational (9-11-15), the Notre Dame Invite (10-2-15) and the Michigan Intercollegiates (10-9-15). She placed second at the EMU Celebration (9-5-15) and took third at the MAC Championships (10-31-15), becoming the first member of WMU to garner two First Team All-MAC awards since 1993 ... named the MAC runner of the week or co-runner of the week four times ... named the MAC Female Scholar Athlete of the Week.
Track & Field: Named Academic All-MAC for indoor season ... competed in six meets during indoor season and sat out outdoor season due to injury ... won the mile run three times at the BGSU Opener, the Illini Classic and the Ball State Tune-Up ... scored at the MAC Indoor Championship in the 5,000-meter run after finishing seventh
2014-15 Cross Country: Competed in eight meets .... named First Team All-MAC ... won the Crusader Open in her first collegiate race with a time of 13:00 in a 4k race shortened due to weather ... took first at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 5k time of 16:46.0 ... took first at the Bradley Pink Classic with a time of 20:41.6 ... finished second overall at the MAC Championships with a 6k time of 20:26.0 ... took 13th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, falling just shy of being named All-Region after a time of 20:21.0 .... competed at the NCAA Championships, taking 54th with a time of 20:55.2.
Track & Field: Competed in seven meets during indoor season and 10 during outdoor season ... named Second Team All-MAC during indoor season and First Team All-MAC during outdoor season ... named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team after completing year with a 4.0 ... took first in the 3,000-meter run to open indoor season at Bowling Green State Opener with a time of 9:46.26 ... took second in the 3,000 at the Compass Classic with a time of 9:43.48 ... took second at the Indoor MAC Championship in the 3,000 with a personal-best time of 9:30.06 ... took first in the 1,500-meter run at the Bronco Classic with a time of 4:29.54 .. took first in the 3,000 at the Illinois Twilight Meet with a time of 9:38.90 ... claimed the 5,000-meter run title at the Drake Relays ... won the MAC title in the 5,000 after running a time of 16:23.93 at the Outdoor MAC Championships ... finished 12th overall in the 5,000 at the NCAA East Prelimnary Round with a time of 16:13.99 to advance to the NCAA Championships ... finished 17th, just one shy of All-American, in the 5,000 after running a time of 16:27.28 at the Outdoor NCAA Track & Field Championships.
High School: Earned four varisty letters in cross country and four in track and field ... helped cross country team section championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013 ... helped XC team to regional championships in 2011, 2012, 2013 ... helped XC team to conference championships in 2012 and 2013 ... XC team state runners-up in 2013 and state champions in 2012 ... XC team finished runners-up at Nike Midwest Regional in 2012 and 2013 ... team MVP in XC in 2011 and 2013 ... earned Academic All-Conference four times in track and field and three in cross country ... school record-holder in the 4x800m relay ... two-time All-State in XC (2012, 2013) and once in track (2012, 4x800m) ... earned Team MVP in XC twice and track once... NNHS XC qualified for Nike Cross Country Nationals in 2012 and 2013.
Personal: Majoring in occupational therapy with a 4.0 GPA ... graduated from Naperville North HS in 2014 .. daughter of Phil and Maryann McDaniel ... born on Oct. 20, 1995, in Geneva, Ill.
