2008 Women's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Gill, Liz
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/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
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Liz Gill
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- San Anselmo, Calif.
Bio
At USC:
Begins her first season of running cross country at USC after transferring from the strong Columbia program which also provided the Trojans Laura Meyers last season...Has one year of eligibility left.
College:
Did not run cross country for Columbia last season, but was part of the Columbia Ivy League Championship teams in 2004 and 2005...2007: Placed 17th with a time of 19:52 at Metropolitan Championships...Completed the Heptagonal Championships in 19:19.7...Ran the Ram Invitational in 20:06...2006: Finished the 5000m in 18:20.02 at the Sam Howell Invitational...Ran the 800m at the George Mason Invitational in 2:27.06...Had a time of 10:31.95 in the 3000m at the Indoor Heps...Ran the 5000m in 17:52.07 at the Valentine Invitational...2005: Placed 11th at the Leopard Invitational with a time of 22:04.4...Took third at the Metropolitan Championships with a time of 19:07...Ran 18:34.3 at the Heps to finish 36th...At the Sam Howell Invite ran 17:19.16 in the 5000m...Placed eighth at the 10K Outdoor Heps with a time of 37:43.37.
High School:
Gill is a 2004 graduate of The Branson School in San Anselmo, Calif...Earned a total of five letters is cross country, track and basketball...Was captain of the cross country and track teams...Was a first-team All-Marin Country Athletic League selection in cross country as a junior and senior...As a senior, took second at the North Coast Section Championships and fourth in the state championships (Div. 5)...Starred on the track for Branson as a senior, winning the league 1600m title and taking second in both the 800m and 3200m...Won the 3200m race at the North Coast Section meet...Was selected team MVP two times in track...Has the fastest high school time in the Dipsea Race (7.1 mile trail race) and was awarded the Dipsea Race & Foundation Scholarship...Was a four-year North Coast Section Scholar-Athlete and three-year CIF Scholar-Athlete...Had PRs of 2:23 in the 800m, 5:13 in the 1600m, 10:30 in the 3000m, 11:16 in the 3200m and 19:23.7 in the cross country 5K...Also played varsity basketball and JV soccer and volleyball at The Branson School.
Personal:
Gill was born in Lake Forest, Ill...her mother Linda Gill, a high school track and cross country coach, competed in both sports at UCLA...Her uncle Stacy Geiken also ran track and cross country at Stanford...She would like someday to take a cross country bike trip and to visit Greece and Spain...Her favorite pastimes are vinyasa yoga, going to the beach, reading and hiking...Lists her biggest sports heroes as Lance Armstrong and Steve Prefontaine because they are legends in endurance competitions and reknown for their physical and mental toughness...Chose USC for the Journalism program...Her major at USC is Print Journalism and she works for Annenberg TV...Would like to become a news anchor.
Trojans Live: Lucy Westlake (9/12/22)
Monday, September 12
