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2011-12 Track and Field

Francesca McCrary

  • Class Senior
  • Position Hurdles
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Clarksville, Md.
  • High School Mount De Sales Academy

Biography

2011… Establisheda 4x200m relay school record time of 1:52.01 at the CaptainsInvitational in Newport News, Va., (1/28) to open theseason… finished 10th place with a time of 10.79in 60m hurdles on the final day of Captains Invitational(1/29)… became fifth on the Bulldog top-10 list of runnersin the 400m with a time of 1:04.48 at Tiger Paw Invitational(2/11)… achieved the No. 4 all-time runner with a time of9.44 in 55m hurdles at Gamecock Invitational (2/29)… tabbedeight place at SoCon Indoor Championships in 4x400m relay andbecame The Citadel’s No. 2 all-time team with a time of4:04.49 (2/27)… narrowly missed the program record in the4x400m relay with a posted time of 4:04.03 in the Palmetto Classicin Mount Pleasant, S.C.(3/12)… established a new schoolrecord in the women’s sprint medley relay with a time of4:15.58 shattering the previous record of 4:23:35 set in 2007 atthe Pepsi Florida Relays (4/3)… placed fifth at the SoConOutdoor Championships in the 4x100m relay with a time of 49.05becoming the No. 3 all-time team in program history and placedseventh in the 4x400m relay posting a time of 4:01.34 moving theteam into the No. 2 position (4/23)

2010… Set a personal-best record inthe 200m of 28.48 and 60m hurdles of 10.19 at the SoCon IndoorChampionships (2/26)… set a personal-best record in the 100mhurdles with a time of 17:21 for an eighth place finish at theBattle of the Beaches (3/6)… finished in sixth plave at thePalmetto Classic (3/12) in the 400m hurdles... best time in the400m came at the UNC Classic (1/23) with a time of 1:07.30finishing in 28th place.
2009… Placed 11th at theTiger Open (3/7) recording a time of 17.84 in the 100mhurdles… set a personal-best record in the 100m hurdles atthe UNF Osprey Challenge (4/18) with a time of 17.45 for a12th place finish… ran the 200m dash at theCarolina Classic (1/31) posting a time of 29.47… recorded apersonal-best at the Furman Invitational (4/11) in the 400m dashwith a time of 1:04.40 for sixth place… best finish in the400m hurdles came at the UNF Osprey Challenge when she ran 1:10.98for 11th place… personal-best time of 1:10.51 inthe 400m hurdles came at the SoCon Outdoor Championships…finished 14th in the 60m hurdles with a time of 10.85 atthe Carolina Classic… set personal-best time in the 60mhurdles at the Tiger Invitational (2/21) with a time of10.61… ran the 60m dash at the Tiger Invitational, recordinga time of 8.69 for 15th place.

High School… A2008 graduate of Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville, Md.… earned three letters in indoor track and four letters inoutdoor track… posted a mark 9.4 in the 55m hurdles, 49.7 inthe 300m hurdles and 16.1 in the 100m hurdles… broke schoolrecords in 4X100m and hurdle relays… earned the MostImproved and Unsung Hero awards.

Personal… Born Aug. 27, 1990…daughter of Mercedes and Victor McCrary… majoring inchemistry.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'11"
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'11"
  • 2010-11Junior

    Hurdles
    5'11"
  • 2011-12Senior

    Hurdles
    5'11"

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