2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster
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Cara Myrtle
- Position:
- Hurdles
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Harrisonburg, Va.
- High School:
- Turner Ashby
- Prev School:
- Turner Ashby
2016-17
Indoor – Returned from semester abroad to be a part of distance medley relay team that placed fifth at Big South Championship with eighth-best time in program history. Outdoor – Member of 4x400 relay team that clocked seventh-best time in program history during Big South Championships... Ran season-best 400 hurdles at Duke Invitational.
2015-16
Indoor – Named to Big South All-Academic Team… Took first place in 400 hurdles at Marshall Opener with then-personal best of 58.74… Bettered that time in each of next four races, capped by 57.54 in preliminary at Big South Championship… Finished at eighth in meet… Member of 4x400 relay teams that posted 3:55.08 and 3:56.41 in back-to-back meets, sixth and seventh best in program history… Clocked 1:17.83 in 500m at VT Invite to place 10th… Set personal-best 60-hurdles time of 9.39 at Virginia Tech Challenged and equaled at Big South Championship. Outdoor – All-Big South in 400 hurdles with third-place finish, while clocking new personal-best 1:02.49, ninth in RU history… Had three other top 10s in event, including runner-up at Highlander Invitational… Member of 4x400 relay team that clocked 3:53.30 at Big South Championship, fifth in program history… Posted season-best 100-hurdle time of 15.75 in preliminary at Highlander Invite... Member of Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2014-15
Indoor—Placed third with then-PR in the 60m hurdles (9.61) during the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational…Set PR in the 300m (42.08) at the Virginia Tech Invitational…Set PR in the 600m (1:40.29) at the Hokie Invitational…Ran her best 800m time (2:20.47) at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships. Outdoor—Eight Top-10 finishes…Placed second in the 400m hurdles at the Highlander Invitational…Ran the 400m hurdles in then-PR of 1:03.81 at the Big South Championships…Was a member of the mile relay that clocked the third-fastest time in program history at the BSC Championships.
2013-14
Delivered 10 Top-10 performances ... Completed the 400m at the Big South indoor championships in a season-best 59.11 ... Placed fifth at the Highlander Invitational in the 100m hurdles with a PR effort (15.56) ... Took 12th at the Big South outdoor championships in the 400m hurdles behind a season-best 1:05.14.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time all-state honoree in both indoor and outdoor track for Turner Ashby ... Primarily performed in hurdle events for the Knights.
PERSONAL / ACADEMICS
Daughter of John and Shawn Myrtle ... Has one younger sister, Heather ... Fashion design major at RU.
Indoor – Returned from semester abroad to be a part of distance medley relay team that placed fifth at Big South Championship with eighth-best time in program history. Outdoor – Member of 4x400 relay team that clocked seventh-best time in program history during Big South Championships... Ran season-best 400 hurdles at Duke Invitational.
2015-16
Indoor – Named to Big South All-Academic Team… Took first place in 400 hurdles at Marshall Opener with then-personal best of 58.74… Bettered that time in each of next four races, capped by 57.54 in preliminary at Big South Championship… Finished at eighth in meet… Member of 4x400 relay teams that posted 3:55.08 and 3:56.41 in back-to-back meets, sixth and seventh best in program history… Clocked 1:17.83 in 500m at VT Invite to place 10th… Set personal-best 60-hurdles time of 9.39 at Virginia Tech Challenged and equaled at Big South Championship. Outdoor – All-Big South in 400 hurdles with third-place finish, while clocking new personal-best 1:02.49, ninth in RU history… Had three other top 10s in event, including runner-up at Highlander Invitational… Member of 4x400 relay team that clocked 3:53.30 at Big South Championship, fifth in program history… Posted season-best 100-hurdle time of 15.75 in preliminary at Highlander Invite... Member of Big South Presidential Honor Roll.
2014-15
Indoor—Placed third with then-PR in the 60m hurdles (9.61) during the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational…Set PR in the 300m (42.08) at the Virginia Tech Invitational…Set PR in the 600m (1:40.29) at the Hokie Invitational…Ran her best 800m time (2:20.47) at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships. Outdoor—Eight Top-10 finishes…Placed second in the 400m hurdles at the Highlander Invitational…Ran the 400m hurdles in then-PR of 1:03.81 at the Big South Championships…Was a member of the mile relay that clocked the third-fastest time in program history at the BSC Championships.
2013-14
Delivered 10 Top-10 performances ... Completed the 400m at the Big South indoor championships in a season-best 59.11 ... Placed fifth at the Highlander Invitational in the 100m hurdles with a PR effort (15.56) ... Took 12th at the Big South outdoor championships in the 400m hurdles behind a season-best 1:05.14.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time all-state honoree in both indoor and outdoor track for Turner Ashby ... Primarily performed in hurdle events for the Knights.
PERSONAL / ACADEMICS
Daughter of John and Shawn Myrtle ... Has one younger sister, Heather ... Fashion design major at RU.
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