2010-11 Cross Country
Roster
Joan Tangwar
- Height:
- 5-2
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Eldoret, Kenya
2011 Outdoor: Settwo individual Upstate records in the 1,500-meter and the3,000-meter … Posted a time of 2:17.48 in the 800-meterMarch 19 at the Shamrock Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and atime of 4:36.54 in the 1,500-meter at the Tiger Track Classic inAuburn, Ala., April 2 … Topped the school history books withAshley Edmond, Jemeli Sang and Carolyne Chelulei, posting a 4:13.22mark in the 4x400-meter at the Furman Invitational in Greenville,S.C., April 9 … Crossed the 5,000-meter finish line in17:43.71 March 25 at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C.
2011 Indoor:Posted a career-best time in the 3,000-meter with a 10:23.03 markat the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships in Johnson City, Tenn.,Feb. 18 … Recorded a time of 17:49.97 in the 5,000-meter atthe A-Sun Championships Feb. 19 … Teamed with Lauren Walker,Kathryn Neely and Ashley Edmond in the 4x400-meter to register atime of 4:18.77.
2010 XC: Named tothe All-Atlantic Sun First Team, after finishing fifth at the A-SunChampionship Oct. 30 with a time of 17:56.47 … Topped theSpartan record books, posting a time of 17:25.36 at the GreaterLouisville Classic Oct. 2 to finish the race 13th… Recorded two first-place finishes with times of 17:34.56at the Upstate Invitational Oct. 16 and 18:02 at the Eye OpenerSept. 5 … Claimed second at the Clemson meet Sept. 17,crossing the line at the 17:38.14 mark.
2010 Indoor:Registered a 2:19.71 on 2/27 for a season best time for theSpartans in the 800m … Also competed in the mile event witha 5:25.72 on 2/12.
2010 Outdoor:Redshirted the outdoor season.
2009 XC: Wasthe third Spartan to cross the finish line at the A-SunChampionships (10/31) ... Finished 27th with a time of 19:07 ...Set a personal-best time of 18:22.80 at the Charlotte Invitational(10/2) ... Placed 12th at the Eye Opener (9/5) with a time of 19:08... Teamed with Carolyne Chelulei to win the Wofford Relays (9/1)... Finished seventh at the USC Upstate Invitational (10/17) with atime of 19:07.63.
2009Outdoor: Finished third in the 1,500 meters andfourth in the 800 meters at the A-Sun Championships and alsocompeted in the 5,000 meters (5/15), posting a school record in the1,500 meters with a time of 4:38.02 ... Also posted a career-besttime in the 800 meters with a finish in 2:18.60 (5/15) ... Earnedthe fifth-place spot in the 1,500 meters (4:47.74) and finishedeighth in the 800 meters (2:22.03) at the Furman Invitational(4/11) ... Posted her best time in the 5,000 meters at the RaleighRelays with a time of 17:33.86 (4/23) ... Helped the women post aschool record in the 1,600-meter relay at the Wofford Dual Meet,finishing in 4:14.37 (4/17) ... A member of the A-Sun All-AcademicTeam.
2008-09Indoor: Competed in the 800-meters, mile run and3,000-meter run at the A-Sun Championships (2/20), finishingseventh in the 800 meters (2:21.68), ninth in the 3,000 meters(10:44.43) and tenth in the mile run (5:16.55) ... Earnedpersonal-best times in the 800 meters and mile run at the meet ...Also competed in the 800-meter and mile runs at the CarolinaInvitational (2/13) and ETSU Niswonger Invitational (1/31) ...Finished ninth of 58 competitors in the 3,000-meter run with a timeof 10:35.72 at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational (1/31) ...Finishedeighth in the 800-meter run at the UNC Classic with a time of2:25.05, her second-best time of the season (1/24).
2008XC: Finished fourth for the Spartans and 46th-overallat the A-Sun Championships with a season-best time of 20:02 ...Battled a foot injury throughout part of the season, but was aconsistent top-five finisher for the women ... A member of theA-Sun All-Academic Team.
Before USCUpstate: Attended St. Joseph''s Girls'' High School inKenya ... Participated in track & field, field hockey andsoccer ... Was a provincial level runner, a district-level fieldhockey player and a zonal-level soccer player.
Personal: Daughter of the late Joseph andMagdalyne Tangwar ... Majoring in biology ... Has three brothers,Richard, Dan and Geoffry, and five sisters, Eunice, Ruth, Loia,Emily and Milka ... Sister, Emily, graduated from Upstate in 2010and was a member of the Spartans'' cross country and track and fieldteams ... Favorite book is Think Big ... Favorite food isugali (corn meal) ... Favorite movie is "In My Country" ...Favorite sports figure is Kenyan runner Sally Kipyego ... Dream jobis to be an agricultural engineer ... Favorite quote is "to achieveyou must believe".
