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2017-18 Women's Track & Field Roster

Miranda Marry

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Paxton, Ill.
  • High School Fisher

Biography

2018

Outdoor

  • Academic All-Big Ten 

Indoor

  • Competed in the 800m at Big Ten Championships, timing 2:17.19
  • Set a PR in the 800m race at the Rod McCravy meet, clocking 2:15.75

2017

Cross Country

  • Set a 6K PR at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:58.6
  • Ran at Big Ten Championships for the Illini 
  • Lowered her PR by 16 seconds (18:31.53) at the Greater Louisville Classic
  • Ran her first collegiate 6K at the Ed Nuttycombe Invite
  • Finished 14th overall at the Walt Crawford Open with a new PR of 18:47.84

Track & Field

Outdoor

  • Contested the 300m at the 49'er Classic and the 800m at the Baskin Weems Invite
  • Academic All-Big Ten 

Indoor

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships in the 600m
  • Placed fourth in the 600m at the Border Battle
  • Finished sixth in the 400m at the Orange & Blue Open

2016

Cross-Country

  • Improved on her 5K PR with a 19:21.6 time at the Illini Open
  • Made her cross-country debut at the Illini Challenge, timing 19:56.3 
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Track & Field

Outdoor

  • Placed third in the 400m at the Illini Open with a season-best time of 59.19
  • Ran the 400m hurdles at the Baldy Castillo Invite
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships in the 600m
  • Placed fourth in the 600m at the Border Battle
  • Finished sixth in the 400m at the Orange & Blue Open

2015

Track and Field

Outdoor

  • Finished in 13th in the 400m hurdles at Big Ten Championships
  • Ran her fastest 400m hurdles at the Illini Twilight (4/18/15)

Indoor

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships in the 600m
  • Finished third in the 600m at the Orange and Blue Open
  • Placed fifth in the 400m at the Illini Classic

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner in track
  • Placed in second in the 300m hurdles and third in the 200m at the 2014 state finals
  • Finished third in the 300m hurdles, seventh in the 200 and 4x200 m relay and ninth in the 4x100 m relay
  • 2012 & 2013 Junior Olympic participant
  • two-time all-area honorable mention
  • Rantoul Press 2013 "Female Athlete of the Year"
  • Four-year academic letterwinner and Beta Club member

Personal

  • Daughter of Bill and Carrie Marry
  • Born February 23, 1996
  • Has two sisters
  • Hobbies include reading and drawing
  • Favorite athlete is Allyson Felix
  • Illini hero growing up was Dee Brown
  • Competed in tumbling for 10 years
  • Majoring in kinesiology

Personal Bests

Track & Field

Outdoor
400m: 58.41 - EIU Big Blue Classic (4/4/15)
400m Hurdles: 1:02.25 - Illini Twilight (4/18/15)

Indoor
400m: 58:27 - Rod McCravy Invite (1/24/15)
600m: 1:34.49 - Big Ten Championships (2/28/15)
800m: 2:15.75 - Rod McCravy (2/3/18)

Cross-Country
5K: 18:31.53 - Greater Louisville Classic (9/30/17)
6K: 22:58.6 - NCAA Midwest Regional (11/10/17)

Updated June 2018

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Hurdles/Sprints
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Hurdles/Sprints
  • 2016-17Junior

    Hurdles/Sprints
  • 2017-18Senior

    Distance