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Lizzie Bird
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- St. Albans, England
- High School:
- St. Albans
- Prev School:
- Princeton
All-West Coast Conference - XC (2017)
2017 Cross Country: Competed in all six of the race in the Dons season...finished the Roy Griak Invitational in 16th place with a time of 22:03...crossed the line at the Nuttycombe Invitational in 57th place, posting a time of 20:52...raced to a season-best time of 20:12.8 at the WCC Championships where she finished ninth, earning all-conference honors...finished 39th at the Regionals in a time of 20:38.2...at the NCAA Championships she finished the 6K race with a time of 20:29.6 for 72nd place to help the Dons on their program best runner up finish at the NCAAs.
Previous school: Four-time NCAA regional qualifier in the 3,000 meter steeplechase … 2015 honorable mention All-American … raced for the Tigers twice in the NCAA Cross Country Championships … won four individual Ivy League titles in the steeplechase (2015, ’17), 4x800 meters (’17) and cross country (’15) while under the direction of Peter Farrell and Brad Hunt … team earned the Ivy League cross country crown in 2015 … earned four selections to the USTFCCCA All-Academic rolls … graduated from Princeton in 2017, receiving a degree in politics before matriculating to USF.
Prep/International: Represented Great Britain in the European U23 Championships in 2016, racing to 12th in the 3,000 m SC … finished eighth in the English National U20 Cross Country Championships in 2013.
Personal: Pursuing a graduate degree in international studies at USF … daughter of Virginia and Patrick Bird … enjoys traveling, cooking and reading in her spare time … born Oct. 4, 1994, in the Philippines.
2017 Cross Country: Competed in all six of the race in the Dons season...finished the Roy Griak Invitational in 16th place with a time of 22:03...crossed the line at the Nuttycombe Invitational in 57th place, posting a time of 20:52...raced to a season-best time of 20:12.8 at the WCC Championships where she finished ninth, earning all-conference honors...finished 39th at the Regionals in a time of 20:38.2...at the NCAA Championships she finished the 6K race with a time of 20:29.6 for 72nd place to help the Dons on their program best runner up finish at the NCAAs.
Previous school: Four-time NCAA regional qualifier in the 3,000 meter steeplechase … 2015 honorable mention All-American … raced for the Tigers twice in the NCAA Cross Country Championships … won four individual Ivy League titles in the steeplechase (2015, ’17), 4x800 meters (’17) and cross country (’15) while under the direction of Peter Farrell and Brad Hunt … team earned the Ivy League cross country crown in 2015 … earned four selections to the USTFCCCA All-Academic rolls … graduated from Princeton in 2017, receiving a degree in politics before matriculating to USF.
Prep/International: Represented Great Britain in the European U23 Championships in 2016, racing to 12th in the 3,000 m SC … finished eighth in the English National U20 Cross Country Championships in 2013.
Personal: Pursuing a graduate degree in international studies at USF … daughter of Virginia and Patrick Bird … enjoys traveling, cooking and reading in her spare time … born Oct. 4, 1994, in the Philippines.
Collegiate bests:
| Track & Field
|
| 1,500 m | 4:20.92 (2017) |
| 3,000 SC m | 9:54.76 (2015) |
XC | 2021 USF Invitational
Tuesday, September 07
Lizzie Bird In the 3000m Steeplchase Finals
Wednesday, August 04
2020 NCAA Cross Country National Championship Preview
Monday, March 15
Celebrating International Women's Day
Monday, March 08
