2018 Track and Field Roster
Roster

Lizzie Bird
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- 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) |
2019 NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships - Dana & Sadi
Wednesday, June 05
2019 Graduation Highlights
Monday, May 20
BTM Season 5 Show 7 | Dons Spotlight on Sadi and Dana
Thursday, May 16
Third Episode of #AskTheAD
Monday, October 22










































