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Arizona State: One of the nation's elite female distance runner...returning All American in indoor and outdoor track...first-team Academic All-American in cross country and third-team selection in track and field...2000 Pac-10 and West Region Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year...holds ASU records with fifth-place finish at the 2000 NCAA Cross Country Championships and first place finish at the West Region...ASU's 2000-01 Female Student Athlete of the Year...ASU record-holder in the indoor mile (4:44.44).
2002 Seasons:
2002 Outdoor: Finished sixth in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA Championships to earn her first All-American honor in the event and the fourth of her career in track...ran a personal-best 9:59.66 at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships to finish third...won a Pac-10 title in the 3,000m SC and third in the 5,000m run...her marks of 4:19.16 in the 1,500m, 10:05.38 in the 3,000m SC (the fastest in the nation) and 15:57.38 in the 5,000m are all No. 2 in ASU history...had the fastest time on the team in the 800m (2:10.77), 1,500m (4:19.16), 3,000m SC (10:05.38) and 5,000m (15:57.37) ...won the 1,500m at the Baldy Castillo...earned academic honors in track and field as a Maroon and Gold Scholar-Athlete ...2002 Indoor: Captured her first All-America honor in the 3,000m run as the national runner-up with a time of 9:09.67...ran in three races during the season, winning one and placing second in the other two...first-place finish was in the mile at the Double Dual with Northern Arizona and Arizona...finished second in the 3,000m at the Iowa State Classic and national meet...selected to the Verizon Academic All-District VIII First Team...also a second team Academic All-Pac-10.
2001 Seasons:
2001 XC: Earned All-America honors with an 18th-place finish (21:05) at the NCAA Championships, the first ASU woman to become a two-time cross country All-American...ASU's top finisher in all five major meets...finished third at West Region (20:54.3), earning her second-straight all-region honors ...finished seventh at the Pac-10 Championships (21:00.4)...placed second at the Roy Griak Invitational for the third-straight year, leading ASU to the team title...finished third (21:05) at the NCAA Pre-Meet (Purple Race)...earned second-team All-Pac-10 honors and first-team Pac-10 All-Academic acclaim... 2001 Outdoor: Set personal bests in the 1500m (4:19.90), the 3000m steeplechase (10:08.85) and the 5000m (16:06.63)...battled a late-season knee injury to place third in the 3000m steeplechase (10:17.66) at the Pac-10 Championships...was unable to advance past her preliminary heat of the steeplechase at the NCAA Championships, placing sixth in 10:23.63...NCAA automatic qualifier in the steeplechase and the 5000m, provisional qualifier in the 1500m...only competed in the steeplechase at nationals...won the steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational March 31, the very first time she competed in the event...at Stanford clocked a time of 10:08.85, the collegiate record and world's fastest time for 20 days...won the 1500m at the Baldy Castillo Invitational (4:20.54ht) and at the Sun Angel Classic (4:19.90)...ranks second all-time in the 1500m, fifth in the 3000m (9:29.63), third in the 5000m and second in the steeplechase...first-team Academic All-District selection and third-team Academic All-American selection...also earned second-team Pac-10 All-Academic honors... 2001 Indoor: Did not compete.
2000 Seasons:
2000 XC: Became just the third ASU woman to earn All-America cross country honors, placing a school-record fifth (20:46.3) out of 252 runners at the NCAA Championships ...raced past the previous high finish at nationals set by teammate Kelly MacDonald in 1999 (36th)...also broke previous regional and Pac-10 school records, placing first at regionals (improving upon MacDonald's fourth place finish in 1999) and second at the Pac-10 Championships (improving upon her own fourth place finish in '99)...honored as West Region Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year (USTCA)...first ASU female to win an individual title in a championship race, placing first (20:25) at the West Region and earning all-region honors...placed second and ran a season-best 6,000m time at the conference championships (20:19.95)...also placed second at the Roy Griak Invitational and fifth at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational...first-team Academic All-American...first-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection for the second straight year... 2000 Outdoor: Earned All-America honors in the 1,500m with an eighth-place finish (4:20.67) at nationals...captured 800m meet title at the Bill Sawyer Invitational (2:11.78) and the 1,500m meet title at the Sun Angel Classic... 2000 Indoor: Earned All-America honors in the mile, placing seventh at the NCAA Championships (4:48)...set ASU indoor record in the mile with a 4:44.44 performance at the Cyclone Classic.
1999 Seasons:
1999 XC: Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors with a fourth-place finish (17:20) at the conference championship, leading ASU to a school-best second-place finish...finished fifth at the NCAA West Regional (season best 17:15) to earn all-region honors ...placed 50th at the NCAA Championship in 17:37...earned four top-five finishes, placing second at the Cal Irvine and Roy Griak in addition to Pac-10s and regionals...was the team's top finisher in each of those meets except for regional... 1999 Outdoor: Redshirted... 1999 Indoor: Ran ASU's then-second-best all-time indoor mile mark with an altitude-adjusted 4:51.25 at the MPSF Championships to finish third...won the mile in the NAU/UA Double Dual in 5:01.79.
1998 Seasons:
1998 XC: Consistently one of ASU's top three runners...finished 29th at the Pac-10 Championship (18:30) and 42nd at the NCAA West Regional (18:13), both third-best on the team...was Sun Devils' second-best finisher at the NCAA Championships, finishing 131st (18:31) as the team finished in a tie for 23rd...had top-20 finishes at the ASU (17th) and Canyon West (4th)...ran a season-best 18:06 at Canyon West.
High School:
An eight-time Arizona state champion...won state titles her junior season in the 3200, 4x800 and heptathlon...state champ her senior season in 3200m, 1600m, 800m, 4x800m and cross country...a two-time letterwinner in basketball.
Personal:
Double majoring in computer engineering and finance...parents are Ruben and Chris Aguilera...has two brothers: Nick (20) and Tony (13)...born Nov. 30, 1979, in Phoenix.
Personal Bests: Mile: 4:44.44 (school record) 1500: 4:19.16 3000: 9:09.67 3000 SC: 9:58 5000: 15:57
AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
2002 Outdoor 3K SC 6th 10:05.38
2002 Indoor 3,000 2nd 9:09.67
2001 Cross Country 18th 21:05.00
2001 Outdoor 3K SC prelims 10:23.63
2000 Cross Country 5th 20:46.30
2000 Outdoor 1,500m 8th 4:20.67
2000 Indoor Mile 7th 4:48.77
1999 Cross Country 50th 17:37.00
1998 Cross Country 131st 18:31.51
