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Player Bio: Dan Maher



Arizona State: Ranks No. 3 on the distance medley list (10:27.60)... 2003 XC: Concluded his final season of cross country action in 85th place at the NCAA West Region meet...was 50th at the conference meet...placed 10th at the Dave Murray and 11th at the ASU Invites for his top finishes of the year...selected to the Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention team for the fourth season in a row, making him only the second ASU harrier to earn four conference academic honors in a career... 2003 Outdoor: Led the team in the 1,500m run and earned a spot in the event at the NCAA West Region meet where he placed 13th (3:48.47)...opened the year with a runner-up finish at the Baldy Castillo Invitational...placed 10th at the Pac-10 Championships with a ninth-place finish in the preliminary rounds of the meet...also competed in the 800m run and was the runner-up at the Bill Sawyer Invitational...garnered honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic accolades... 2003 Indoor: Ran the mile twice finishing with the third-fastest time on the team at 4:12.89...his top time earned him ninth at the Pac-10 Invitational...also placed eighth at the Boise State Invitational (4:20.77)... 2002 XC: Ran in five races...best time was a 25:18 at the Pac-10 Championships where he finished 41st...finished seventh on the team at the NCAA West Region meet with a 32:48 (72nd place)...scored for the team with a 100th-place finish at the Pre-National meet as the fifth Sun Devil across the finish line...earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors... 2002 Outdoor: Set his personal best time (3:47.84) in the 1500m at the Pac-10 Championships where he finished sixth...placed third in the same event at the UA/NAU Double Dual and fourth at the Oregon Invitational...his Pac-10 time was third on the team last year and the best among returnees for 2003...earned Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention...named to the Maroon and Gold Student-Athlete list for both cross country and track... 2002 Indoor: Ran twice, once in the 800m and once in the mile...was nearly a second off of his personal bests in both races...finished fifth at the UA/NAU Double Dual in the 800m (1:56.15), the second-fastest time turned in on the team...helped the distance medley team take second at the Double Dual and eighth at the Iowa State Classic... 2001 XC: Placed 231st at the NCAA Championships (33:00), 83rd at regionals (34:10.6) and 41st at the Pac-10 Championships (26:29.5)...team's fourth highest finisher at the UC Irvine Invitational (13th, 26:20.4) and the Roy Griak Invitational (103rd, season-best 25:42.2)...Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection... 2001 Outdoor: Placed fifth in his preliminary heat of the 800m at the Pac-10 Championships (season-best 1:52.74)...took second in the 800m (1:53.89) at the UA/NAU Double Dual...placed second in the 1500m (3:57.78) at the Bill Sawyer Invitational...recorded season best in the 1500m (3:57.36) and personal-best in the 3000m (8:53.67)... 2001 Indoor: Notched an indoor personal best in the 800m (1:55.63), placing third at the NAU Invitational...took fourth in the mile (4:10.45 alt.adj.) at the UA/NAU Double Dual... 2000 XC: Competed in three races, placing a season best 17th (26:44.2) at the UC Irvine Inv....also ASU's sixth-highest finisher at the Roy Griak (25:27, 73rd) and fourth-highest finisher at the NCAA Pre-National Inv. (33:18.6, 219)...earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention honors... 2000 Outdoor: Redshirted... 2000 Indoor: Took second place in the 800m with a season-best (1:56.85) at the Daily Sun Inv.... 1999 XC: Redshirted.

High School: Graduated from Salpointe Catholic High School...two-time all-state performer in cross country and track...three-time All-5A-South in cross country and track...Southern Arizona Runner of the Year in 1999 when he won the South Region cross country title...set school records in the 800m and 4x800m.

Personal: Majoring in finance...parents are Tim and Mary Maher...one sister, Laura.

Personal Bests - 800: 1:52, 1500: 3:47,84, Mile: 4:10.45 (alt.adj.)

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  Dan Maher
Dan Maher
Player Profile
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Tucson, Ariz.

High School:
Salpointe Catholic HS

Height:
6-0

Event:
Distance

2001 NCAA Cross Country Championships 231st33:00