Shannon Harcus
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Auburn, Calif.
High School:
Placer HS '10
Height:
5-7
Position:
Distances
Major:
Exercise Biology
2012: Finished 3rd in 10,000 (36:19.05), 17th in 5,000 (17:48.24) at Big West Conference Championships... Missed entering school's all-time 10K top 10 by less than a second... Best 5K mark was 17:30.53 at SFSU Distance Carnival... Also ran 1,500 (4:39.97) and 3,000 (9:52.49) during the year... Earned Academic All-Big West honors.

2011: Finished 12th in 10,000 (37:10.02) at Big West Conference meet... Also raced in 1,500 (4:46.05), 3,000 (10:10.71), two mile (11:26.54) and 5,000 (17:18.63) at various meets.

UC DAVIS CROSS COUNTRY: Appeared in six meets in 2011, including Big West Conference (28th) and West Region championships (134th)... Finished 11th in nine-team field at Hornet Jamboree... Competed at Bronco Invitational and Doc Adams Open as a freshman... Crossed as Aggies' top finisher (14th overall) at Doc Adams.

PLACER HS '10: Qualified for CIF state meet as a junior and senior, placing 12th among Division III field in 2009... Advanced to state after finishing 2nd at Sac-Joaquin Section championship in each of final two seasons... Earned nod on Sacramento River Cats All-City squad... Won 3,200 and finished 1,600 at CIF-SJS D-III meet that spring... Class valedictorian... Selected as school's top female student-athlete in 2009.

PERSONAL: Born in Auburn, Calif.... Majoring in exercise biology... Parents are David & Eva Harcus... Career highlight was breaking 11-minute barrier (10:58.05) in 3,200 at Arcadia Invitational.