| Marissa Pekarek |
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RS Freshman
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| Hometown:
Fairview, Texas
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| High School:
Lovejoy
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| Event:
Distance
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| Experience:
FR-RS/FR-RS
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COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 3,000m- 10:54.53 at Texas Invitational (4/13/13)
• Outdoor 10,000m- 37:39.15 at Texas Relays (3/28/13)
• Indoor 5,000m- 18:55.87 at Leonard Hilton Invitational (1/18/13)
• Cross Country 5K- 19:17.75 at Concordia Invite (10/13/12)
2012-13
Indoor:
Ran in one event for Texas as a redshirt freshman, finishing fourth in the 5,000m at the Leonard Hilton Invitational with a time of 18:55.87.
Cross Country:
Competed in three races for Texas as a redshirt freshman ... recorded a season-best 5K time of 19:17.75, placing sixth at the Concordia Invitational ... raced the Grass Routes Grand Prix in 21:20.02, finishing 36th ... also opened the season with a 12th-place finish at the UT/UTSA Dual.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Redshirt season.
Indoor:
Redshirt season.
Cross Country:
Redshirt season.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Three-year letterwinner in track and cross country at Lovejoy High School under coach Greg Christensen ... received Most Improved Award as a sophomore ... helped cross country team to a state championship as a senior and a runner-up finish as a junior ... named all-region runner as a senior.
PERSONAL
Born Marissa Samantha Pekarek on Sept. 16, 1993, in Dallas, Texas ... parents are Brian and Donna Pekarek ... sister to Brandon (21), a senior at UT ... uncle Scott Pekarek was also a collegiate track and field athlete ...named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll during all three semesters of her academic career ...earned Academic All-State honors as a high school senior ... also involved with Lovejoy's school newspaper and band ... majoring in accounting.
