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Stanford: A two-time Pac-10 and NCAA West Regional meet participant in the steeplechase with postseason experience in cross country...should be a key contributor this season.
2008 Season (Junior): Best finish of the season came at the Doc Adams Invitational, where she finished as the individual runner-up with a season-best time of 22:06.5...helped the Cardinal to the Stanford Invitational title with her 42nd-place finish...competed at the NCAA Pre-National meet to help Stanford to its seventh-place finish in the Blue Race.
2007 Season (Sophomore): Finished 43rd with a time of 21:31.1 at the Pac-10 Championships...ran a time of 22:07.7 at the Chico State Invitational to place sixth, her best finish of the season.
2006 Season (Freshman): Finished 17th at the Stanford Invitational...also placed 31st at the Bronco Invitational.
2005 Season: Redshirted.
High School: Washington state runner-up in the 1,600 meters in 2003 and third-place finisher in 2004...three-year letterwinner in soccer with first-team all-league honors...2005 Mercer Island Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Cardinal Catalogue: Human biology major...parents are Matt O'Meara and Lisa Belden, both Stanford graduates...earned second team Pac-10 All-Academic honors for cross country in 2008...USTFCCCA Academic All-American and second team Pac-10 All-Academic for track in 2009...MPSF All-Academic for indoor track in 2009.