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NEW MEXICO:New Mexico's 3,000-meter steeplechase record holder who is coming off one of her most productive cross country seasons...has two years of eligibility left after redshirting outdoors last spring and indoors in 2006...an excellent athlete who competed in the heptathlon while high school...three-time Academic all-MWC honoree...2007: (cross country) Was the only women's runner to appear in six meets...2 top-25 finishes and ran with the team's top-7 4 times...scored as the B team's No. 2 runner (20th overall) at New Mexico State...39th at the MWC Championships and placed 79th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a career-best 6K time of 23:04 in her final collegiate cross country race... 2006-07: (outdoor) Redshirt season...(indoor)Competed 6 times in 5 meets, mostly in the 800...(cross country) Appeared in two meets...finished 20th at NMSU... 2005-06: (outdoor) Broke her own school record in the 3,000m steeplechase with an altitude adjusted time of 11:14.96 at the Don Kirby Invite in Albuquerque...ranked 11th in the MWC in the event...raced four times...won the 2,000m steeplechase at UTEP...Academic all-MWC honoree...(indoor) Redshirt season...(cross country) Hampered by injuries and made just one meet appearance, running 10th on the team at the Lobo Invitational... 2004-05: (outdoor) Established herself the best women's steeplechase runner in UNM history as a true freshman...broke the school record with a time of 12:06.25 (3rd place) at the Mesa Classic in Arizona...was the runner-up in the event at home...and placed 10th at the MWC Championships...Academic All-MWC honoree...(indoor) Focused on the middle distance events, running four 800s and a 600-meter race...(cross country) Ran in five of the team's six meets...finished among the UNM top-7 four times and was the Lobos' fourth scoring runner at the MWC Championships...clocked her fastest 6K time of 23:27.8 in the season-finale at the NCAA Regional Championships...top finish was 26th at NMSU...Academic All-MWC honoree... HIGH SCHOOL:A 2004 graduate of Albuquerque Manzano High School...all-city, all-district and all-state honoree in both cross country and track, under coaches Jeremy Vehar and John Flores...2003 Albuquerque Tribune Cross Country Athlete of the Year...MHS Female Athlete of the Year as a senior...runner-up at the 2003 city cross country meet...placed third at the New Mexico Junior Olympic cross country meet to earn All-America honors...silver medalist in the 3,200-meter run at the state track meet as a junior...a versatile athlete who also finished eighth in the heptathlon at the 2003 Great Southwest Meet...also a member of the Monarch's varsity basketball team...PERSONAL:Born on June 24, 1986 in Albuquerque, N.M...age is 21...full name is Stasia Margaret Ploskonka...daughter of Jim and Suzie Ploskonka...has a brother, Nick (18)...major is Exercise Science. |
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