Oklahoma State University Athletics
Mihaela Ana Susa Bio
August 28, 2008 | Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
2008 Outdoors: NCAA qualifier in the 5000 meters, running an 18:11.50 at the NCAA meet to place 27th ... Season-best mark in the 5000 meters came at the Sam Howell Invitational, where she was clocked at 16:31.30 to win the race ... NCAA Midwest Regional runner-up in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:58.52 ... Second-place finish at the regional meet gave Susa her second all-region honor of the year, as she also earned all-region accolades with an 11th-place finish in cross country ... Placed seventh at the Big 12 Championships with a 17:55.29 in the 5000 meters ... Ran the 10000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays, clocking a 34:49.42 to place 15th.
2008 Indoors: Ran a pair of 3,000-meter races during the indoor season, clocking a 9:41.72 at the Meyo Invitational and a 9:50.56 at the Big 12 Championships that placed her 11th at the conference meet.
2007 Cross Country: All-Midwest Region honoree as a true freshman after running a 20:35 at the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional to finish 11th at the event ... Finished 15th and earned all-Big 12 honors at the 6000 meter Big 12 Championships with a time of 21:24 ... Oklahoma State's top runner as a freshman ... Was OSU's top finisher in each of the three regular-season races in which she competed ... Ran a 21:16 at the 6000 meter Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival to place 11th overall ... Ran a season-best 17:28 at the 5000 meter Boston College Invitational to place fourth at the event ... Her 17:36 at the 5000 meter Notre Dame Invitational was good for a 30th-place finish.
High School: Attended Sport School in Romania ... Competed in the 2005 World Cross Country Championships and the 2006 European Cross Country Championships, finishing the 5,795km course 22nd with a time of 20:07 ... she is a member of the Romanian senior national cross country team and is considered by some to be one of the top female distance runners in Romania.
Personal: Mihaela Ana Susa was born January 23, 1986 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania ... Daughter of Rus and Rodica Susa.
2008 Indoors: Ran a pair of 3,000-meter races during the indoor season, clocking a 9:41.72 at the Meyo Invitational and a 9:50.56 at the Big 12 Championships that placed her 11th at the conference meet.
2007 Cross Country: All-Midwest Region honoree as a true freshman after running a 20:35 at the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional to finish 11th at the event ... Finished 15th and earned all-Big 12 honors at the 6000 meter Big 12 Championships with a time of 21:24 ... Oklahoma State's top runner as a freshman ... Was OSU's top finisher in each of the three regular-season races in which she competed ... Ran a 21:16 at the 6000 meter Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival to place 11th overall ... Ran a season-best 17:28 at the 5000 meter Boston College Invitational to place fourth at the event ... Her 17:36 at the 5000 meter Notre Dame Invitational was good for a 30th-place finish.
High School: Attended Sport School in Romania ... Competed in the 2005 World Cross Country Championships and the 2006 European Cross Country Championships, finishing the 5,795km course 22nd with a time of 20:07 ... she is a member of the Romanian senior national cross country team and is considered by some to be one of the top female distance runners in Romania.
Personal: Mihaela Ana Susa was born January 23, 1986 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania ... Daughter of Rus and Rodica Susa.
| Susa's Cross Country Times | |||||
| Place | Event | Time | Date | Site | Distance |
| 4 | 2007 Boston College Invitational | 17:28 | 9/14/07 | Boston, Mass. | 5000m |
| 30 | 2007 Notre Dame Invitational | 17:36 | 9/28/07 | South Bend, Ind. | 5000m |
| 11 | 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional | 20:35 | 11/10/07 | Peoria, Ill | 6000m |
| 11 | 2007 Chile Pepper Festival | 21:16 | 10/13/07 | Fayetteville, Ark. | 6000m |
| 15 | 2007 Big 12 Championships | 21:24 | 10/27/07 | Lubbock, Texas | 6000m |
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