2011-12 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Liz Watson
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lansing, Mich.
- High School:
- Lansing Catholic
• 600m - 1:38.01
• 800m - 2:13.83
• 1,500m - 4:32.52
• 1,000m - 2:54.30
• One Mile - 4:54.85
2010-11:
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
OUTDOOR: Placed third in the 1500m with a time of 4:33.13 at the EMU Twilight ... Ran the 800m in 2:18.51 for a fourth-place finish at the Lyle Bennett Open ... Ran the 800m in a season best time of 2:16.47 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
2009-10:
• Academic All-Big Ten
OUTDOOR: Ran the 1500m in 4:32.52 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships ... Posted a season-best time of 2:13.83 in the 800m at the Sun Angel Track Classic.
INDOOR: Helped the 4000m distance medley relay finish in 11:59.85 at the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Ran the mile in 4:54.85 at the GVSU Big Meet ... Finished the 4x400m in 3:59.97 at the Notre Dame Invitational ... Recorded a time of 2:54.30 in the 1000m at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational.
2008-09:
OUTDOOR: Recorded a time of 4:45.14 in the 1500m run at the Spartan Invitational.
INDOOR: Ran at four meets, highlighted by setting personal-bests in both the 600m and the 1,000m runs ... Clocked in at 1:38.01 in the 600m run at the Indiana Invite and ran 2:58.74 in the 1,000m run at the MSU Open.
2007-08:
INDOOR: Finished second in the 600m at the Chippewa Open with a time of 1:39.70 ... Competed at the Notre Dame Invite in the 800m run with a time of 2:15.47 ... Posted a time of 2:15.64 in the 800m run at the Akron Quad ... Crossed the finish line in the 800m run with a time of 2:16.13 at the ISU Classic.
High School:
Four-year letterwinner in both track and cross country ... Finished fourth in state finals in 800m in junior and senior years ... Placed second in state finals in 1,600m as a junior ... Four-time academic all-state honoree in both cross country and track.
Personal: Daughter of Bruce and Rebecca Watson ... Enrolled in the Lymann Briggs College majoring in physiology ... Born June 24, 1989.
