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2013 Track and Field Media Guide
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Distance Bios
Allison Gallo
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Freshman
XC: Freshman
Schaumburg, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Redshirted the outdoor season...Ran in the 800m and
Mile races during the indoor season...Won the mile race at the
Saluki Invite with a time of 5:12.91.
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in two meets for the Salukis, the EIU Walt Crawford
Open and the Saluki Invitational...Best finish of 24th came at the
Saluki Invitational on Sep. 22.
2011:
Redshirted...Notched two top-fifteen finishes in three unat-
tached meets...Best finish was 13th at the SIU Early Bird on Sep.
2.
High School:
Three year all-conference and all-sectional selec-
tion...State qualifier sophomore, junior, and senior year.
Personal:
Full name is Allison Marie Gallo...Born January 4,
1993 in Chicago, Illinois...Daughter of Joe and Dawn Gallo...
Has one brother...Majoring in psychology.
Lacey Gibson
Indoor: Sophomore
Outdoor: Sophomore
XC: Sophomore
Carbondale, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
All-MVC in the 10K during the outdoor season, where
she finished third at the MVC Championships with a time of
36:20.96...Ran in four events (Mile, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m) in
11 meets in the indoor and outdoor seasons...Tallied seven total
top-five finishes in 2011-12, including a win in the 3000m at the
Memphis Tiger Invitational during the outdoor season.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
800m - 2:16.01
1500m - 4:49.43
Mile - 5:12.91
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Mile - 5:19.31
3000m - 10:16.79
3000m - 10:19.31
5000m - 17:39.28
5000m - 17:44.35
10,000m - 36:20.96
Lacey Gibson, continued
Cross Country:
2012:
Ran in six meets for the Salukis...Finished in the top-three
twice...Best finish of second place came at Saluki Invitational on
Sep. 22...Best 5K time of the year came at the Sean Earl Lake-
front Invitational, where her 18:22 timestamp was the highest
Saluki finish at the meet.
2011:
Competed in all seven meets for the Salukis...Notched
five top-twenty finishes, four of which were top-ten and two of
which were top-five...Finished in second place twice at the Sa-
luki Invitational on Sept. 24 (19:04.8) and the Evansville Invite
on Oct. 15 (18:14.79)...Placed 16th at the MVC Championship
with a time of 18:32.7, which was the second best Saluki time...
Completed season with an average finish of 28.4...Of those five
top-twenty finishes, her average finish was 6.6...Named MVC
Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 28.
High School:
Three year all-conference and all-state selection...
State qualifier sophomore, junior, and senior year...Named Run-
ner of the Year by The Southern Illinoisan...2011 Illinois State
Scholar.
Personal:
Full name is Lacey Sheyanna Gibson... Born Oct.
18, 1992, in Carbondale, Illinois...Daughter of David and Lisa
Gibson...Has one brother...Majoring in pre-med.
Lacey Gibson