Hannah Granger at DirectAthletics
An Unlikely Story - Keydet Athlete Feature
Feb. 2010 - BigSouthSports.com's "Musco Women's Spotlight" - Hannah Granger
Granger Awarded Three-Legged Stool
Career Highlights:
2009 Big South Women's Cross Country Champion, VMI's first titleist in that event
First VMI female conference champion in a running event (2009 BSC Outdoor 10K)
2010 BSC 5,000-meter champion (indoors)
Ten-time All-Conference honoree
Scored or assisted on 24 points at 2010 BSC indoor meet, nearly half of the team's program-best total
Holds eight official school records (5K and 6K XC - Mile, 3K and 5K indoors - 3K, 5K and 10K outdoors) as of end of 2010 XC
Two-time ECAC qualifier, scored VMI's first-ever ECAC points at 2009 event (seventh-place in 10K)
Four-time member of the Big South All-Academic Team (09 XC, 2009/10 Indoor, 2010 Outdoor)
2010-11 VMI Three-Legged Stool Winner (See Link Above)
2010-11: Earned her third career All-Big South honor in cross country, finishing sixth at the conference meet...won the Big South Preview meet earlier in the year.
2009-10: Named Big South Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year after becoming VMI's first individual cross country champion...also tabbed Runner of the Year for her success in a season where she won three of the six Runner of the Week awards...reset her own school records in the 5K (18:08) and 6K (21:18) at the Blue Ridge Open and Paul Short Run respectively...had a strong indoor season, including a Big South title in the 5,000-meters...was third in the 3K at that event as well...grabbed a third all-conference honor by helping the DMR team to a second-place finish, as the squad shattered the school record time...scored or assisted on 24 points at the meet, nearly half of the team's program-best total...set a school record 3K time at the Great Dane Classic in New York, finishing third in a time of 10:04.95...battled injuries during the outdoor year, but still managed to finish eighth in the 5K at the Big South meet...also set a new school and meet record in that event at the Military Championships, running a 17:29.28...in a strange coincidence, that is also Granger's VMI-best time indoors, set during the 2009 season...2009-10 team tri-captain and will be a co-captain of the 2010 XC team...holds academic stars and will serve as the 2nd Battallion S6 Lt. in the Corps of Cadets during the 2010-11 year.
2008-09: Continued her assault on the VMI record book, as she reset several of the records she posted during her freshman season...became VMI's first women's conference champion in a running event at the Big South Outdoor Championships, prevailing in the 10K in a school record time of 36:52.02...was also third in the 5,000 at that meet...set a new indoor 5K record with her 17:29.28 at February's Akron Open...posted a new Keydet 3,000-meter best (10:06.41) at the Big South Championships, where she earned All-Conference honors with her second place effort...earned a seventh-place finish in the 10,000-meters at the ECAC Outdoor meet...was named to the Big South All-Academic team during the indoor season...took part in all five VMI cross country outings, and was the Keydets' top finisher in four...earned All-Conference honors at the Big South Cross Country Championships, where she finished sixth overall...now holds eight official school records (six T&F, two XC) and is a five-time All-Conference honoree (three outdoor T&F, one each XC and indoor T&F).
2007-08: Broke seven school records during one of the most impressive freshman campaigns in recent memory...opened VMI career with a second-place finish at the VMI Cross Country season opener...set new 5K school record two weeks later at the UNCA Bulldog Invitational (9/14), and then broke her own mark on Oct. 13 at Furman, when she ran an 18:26 to set the current mark...also set a new 6K VMI best on 9/28, when she ran a 21:56 at the Paul Short Run...was VMI's top female finisher in every cross-country event...had notable track and field season as well, setting five records...three indoor records fell to Granger early in the season, as she set a new indoor mile best at the season-opening Liberty Invitational (5:05.74)...bested the previous 3,000-meter mark at the Virginia Tech Invitational in late February, running 10:08.07 on Feb. 23...also set the new 5,000-meter mark during the indoor season...earned two records during the outdoor season, setting the new 3,000-meter mark at the University of Virginia on April 11 (10:27.07)...ECAC Qualifier in the 5,000-meters...set the new 5,000-meter best time at the Big South Championships, where she finished third with her 17:49.19 time, and earned all-conference honors in the process.
High School: Three-time All-State Cross County performer and five-time All-State track performer...Currently holds six school records at Chimacum High School in Northwest Washington, and set a new school mark in 4xmile and DMR at Radnor High School during her senior season...Also a member of the 2006 State Championship Cross Country Team.
Personal Bests:
Mile: 5:05.74 - School Record
1,500: 4:49.28
3K: 10:04.95 (indoor) - School Record
3K: 10:27.07 (outdoor) - School Record
4K: 14:54
5K: 17:29.28 (indoor) - School Record
5K (XC): 18:08
6K (XC): 21:18 - School Record
10K: 36:52.02 - School Record
