The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013-14 Track & Field / Cross Country: Women Roster
Roster
Sara Sutherland
- Position:
- Distance/XC
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Highland Park
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
• Two-Time USTFCCCA First Team All-American
• 2012 USTFCCCA Second Team All-American
• Two-Time Big 12 champion
• Nine-Time All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
• Two-Time All-Big 12 (Cross Country)
• UT record-holder - Indoor 5,000 meters (15:50.04)
Career Bests
Outdoor 800m: 2:10.67
Outdoor 1,500m: 4:18.62
Outdoor 5,000m: 16:04.15
10,000m: 34:28.07
Indoor Mile: 5:00.31
Indoor 3,000m: 9:18.67
Indoor 5,000m: 15:50.04
Cross Country 2-mile: 11:17
Cross Country 5K: 17:50
Cross Country 6K: 20:02.5
UT All-Time Performers List
Outdoor 1,500m: 7th
Outdoor 5,000m: 5th
Outdoor 10,000m: 4th
Indoor 3,000m: 5th
Indoor 5,000m: 1st
AT-A-GLANCE
Two-time first-team USTFCCCA All-American (twice indoor) ... earned 2012 second-team USTFCCCA All-America honors (indoor 5,000) ... three-time All-South Central Region in cross country (2010-12) ... 2013 Big 12 Outdoor champion in the 1,500 meters ... also won 2013 conference indoor title as a member of the distance medley relay ... nine-time All-Big 12 selection (four times outdoor, five times indoor) ... two-time All-Big 12 in cross country (2011, 2012) ... holds indoor 5,000m school record of 15:50.04, set at the 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships ... the mark bettered the previous UT program mark she set at the 2013 Alex Wilson Invitational (15:52.99) and 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships (15:53.73)
2013-14
Cross Country:
Did not compete.
2012-13
Outdoor:
Competed in five meets in both the 1,500m and 5,000m events … won her first Big 12 individual title, running the 1,500m in 4:22.87 … also earned All-Big 12 honors in the 5K by finishing fourth in 16:18.62 … placed 19th (16:35.39) in the 5,000 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round … ran her season-best 5K at the Mt. SAC Relays, where she posted a time of 16:11.52 (26th) … notched her season-best 1,500m time of 4:20.48 at the Texas Relays, good for fourth … also ran a career-best 2:10.67 in the 800m for third at the Texas Invitational, the first half-mile race of her collegiate career.
Indoor:
Competed in four meets and established herself as one of the elite 5,000m runners in the country … posted an eighth-place finish (15:50.05) in the 5,000m at the NCAA Championships to earn her second first-team All-America honor … bettered her school-record time in the event for the second-straight meet (Alex Wilson Invitational, 15:52.99) after originally setting the record at the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships … led off the Big 12 champion distance medley relay squad, which finished in 11:15.90 … also picked up All-Big 12 honors in the 3,000m (fourth, 9:21.01) and 5,000m (third, 16:12.12) at the conference meet … ran to second in the 5,000m at the Husky Classic collegiate race with a time of 16:15.12.
Cross Country:
Competed in all six timed events ... crossed first for UT in three races, including a third-place overall finish (20:19.7) at the Big 12 Championships, earning her second All-Big 12 honor ... placed second for UT and 58th overall (20:26.8) at the NCAA Championships ... finished second (20:35.3) and earned her third all-region honor at the NCAA South Central Region ... placed ninth and was UT’s top overall finisher at the Pre-Nationals Invitational in a 6K season-best 20:10.7 ... posted a third-place finish at the 5K Grass Routes Grand Prix in 18:43.43 ... also took third at the Pac 12 Preview Invite to open her 2012 campaign.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Ran the 5,000m in 16:48.94 at the NCAA Championships for 15th place... qualified for NCAAs with a 16:18.17 finish at the NCAA West Preliminary meet ... set an outdoor 5,000m personal best at the Big 12 Championships in 16:04.15 for fifth and all-league honors ... also All-Big 12 in the 10,000m in a career-best 34:28.07 (second) ... recorded a 16:10.51 at the Mt. SAC Relays for seventh place ... finished third in the 1,500m at the Texas Relays with a PR time of 4:18.62.
Indoor:
Claimed the school record and her first-team All-America honors in the 5,000m at the NCAA Championships in a career-best time of 15:53.73 for fifth place ... took fourth in the 3,000m (9:18.57) and the 5,000m (15:59.75) at the Big 12 Championships, earning all-league honors in both events ... won the 5,000m at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 16:15.95 ... ran a 9:25.56 in the 3,000m at the Auburn Indoor Meet for fifth place.
Cross Country:
Led the Longhorns at the NCAA Championships, coming in 96th overall (20:59.4) ... an all-region honoree after leading the team to a berth to the national meet with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional ... claimed All-South Central Region honors ... finished 11th overall at the Big 12 Championships, crossing the finish line in a 6K personal-best 20:02.5 ... earned all-league honors for that performance ... first-team Academic All-Big 12 ... placed first for UT and ninth overall at the Chili Pepper Festival, finishing in 21:29.2 ... posted a fourth-place finish at the Grass Routes Grand Prix, crossing the finish line in 21:39.2.
2010-11
Outdoor:
Ran a 16:17 in the 5,000m at the NCAA West Prelim meet ... recorded a then personal best in the 5,000m of 16:09.52, the fastest time by a Longhorn during the year, at the Penn Relays to finish third in the event ... placed fourth in the 1,500m at the M.J. Classic with a mark of 4:37.05 ... finished fourth in the 5,000m at the Victor Lopez Classic with a time of 17:02.06.
Indoor:
Ran a 3,000m time of 9:38.89 and a 5,000m time of 16:53.47 at the Big 12 Championships ... crossed the finish line in the 3,000m with a time of 9:30.60 at the Husky Classic ... recorded a time of 9:42.27 in the 3,000m, placing first at the Razorback Invite ... placed fifth in the mile in a personal-best 5:00.31 at the Leonard Hilton Memorial.
Cross Country:
Garnered all-region honors for her 6K season-best 20:49.7, ninth-place effort at the 2010 NCAA South Central Regional ... placed third for the Longhorns and 34th overall (21:33.22) at the Big 12 Championships ... recorded a 21:46.5 (155th) at the 2010 NCAA Championships ... took home the 5K Concordia Invite individual title with a time of 17:50 ... scored fourth in the 2-mile Johnny Morris Invite in the first of the Longhorns’ two perfect team titles to open the season.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Highland Park, competing in the 1,600m and 3,200m ... finished top-10 as a competitor for Highland Park at the Texas UIL State Cross Country Championship ... 4A state cross country champion in 2007 ... four-time District 10 4A cross country champion and 3,200m champion and three-time district 1,600m champion ... 2009 Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA)Cross Country Athlete of the Year ... named 2007 Cross Country Runner of the Year and 2006 Newcomer of the Year by Dallas Morning News.
PERSONAL
Born in Dallas, Texas ... parents are Carl and Carol ... has two siblings, Dan (23) and Lee (18) ... member of National Honor Society at Highland Park, within which she was presented the Leadership Award ... named an AP Scholar with Honor and was also a National Merit Commended Scholar ... performs service with the Helping Hands Home for Children and participates in Feed My People homeless outreach ... named to the 2011 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team for cross country ... three-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2010; spring 2011; fall 2013) ... majoring in government.
