Cross Country

  Holly Knight

Holly Knight

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Devon, England

High School:
Ivybridge School

Knight's Freshman Woes Build Confidence for Sophomore Campaign

PRs (Outdoors)
3000m 9:46.05
5000m 16:11.46
10,000m 34:42.48

Awards and Honors
2008 Cross Country All-American
2008 NCAA South Region Athlete of the Year
2008 NCAA South Regional Champion
2008 SEC Cross Country First-Team
2008 NCAA 5000m Outdoor All-American
2007 SEC Cross Country Second-Team

2008 (Sophomore):

Captured first All-American honor on cross country course with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Championships (6K)... Auburn's first woman to win NCAA South Regional title, doing so with a 20:29.67 6K ... Finished as the SEC Championship individual runner-up, clocking a 20:18.52 (6K) to earn All-SEC First-Team honors ... Clocked career-best 6K time of 20:13.40 at Pre-Nationals to place second ... Was fourth at the Tiger Invitational .... Opened sophomore season by winning Powerade Invitational with a 10:56 two-mile run.

2007 (Freshman):
Earned Second-Team All-SEC honors by placing 11th at 6K SEC Championship (21:18.75) ... Unable to compete at NCAA South Region Championships due to injury ... Finished first at the two-mile UT-Chattanooga Invitational (11:04) ... Eighth at 5K Tiger Invitational ... Placed 21st at 6K Chile Pepper Festival.

Personal:
Born on Nov. 25, 1988 ... Daughter of Michael and Maureen Knight ... Majoring in psychology.

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