2016 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
Collegiate Track PR | 800M: 2:23.54; 1000M: 3:07.89; 1500M: 4:33.10; MILE: 4:57.89; 3000M: 9:30.75; 5000M: 16:15.13; 10,000M: 33:50.99
Collegiate XC PR | 4K: 13:21.0; 5K: 17:04.8; 6K: 19:47.6
2017-18 (Redshirt Senior): CROSS COUNTRY … Southland Conference First-Team All-Academic … First Team All-Southland Conference … All-South Central Region Team … USTFCCCA All-Academic team … Two-time Southland Conference Athlete of the Week (Sept. 5 & Oct. 17) … Runner up at the Southland Conference Championship meet with a time of 20:31.1 … Took fifth at the South Central Regional meet to qualify for Nationals with a personal best time of 19:47.6 … Finished 91st out of 255 athletes at the NCAA Division I Championships clocking a time of 20:38.4 … Earned first Southland Athlete of the Week honor after finishing second at the Baylor Bear Twilight with a 4K mark of 13:21.0 and grabbed her second with a 32nd place finish (20:28.3) at the Adidas DI Pre Nationals … INDOORS … Third team All-Southland Conference in the 3,000m and 5,000m run … Competed in four meets including the Southland Conference Championships finishing third in both the 3k and 5k with times of 9:43.54 and 16:45.60, respectively … Took second at both the Texas Tech Shootout (9:44.46) and Ted Nelson Invitational (9:45.34) in the 3,000m run … OUTDOORS … First Team All-Conference (5K) … Third Team All-Conference (10K) … Competed in six meets in the 10,000m, 5,000m and 1,500m … Finished 23rd in the NCAA West Preliminary Round with a PR time of 33:50.99 in the 10,000 … Took first in the 5K at the Southland Conference Championships with a time of 16:52.63 and third in the 10K (36:49.90) … Finished sixth in the 5K (16:42.34) at the Home Depot Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin.
2016-17 (Senior): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … CROSS COUNTRY – Did not compete and was granted a redshirt season … INDOORS – Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year … Southland Conference’s Outstanding Running Events Performer of the Year … 3K and 5K Southland Conference champion with times of 9:30.75 (PR) and 16:41.57 … 3K winner at the Texas A&M Team Invitational (9:35.24) … 5K runner-up with PR of 16:19.36 at the Dunamis Sports Group College Classic … Placed second in the mile at Oklahoma’s J.D. Martin Invitational with PR of 4:57.89 … OUTDOORS – Did not compete and was granted a redshirt season.
2015-16 (Junior): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Southland Conference All-Academic Team … Chi Alpha Sigma Member … CROSS COUNTRY – Second Team All-Southland Conference after finishing the 8K course with a seventh-place time of 21:22.6 … Competed at all six cross country meets … Started year with consecutive top-five showings at Abilene’s Libby Invitational (18:54.50) and Texas Tech dual (18:40.99) … Earned a second fourth-place finish at Arkansas-Little Rock (17:04.8) … Placed 22nd against a crowded field at Texas A&M with a 6K mark of 21:15.1 and came across in 32nd place at the 5K Chile Pepper Festival (17:21.95) … INDOORS – Did not compete and was granted a redshirt season … OUTDOORS – Third Team All-Southland Conference in the 5K with PR of 17:19.75 ... Scored fourth-place points in the Southland Conference 1500m with time of 4:39.62 ... Winner of back-to-back 1500m races hosted by Texas State (4:36.99) and ACU (4:46.26) ... Set 1500m PR of 4:35.88 to place second at ACU's Oliver Jackson Twilight Meet ... 5K runner-up at Texas Tech Open (17:28.41) ... Third-place in the Oklahoma John Jacobs Invitational 3K (9:56.64).
2014-15 (Sophomore): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Southland Conference All-Academic Team ... CROSS COUNTRY – Competed at each of the six meets including the Southland Conference championships where she finished 45th overall with a season-best 6K of 23:15.8 ... Highest finish was 10th place at the season-opening West Texas College Open 5K (22:38) ... Fastest 5K of 18:43.8 was clocked at the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. … INDOORS – Placed 13th in the mile (5:08.56) at the Southland Conference Championship and finished fourth at Texas Tech in the 1000m (3:07.89) … OUTDOORS – Ran a 2:23.54 in the 800m at Texas State and a 4:44.71 in the 1500m to finish ninth at the Southland Conference Championships.
2013-14 (Freshman): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll ...CROSS COUNTRY – Wildcats' No. 4 runner at the Southland Conference Championships with a 60th-place and season-best 6K time of 24:25.0 ... Ran a season-best 5K at McMurry's Bill Libby Invitational (20:17.53) to place 15th overall … INDOORS – Recorded a season-best mile of 5:41.86 to place 19th at Texas A&M ... OUTDOORS – Ran exclusively in the 1500m and recorded a season-best and eighth-place time of 5:05.66 at Oklahoma's John Jacobs Invitational.
High School: Graduated in 2013 from Cranston West High School ... Earned 12 varsity letters for cross country and track and field ... Runner-up at 2010 state cross country championships ... All-state and academic all-state honoree ... Top times include a 4:59 in the 1500m, 10:46 in the 3K, 2:26 in the 800m, 11:34 in the 3200m and 18:46 in the 5K ... Member of the National and Rhode Island honor societies.
Personal: Given name is Michaela M. Hackett ... Born 28 April in 1995 in Boston, Mass. ... Daughter of Jim and Bettina Hackett ... Received her bachelor’s degree in business administration in December of 2016 … Pursuing Master of Accountancy degree.
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