2012-13 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Sara Stassen
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Dearborn, Mich.
- High School:
- Dearborn
Collegiate Bests
• 800m - 2:11.01
• 1,000m - 2:58.00
• 1,500m - 4:22.45
2013-14:
• Academic All-Big Ten
OUTDOOR: Runner-up in the 800 meter (2:15.83) at the Don Klienow Invitational ... Turned in a career-best 1500 meter time of 4:31.54 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
INDOOR: Posted a career-best mark of 2:12.96 in the 800 meter at the SPIRE NCAA Indoor Invitational ... Recorded three top-10 finishes in the 1000 meter run, with her best time coming at the Meyo Invitational (2:51.99) ... Broke the five-minute mark for the first time in the Mile run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (4:59.14).
2012-13:
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
OUTDOOR: Ran a 4:40.52 in the 1,500m at the Raleigh Relays ... Posted a 4:49.06 in the 1,500m and a 2:19.02 in the 800m at the Spartan Invitational ... Ran a time of 4:39.51 in the 1,500m at the EMU Twilight Invitational ... Ran a 4:35.96 in the 1,500m at the GINA Relays ... Competed in the 1,500m preliminaries at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, posting a season-best time of 4:35.07.
INDOOR: Ran a time of 2:16.14 in the 800m run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Placed tenth in the 1,000m run in a time of 2:58.94 at the SPIRE Invitational ... Posted a time of 2:15.51 in the 800m run at the Spire Invitational.
2011-12:
OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
High School: Attended Dearborn High School ... Four-year letter winner and captain in both track & field and cross country ... Set Dearborn High School records in both the 4 X 800m relay and 800m run ... Voted women's top athlete at Dearborn her senior year while earning all-league honors in the 800m and the league championship in the 1600m ... Two-time state qualifier in both cross country and track & field (800m and 4 x 800m relay) her sophomore and junior seasons ... Placed first in regional in the 800m run her senior season and placed fifth in the state tournament with a time of 2:14.33 ... State indoor champion her junior season in the 4 x 800m relay and finalist her senior season in the 800m run.
Personal: Born on January 17, 1993 ... Daughter of Jeff and Tamara Stassen ... Majoring in hospitality business.
