Year in review: Bizzarri's highlights
Best of Bizzarri
A look at Angela Bizzarri's top achievements during the 2009-10 school year:
CROSS-COUNTRY
– First place in Pre-National Invitational White Race at Terre Haute, Ind.
– First-team All-Big Ten for fourth consecutive year.
– First place in NCAA Midwest Regional Championships at Springfield, Mo.
– USTFCCCA Midwest Region Athlete of the Year
– First place at NCAA Championships at Terre Haute, Ind., setting 6-kilometer school record of 19 minutes, 46.8 seconds
– USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Year
– USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year
– 2010 Honda Sports Award winner for women's cross-country
– One of six finalists for the 2009 AAU Sullivan Award
INDOOR TRACK
– Tied 22-year-old school record in mile (4:40.68) at Tyson Invitational at Fayetteville, Ark.
– First place in 3,000 meters at Big Ten Championships at State College, Pa., breaking own school record (9:10.16)
– First place in 5,000 meters at Big Ten Championships at State College, Pa., breaking own school record (16:06.88)
– First-team All-Big Ten
– First place in 3,000 NCAA Championships at Fayetteville, Ark., breaking own school record (8:57.40)
OUTDOOR TRACK
– Ran second-fastest 5,000 meters (15:37.21) in school history at Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Palo Alto, Calif.
– Illini female recipient of Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor
– First place in 1,500 meters at Big Ten Championships at Bloomington, Ind., breaking own school record (4:15.42)
– First place in 5,000 meters at Big Ten Championships at Bloomington, Ind. – the fifth conference title of her career.
– Big Ten Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
– First-team All-Big Ten
– ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District








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