blank   Brooke Bastien
	Class: Junior Hometown: Brooksville, Fla. Last College: Jacksonville University Event: Distance Collegiate Bests: 3,000m Steeplechase (11:00.67)

A transfer from Jacksonville University, Bastien has had an immediate impact in her first season with FSU Track and Field …

Cross Country: Has committed herself to becoming a solid distance runner distance runner and this commitment showed in her second season of cross country … ran to a runner-up finish at the Appalachian State Invitational behind teammate Amy Pleckaitis ... posted a personal best of 17:54 at the Crimson Classic Invitational, a full 1:30 faster then her best a year ago … season highlight came when she earned NCAA All-South Region Honors with her 13th place finish … improved 46 places from the 1999 ACC Meet when she finished 14th and narrowly missed All-ACC honors … named Academic All-American for her success in the classroom …

2000: Had a strong season in the middle and long distances … ran the squad’s second-best returning 1500m, running 4:57.50 at the USTCA Collegiate Series Meet, just behind the team’s returning leader, Cynthia Campbell… had a season-best 5,000m race at the Florida State Relays when she finished 17th with a time of 19:39.19 … added a season-best 3,000m time at the Florida State Relays (11:04)

Prep: had an excellent prep career at Central High School in Brooksville where she was the state runner-up at 3200m in both her junior and senior years and fourth place in the mile her senior year … a transfer from Jacksonville University … is in her second year at Florida State … majoring in English education.

Personal: Daughter of Susan and Thomas Bastien … born Dec. 23, 1979 … greatest sports memory is winning the conference, district and state championship in her senior year of high school … majoring in elementary education.