Abigail Wilshire
	Class: Junior Hometown: Bristol, England Last College: Birmingham Birthdate: 02/24/1984

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ALL NCAA SOUTH REGION TEAM (`05)

In her first season, Wilshire quickly established herself as one of FSU's top runners. She competed in five races for FSU and finished in the top three in all five. Her first meet came at the FSU Invitational where she finished seventh running the 5K in 18:12.90. She followed that up with a 67th place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 5K of 18:05. In her first 6K of the season Wilshire finished 69th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Meet with a time of 21:48.0. At the ACC Championships, Wilshire finished 39th running the 5.75K in 20:42.7. Wilshire wrapped up the season on a high note as she earned all-region honors at the NCAA South Regional where she ran the sixth fastest 6K ever at FSU in 21:29.50, good for 14th.

Wilshire, a junior transfer from Birmingham University in England, ran extremely well in cross country and track over the two years that she spent at Birmingham. She took 5th-place at the 2005 British Universities Cross Country Championships on the short course with a time of 11:00. Wilshire finished in 7th-place at the 2004 Midland Counties Cross Country Women's League Race at Aston University with a time of 22:54. At the 2003 British University Sports Associations' National Cross Country Championships Wilshire finished in 31st-place with a time of 25:41.

Wilshire also has a strong track background. She took home 3rd-place in the 3000m run with a time of 9:40.37 at the 2005 BUSA Indoor Championships. At the 2005 BUSA Outdoor Championships Wilshire finished 4th in the 5000m run.

As a prep, Wilshire finished in 36th-place at the 2002 ESAA National Cross Country Championships with a time of 17:42. In 2000 at the Reebok CAU Inter-County Cross Country Championships, Wilshire finished in 23rd-place in 19:57.

Wilshire's Bests

FSU Will Host XC Regional

Scholar-Athlete Sweep

GPA: Great Program All-Around

Distance Dominance

Rust-Buster!

Top 10 to Begin

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