Brooke Bastien
	Class: Senior Hometown: Brooksville, Fla. High School: Central HS

This summer Brooke Bastien truly committed herself to becoming the best distance runner possible. This was evident in her runner-up finish at the Appalachian State Invitational behind teammate Amy Pleckaitis. Over the season Bastien posted a personal best of 17:54 at the Crimson Classic Invitational, a full 1:30 faster then her best a year ago. Her season highlight came when she earned NCAA All-South Region Honors with her 13th place finish. Bastien improved 46 places from the 1999 ACC Meet when she finished 14th and narrowly missed All-ACC honors. In the fall of 2000 Bastien was named Academic All-American for her success in the classroom.

She 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, Bastien is in her second year at Florida State, majoring in English education.
5K XC BEST: 17:54
TRACK BESTS: 10:57 3200m 14:00 4000m