2010 Women's Cross Country Roster

Amy French

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • High School Peachtree Ridge HS
  • Hometown Suwanee, Ga.

Biography

Outdoor Track and Field 2011: Participated in five meets during the outdoor season...Ran the 5,000m at the Gem of the Hills Invitational, placing seventh out of 24 runners...Also ran the event at the War Eagle Invitational, Mississippi Open, Yellow Jacket Invitational and Georgia Intercollegiate...Helped form a 4x800m relay team that competed at the Georgia Intercollegiate...Recognized for academic achievement by earning a spot on the President's List for Spring 2011...Awarded the High Five Scholarship at the GSU Awards Banquet for the senior female with the highest GPA...Also named to the GSU All-Academic Team for the 2010-11 school year.

Indoor Track and Field 2011: Competed in three meets...Had a fifth place finish in the 5,000m at the Clemson Invitational recording a 20:00.18 mark...Also ran event in the Tiger Paw Invitational...Competed in the 3,000m at the Mountaineer Open.

Cross Country 2010: Completed GSU career by competing in six meets...Started year off with 11th place finish out of 53 runners at the Struts JSU Opener 4K, finishing in a time of 14:52...Placed eighth out of 63 runners at the GSU Invitational 5K with a time of 21:17.88...Best 5K time came at the Charlotte Cross Country Invitational (19:07.0), finishing 65th out of 235 runners...Also finished 33rd out of 86 runners at the Clemson Cross Country Invitational (19:23.15)...Completed the Blue Ridge Open 5K in 19:37.4...Ran the 6K CAA Championship in 23.48...Named to the Dean's List during the fall semester.

Outdoor Track & Field 2010: Ran a season best at the CCU Shamrock Invitational with a time of 18:50.32 in the 5,000-meter run...Clocked a time of 18:51.02 at the War Eagle Invitational in the 5,000...Competed in the Emory Track and Field Classic to place third in the 3,000m with a time of 11:06...Earned President's List honors for the spring semester.

Indoor Track & Field 2010: Competed in the Clemson Games meet with a time of 19:29.54 in the 5,000-meter run.

Cross Country 2009: Competed in three races during the fall semester...Finished 29th out of 110 runners at the season-opening Sewanee Invitational with a 5K time of 20:46.77...Ran a season-best at the Greater Louisville Classic with a time of 20:24.13...Clocked a time of 20:36.86 at the Commodore Classic...Earned President's List honors during the fall semester.

Outdoor Track & Field 2009: During the outdoor season competed in the 5,000-meter run at the CAA Championships and the Duke/Asics Invitational...Placed 21st overall at the CAA Championships with a time of 19:34.17 and ran a season-best 19:23.74 at the Duke/Asics Invitational to finish 31st.

Indoor Track & Field 2009: Competed in the 3,000-meter run during the indoor track season and posted a season-best 10:58.17 at the Niswonger Invitational.

Cross Country 2008:  Competed in five meets during the cross country season, including the NCAA South Regionals...Posted the team's fifth-best time in the 5K Crimson Classic, crossing the finish line in 18:56.87 to place 17th out of 75 runners...Finished 107th out of 205 runners in a time of 19:11.12 at the 5K Greater Louisville Classic...Crossed the finish line in 23:11 at the CAA Championships to finish 40th out of 101 runners and helped the Panthers to a third-place finish.

Outdoor Track & Field 2008: During the outdoor track season, ran a 5:13.72 in the 1,500 at the UGA Invite...In the 5,000 race, competed at the FSU Snowbird and finished 19:48.11...Crossed the finish line in 19:21.76 in the 5,000 at the CAA Championship...Named to the Dean's list in the fall and was named a Faculty Scholar (4.0 gpa) in the spring...Received CAA All-Academic Honors.

Cross Country 2007: Finished the Georgia State Invitational in 21:58.03 to place 54th out of 171 runners ...At the Greater Louisville Classic, set a personal record and shaved almost two minutes off previous high, finishing in 20:17.15...Placed eighth overall out of a field of 52 at the Panther Invitational with a of 20:23.76...Placed 13th overall out of 76 at the Troy Invitational, finishing the two-mile course in 12:01.32 to help the team to a fourth-place finish...Named to the Dean's list in the fall ...Received CAA All-Academic Honors.

Prep: Attended Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Ga...Ran cross country and track for four years and played varsity soccer for two years...Earned all-county honors in cross country for four years and all-state for two...Was one of the top three runners at Peachtree Ridge...Posted best individual performance at the state competition, finishing in 11th place with a time of 19:24.

Personal: Born on January 27, 1989 to Sue French...Has an older brother who played soccer and ran cross country at North Gwinett...Chose Georgia State because of its proximity to home...Majoring in exercise science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2008Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2009Junior

    5'3"
  • 2010Senior

    5'3"