Molly Huddle Class: Senior Hometown: Elmira, NY High School: Notre Dame Height: 5-4 Birthdate: 08/31/1984

AS A JUNIOR: One of the frontrunners on sixth-ranked Notre Dame women's cross country team ... runner-up at the Notre Dame Invitational, covering the Irish home course in 16:31 and helping the team to a third-place finish ... had a third-place showing at the NCAA Pre-National meet (6,000 meters, 20:29) ... earned all-BIG EAST honors at the BIG EAST Championship, finishing fifth in 20:16 ... battled injury in the latter part of the season, skipping the NCAA Great Lakes Regional ... showed her commitment to the team by running at the NCAA Championship despite not being fully healthy ... ran 21:13 for 40th place, helping the team to a fourth-place finish and its second team trophy in three years ... earned all-BIG EAST honors at the indoor BIG EAST meet with a second-place effort in the 5,000 meters (16:12.17) ... did not compete in the outdoor track and field season due to injury.

AT THE 2004 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS: Established herself as one of the top talents in collegiate distance running by finishing seventh in the finals of the 5,000 meters at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in Sacramento, Calif. ... posted the top finish by a collegiate/non-professional athlete in the field ... finished the race in 15:37.92 after running 15:47.15 in the preliminaries.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Became the most decorated female athlete (in terms of All-America honors) in Notre Dame history in just her second season ... brought home four All-America honors (cross country, indoor 3,000 meters, indoor 5,000 meters, outdoor 5,000 meters) to push her career total to seven ... the 2003 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Cross Country Runner of the Year after winning her first regional individual title (and helping the Irish finish first as a team) ... finished third at the NCAA outdoor meet in the 5,000 meters, matching JoAnna Deeter (10,000 meters, 1999) for the highest individual finish for a Notre Dame female athlete at an NCAA track and field meet ... won her second consecutive NCAA Mideast Regional 5,000-meter crown and has the distinction of winning the only two ever competed (the NCAA switched to regional competition for the outdoor season in 2003) ... began the 2003 cross country season with a victory in the Notre Dame Invitational (17:12) ... moved on to finish 10th in the Pre-National meet ... claimed her second straight all-BIG EAST finish at the conference cross country championship, finishing third to lead Notre Dame to its second consecutive team title ... won the NCAA Great Lakes Regional individual title (after finishing second in '02) and led Notre Dame to the meet title once again ... affected by a virus during the NCAA Championship, finishing 41st overall to earn her second straight All-America honor and help Notre Dame finish 10th - the team's second consecutive top-10 finish at the national meet ... finished no lower than third (save for the NCAA Championship) in each race she competed during the 2004 indoor season ... won the 3,000 meters in a school-record and personal-best 9:08.60 at the Meyo Invitational ... claimed her first BIG EAST individual track and field title in the 5,000 meters, running a school-record 15:57.22 ... earned all-BIG EAST honors with a third-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the conference indoor meet ... helped the distance medley relay team (Lauren King, Kerry Meagher, Kristen Dodd) qualify for the NCAA Championship with a 11:07.94, second-place effort at the Meyo Invitational ... was spectacular at the NCAA Indoor Championship in Fayetteville, Ark., finishing third in the 5,000 meters (15:58.42) and seventh in the 3,000 meters (9:13.67) ... became the first Irish women's athlete to earn two All-America honors at the NCAA indoor meet ... focused on the 5,000 meters during the 2004 outdoor season ... began the season with a school-record effort at the Mount SAC Relays, finishing eighth in 15:32.55 ... moved on to finish first in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Championship (her second individual title of the year) and the NCAA Mideast Regional ... took third place in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA outdoor meet, finishing the race in 16:25.44 ... also competed in the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season and contributed points toward the team effort at the BIG EAST outdoor meet by finishing sixth ... ran a personal-best 4:20.47 in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

AS A FRESHMAN: Enjoyed one of the top rookie campaigns in Notre Dame women's cross country/track and field history ... 2003 U.S. Junior National 3,000-meter champion ... earned three All-American certificates during her freshman season ... key member of Notre Dame's third-place effort at the 2002 NCAA Cross Country Championship, the highest finish in women's cross country history ... began the cross country season with a team-best fourth-place effort at the Notre Dame Invitational ... finished seventh in the Pre-National meet ... helped the Irish women win their first BIG EAST cross country championship with a second-place effort (behind teammate Lauren King) to earn all-BIG EAST honors ... top finisher for the team at the Great Lakes Regional, finishing second ... also the top team finisher at the NCAA Championship, finishing sixth overall to earn her first career All-America honor ... the sixth-place effort is the second-highest at the NCAA Championship (JoAnna Deeter finished third in 1996) ... won her first collegiate track and field race, placing first in the 3,000 meters against Western Michigan and Ball State ... set the school record in the 3,000 meters at the Meyo Invitational, finishing second in 9:14.33 ... just missed out on her first individual BIG EAST title in the 3,000 meters at the league indoor meet, finishing second in 9:18.24 ... member of the BIG EAST Champion distance medley relay team, which won in a meet record 11:24.45, along with teammates Lauren King, Tricia Floyd and Megan Johnson ... moved on to the NCAA Championship in the 3,000 meters, earning All-America honors with a ninth-place finish (9:20.30) ... concentrated on the 5,000 meters during most of the 2003 outdoor season ... placed fifth in the 5,000 meters at the Mount SAC Relays, running a season-best 15:36.95 ... competed in the 1,500 meters at the Stanford Invitational, finishing sixth in 4:20.50 ... won her first individual BIG EAST title at the league outdoor meet, placing first in the 5,000 meters (15:58.51) ... followed up with a victory in the 5,000 meters at the inaugural NCAA Mideast Regional, out-running an elite field to finish in 16:12.81 ... made the trip to the NCAA Championship for the 5,000 meters and finished third in her preliminary heat (16:18.21) ... ended up fourth in the finals of the 5,000 meters, claiming her third All-America certificate of the year in 15:55.90 ... ran away with the U.S. Junior National 3,000-meter title at the yearly competition in Palo Alto, Calif., crossing the finish line in 9:19.52, 25 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Twice earned All-America honors in outdoor track and field (one and two mile runs), while also garnering All-America recognition in indoor track and field and cross country as a senior ... did not start running cross country until her senior year because high school did not have a team ... ran as one-runner team in 2001 with her father as coach ... was undefeated in cross country during regular season, winning conference, regional and state titles ... set 12 course records ... finished fourth at 2001 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships ... two-time outdoor track conference, regional and state champion ... won Nike Indoor Classic (one mile) and Adidas Outdoor Championships (two mile) as a senior, setting a meet record in the former event (4:46) ... established new national high school record in outdoor two-mile run (10:01) ... owns outdoor 3,000-meter record for New York State (9:21) ... a four-sport standout at Notre Dame High School in Elmira, N.Y. ... also lettered her junior year in basketball and soccer ... member of National Honor Society ... father, Robert, is a 1969 Notre Dame graduate ... uncle, Tim, is a 1976 Notre Dame graduate ... third of four children ... born Aug. 31, 1984 in Elmira, N.Y. ... enrolled in the College of Science as a biological sciences major ... earned placeon 2004-05 BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.