2016-17 Women's Cross Country Roster
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Brooke Pigneri
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Santa Margarita Catholic
- Hometown:
- Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Bio
2018 (Outdoor Track): Ran season best 5K time of 17:23.08 at Oxy Invitational
2017 (Cross Country): Posted season best 6K time of 23:06.4 at Cowboy Jamboree
2017 (Outdoor Track): Competed in 3 events… Set a personal record 5K record, running a 17:22.20 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 13-14)… One of three Wildcats to compete in the 5K at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (Mar. 31).
2017 (Track): Placed 14th with a 3K time of 10:35.40 at the Illini Classic (Jan. 14)… Finished the 5K at the Mayo Invitation (Feb. 4) with a time of 17:43.14.
2016 (Cross Country): Competed in 4 events… Finished 33rd with a time of 22:49.3 at the Iowa Regional Preview (Oct. 1)… Competed in the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 30).
2016 (Outdoor Track): Ran a personal-best 17:35.78 5K at the San Francisco Distance Carnival (Apr. 1) ... Finished a 5K at the Virginia Challenge with a 17:54.98 (Apr. 22).
2016 (Track): Finished fifth among 'Cats in the 3,000m race at the Illinois Orange & Blue Open (Feb. 20), clocking a time of 10:38.83 ... Third among Northwestern runners in the mile (5:13.55) at the Windy City Rumble (Feb. 6) ... Also third at the season-opening Illini Classic (Jan. 16) in the 3,000m event, finishing in 10:35.97.
2015 (Cross Country): Competed in four events ... Took home second out of Wildcats participating in the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1) with her time of 22:19.3 ... Best 5K finish came in the Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 12), with a time of 18:37.6 ... Ran a 16:40.5 in the 4K Badger Season Opener (Sept. 4) ... Also ran in the Roy Griak Invitational.
2015 (Track): Finished in fifth place at the 3,000m event at the Ted Haydon Invitational (Apr. 4) with a time of 10:51.96 … Ran the 3,000m event at the Margaret Bradley Invitational (Feb. 21) in 10:39.45, coming in in fourth place.
2014: Ran in one event at the Big Ten Preview Meet, posting a 6K time of 23:38.3 and finishing 10th for the team and 55th overall (Sep. 20).
High School: 2012 All-Trinity League varsity runner ... Team's 2012 cross country Runner of the Year ... Two-time JV Trinity League 1,600-meter champion and 2013 Varsity Trinity League 1,600-meter champ ... Owns personal bests of 19:16 in the 5K, 5:09 in the 1,600 and 11:55 in the 3,200 ... Helped team advance to CIF Division 3 state championship in 2011 and 2012, placing sixth and 17th, respectively ... Member of National Honor Society and four-year honor roll honoree ... Member of California Scholarship Federation.
Personal: Born Brooke Alyson Pigneri ... Daughter of Robert and Denise Pigneri ... Chose Northwestern over Johns Hopkins, UC-San Diego and MIT ... Majoring in neuroscience.
2017 (Cross Country): Posted season best 6K time of 23:06.4 at Cowboy Jamboree
2017 (Outdoor Track): Competed in 3 events… Set a personal record 5K record, running a 17:22.20 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 13-14)… One of three Wildcats to compete in the 5K at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival (Mar. 31).
2017 (Track): Placed 14th with a 3K time of 10:35.40 at the Illini Classic (Jan. 14)… Finished the 5K at the Mayo Invitation (Feb. 4) with a time of 17:43.14.
2016 (Cross Country): Competed in 4 events… Finished 33rd with a time of 22:49.3 at the Iowa Regional Preview (Oct. 1)… Competed in the Big Ten Championships (Oct. 30).
2016 (Outdoor Track): Ran a personal-best 17:35.78 5K at the San Francisco Distance Carnival (Apr. 1) ... Finished a 5K at the Virginia Challenge with a 17:54.98 (Apr. 22).
2016 (Track): Finished fifth among 'Cats in the 3,000m race at the Illinois Orange & Blue Open (Feb. 20), clocking a time of 10:38.83 ... Third among Northwestern runners in the mile (5:13.55) at the Windy City Rumble (Feb. 6) ... Also third at the season-opening Illini Classic (Jan. 16) in the 3,000m event, finishing in 10:35.97.
2015 (Cross Country): Competed in four events ... Took home second out of Wildcats participating in the Big Ten Championships (Nov. 1) with her time of 22:19.3 ... Best 5K finish came in the Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 12), with a time of 18:37.6 ... Ran a 16:40.5 in the 4K Badger Season Opener (Sept. 4) ... Also ran in the Roy Griak Invitational.
2015 (Track): Finished in fifth place at the 3,000m event at the Ted Haydon Invitational (Apr. 4) with a time of 10:51.96 … Ran the 3,000m event at the Margaret Bradley Invitational (Feb. 21) in 10:39.45, coming in in fourth place.
2014: Ran in one event at the Big Ten Preview Meet, posting a 6K time of 23:38.3 and finishing 10th for the team and 55th overall (Sep. 20).
High School: 2012 All-Trinity League varsity runner ... Team's 2012 cross country Runner of the Year ... Two-time JV Trinity League 1,600-meter champion and 2013 Varsity Trinity League 1,600-meter champ ... Owns personal bests of 19:16 in the 5K, 5:09 in the 1,600 and 11:55 in the 3,200 ... Helped team advance to CIF Division 3 state championship in 2011 and 2012, placing sixth and 17th, respectively ... Member of National Honor Society and four-year honor roll honoree ... Member of California Scholarship Federation.
Personal: Born Brooke Alyson Pigneri ... Daughter of Robert and Denise Pigneri ... Chose Northwestern over Johns Hopkins, UC-San Diego and MIT ... Majoring in neuroscience.
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