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2011-12 Track and Field Roster

Scarla Nero

  • Position Distance
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Maracas, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Highschool Asja Girls HS

Biography

WSU All-Time Top 10 Lists

  • #4 in outdoor 10,000m (35:07.18)
  • #5 in outdoor 3,000m steeple (10:56.97)
  • #8 in outdoor 5,000m (17:02.04)

Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete - 2011 (XC & TF);2012 (XC &TF)

MVC All-Conference - 2012 Outdoor


Cross Country:

2011 (SENIOR): Finished in the top 26 of four races...Finished a season-best fourth at the MVC Championships in 17:52.1...Finished 11th in the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational in 21:53.9...Ran at the NCAA Midwest Regional...Named a MVC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete.

2010 (JUNIOR): Ran in six races during the season...Had four top-25 finishes on the year including a season-best showing of ninth at the Iowa Invitational (10:40.60)...Was 13th at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships with a time of 18:04.01...Finished the J.K. Gold Classic in 19th place, crossing the line in a time of 14:53.20.

Track & Field:

2012 (SENIOR): INDOOR - Ran in three meets...Finished a season-best third at the Varsity Apartments Invitational in the 3,000m, running in 10:02.09...Finished eighth in the 5K at the MVC Indoor Championships in 17:28.37...OUTDOOR - Won the 5K at the Track-It Buster Invitational...10K time at the Stanford Invitational ranks fourth all-time at Wichita State...Finished second in the 10K at the MVC Outdoor Championships and competed in the event at the NCAA West Preliminary Round.

2011 (JUNIOR): INDOOR - Finished second in the 3,000m run at the Herm Wilson Classic and at the Shocker Quad & Multi...Ran a personal best 17:22.23 in the 5,000m run at the Iowa State Classic...OUTDOOR - Moved into the WSU all-time list in three events...Finished fourth in the 5,000m run at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge, running a time of 17:02.04...Finished the 3,000m steeplechase in a time of 10:56.97 at the MVC Championships, placing fifth...Was 27th at the Stanford Invitational, one of the premiere distance races, and finished with the fifth best time in WSU history (35:34.68).

Junior College: Was a seven-time NJCAA All-American at Colby Community College.

Personal: Born Aug. 2, 1990 in Trinidad and Tobago... Has four siblings, including former Shocker Tonya Nero...Majoring in elementary education...In July 2011, competed for her native Trinidad and Tobago in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Senior Championships, finishing eighth.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Junior

    Distance
  • 2011-12Senior

    Distance