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Tamara Armoush - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Tamara Armoush

Class

Jr.

Hometown

Derbyshire, England

Previous School

Birmingham University

2014-15
2014 XC: 
Started the season with a 10th-place result after running 19:04.87 at the Lobo Invitational … claimed 18th in 16:44.7 at the Notre Dame Invitational … was 71st at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational with 20:55 … placed 12th at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships with a time of 20:53.90… finished 73rd at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships with a showing of 21:02.8.
2015 Indoor: Finished third in 2:13.79 in the 800m and won the women’s mile in 4:52.62 at the New Mexico Team Invitational … ran a time of 4:52.02 in the mile at the Don Kirby Invitational …  was third in the 800 (2:12.15) and fourth in the mile (4:53.05) at the MW Indoor Championships … placed 10th in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships with 11:17.98 result, the second-fastest DMR time in school history.
2015 Outdoor: Finished fifth in 2:11.45 in the 800m at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational … finished fifth in the 800m at the New Mexico Quadrangular with 2:13.15 … ran 4:23.28 for 10th-place in the 1500m at the Bryan Clay Invitational … raced to a new lifetime best in the metric mile, running 4:22.85 to place fourth in her section at the Payton Jordan Invitational … placed third in the 1500m at the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships with 4:32.43 and sixth in the 800m at 2:11.06 … came close to a nationals bid, running a new personal record in the women’s 1500 after clocking a time of 4:20.81 in the quarterfinal round of the metric mile, finishing 16th overall.

2013-14
2013 XC: Ran at five meets for the Lobos, scoring at the NCAA regional and national meets … opened her season with a 35th-place showing at the Notre Dame Invitational, as she finished the five-kilometer race in 17:47.9 … took 71st at the Wisconsin Invitational (20:52) … placed 13th at the Mountain West Championships in 22:11.33, good for an all-conference plaudit … scored at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championship (18th place, 21:05.6) and the NCAA Championships (249th, 21:39.3) as the team’s fourth and fifth scorer, respectively. 
2014 Indoors:
Ran at four meets for the Lobos … raced the 800 at her first two meets, placing eighth at the Lobo Collegiate Open (2:17.01*) and seventh at the Cherry & Silver Invitational (2:15.21*) … took fifth in the mile at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (5:04.58*) before scoring at the Mountain West Championships with a fourth-place time of 9:49.08* in the 3000.
2014 Outdoors: Competed at six meets for New Mexico, including the opening round of the NCAA Championships … started the season at the Jim Click Shootout, placing sixth in the 1500 (4:34.23) and 10th in the 800 (2:16.04) … posted back-to-back eighth-place finishes, one in the 1500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4:25.77) and the other in the 800 at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge (2:12.41) … took fourth in her section in the metric mile at the Payton Jordan Invitational with a time of 4:24.31 … scored in both the 800 (seventh place) and 1500 (eighth) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, with times of 2:11.83* and 4:31.73*, respectively … advanced to to NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 1500, placing 28th overall.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Placed seventh in the 5000 at the 2013 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships … won the 2013 Derbyshire County Championships … eighth in the 1500 at the 2012 Aviva England Athletics U20/U23 Championships … personal best in the 5000-meter run of 17:35.09.

PERSONAL RECORDS

800 meters: 2:12.41
1,500 meters: 4:24.31
3,000 meters: 9:51.44

XC HONORS

• Second-Team All-Mountain West, 2013, 2014
USTFCCCA All-Mountain Region, 2013
• Academic All-Mountain West, 2013

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

• All-Mountain West Indoor Team, 2014 (DMR)
• Academic All-Mountain West, 2014
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, 2014
• USTFCCCA All-American Second Team, 2015 (DMR)

 

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol