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Niner Notes: Cassie Ficken + 2005 Indoor All-American (3,000 - Seventh Place) + Three-time NCAA National Qualifier (2005 Indoor, 2005 Outdoor, 2005 Cross Country) + 2005 Conference USA Indoor Track Female Athlete of the Year, Athlete of the Championship Meet, and Three-time C-USA Champion + 2005 C-USA Indoor Track Scholar-Athlete of the Year + 2005 All-Atlantic 10 Conference Cross Country + Eight All-Conference awards (5 track, 3 cross country) + Six School Record Times + 2005 Atlantic 10 Conference Cross Country All-Academic Team + 2005 National Track Coaches Association All-Academic Team + 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team |
Cross Country -- 2005: Qualified for her first-ever NCAA Championship race by finishing 9th at NCAA Southeast Regional ... It was her third straight NCAA Championship, dating back to 2005 Indoor season ... Finished third at Atlantic 10 Championships to earn all-league honors ... Three-time Atlantic 10 Female Performer of the Week ... First Charlotte female runner to break 21 minutes in a 6K race ... Did that twice this season, with a school-record 6K time of 20:28.8 at Southeast Regional ... Led team in every race ... Won the 5K Clemson Invitational ... 14th of 112 at Great American Festival ... Ninth out of 310 at Paul Short Run ... 38th of 232 at Pre-Nationals ... 2004: Did not compete ... 2003: Finished ninth at the Conference USA Championships to earn all-conference honors for the second-straight season ... The team's top runner in each of the five races that she ran ... Won the Furman Invitational with a time of 18:40.59 over the 5,000-meter course ... 2002: Earned all-conference honors with a 12th-place showing at the C-USA Championships ... Ran a 22:05.74, her best 6K time of the year ... Teamed with Jen Taylor to win the Charlotte Relay Invitational ... Placed second at the Clemson Invitational with a 22.50 time ... 2001: Charlotte's top runner in all six meets ... Posted her best finish and best 6K time at the Conference USA Championships, finishing 27th with a 21:31.6 time ... Had her top 5K time at Furman with a 23:20.
Indoor -- 2005: School's first-ever female to win All-America award indoors, when she finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run at the NCAA Championships ... First-ever distance All-America award for the school indoors ... Just four seconds off of the school's first-ever national championship in any sport ... Highest finish by any C-USA athlete, male or female, at the Indoor Championships ... Qualified for that NCAA spot with a school-record 9:17.97 at Notre Dame's Alex Wilson Invitational ... Named Conference USA Female Athlete of the Year and C-USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... School's first-ever female to win Athlete of the Year ... Was also the C-USA Female Athlete of the Meet as the highest-scoring female competitor (22.25 points) at the league championships ... Led Charlotte to best-ever second place finish in team competition ... Captured three league titles (DMR, 3,000 and mile) ... First-ever female at Charlotte to win three league titles in a career, and first to win multiple titles in one season ... Helped Distance Medley Relay smash school record by nearly 24 seconds ... Also set the school's mile record (4:51.77) at the league meet ... Had season's second-best 800 time ... 2004: Did not compete ... 2003: Placed sixth in the 3,000 at the Conference USA Championships with a time of 10:04.68 ... Finished ninth in the mile run at the league championships with the team's best time of the season, 5:03.78 ... 2002: Posted Charlotte's best time of the year in the 3,000-meter run at the North Carolina Elite, a 10:17.16 ... Finished 11th in the 3,000 later in the year at the league championships.
Outdoor -- 2005: Captured Conference USA titles in both the 1,500 and 5,000 ... Competed at the NCAA Championships in Sacramento in the 5,000, finishing 17th nationally and missing the final round by just one spot ... Shattered her own school record in the 5,000 by 19 seconds, running 16:15.51 to finish eighth at East Regional ... It was the ninth-fastest time among all NCAA Regional competitors ... Also broke the school's 1,500 record with a time of 4:26.19 at C-USA Championships ... Qualified for East Regionals in the 1,500 but chose not to contest that race ... Chosen to CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District III second team ... U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association national academic team ... 2004: Did not compete ... 2003: Posted the 49ers' best times of the season in the 1,500-, 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs ... Placed second in the 3,000 at the 49ers Classic, her highest finish of the season ... Nearly broke the school record in the 1,500 at the 49ers Classic with a time of 4:39.88 ... 2002: Was 13th in the 5,000-meter run at the USA Track and Field Junior Nationals ... Had the 49ers' best 5,000 time of the year at Duke, where she ran a 17:38.84 ... Finished eighth in the 5,000 at the Conference USA Championships ... Had her season-best in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:18.28 at the 49ers Classic.
Prep: Helped her Conifer team win regionals in track in 2001 ... Was chosen the district MVP in both track and cross country for the 2000-01 school year ... Team finished fifth in the state for cross country in 2000 ... Finished second in the state for cross country in 2000 ... Named to All-Colorado team for cross country ... Also earned all-state notice ... Holds four course records for cross country at Conifer High School.
Personal: Daughter of Maiva Maree ... Carolina Panthers Post-Graduate Scholarship ... President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... Finishing dual bachelor's/master's program in civil engineering ... Born June 22, 1983.
