2008-09: All-MIAA runner was one of Southern's top runners
finishing 7th at MIAA Championships in Warrensburg with time of 23:12.20 ...
finished in Top 10 at South Central Regional Championships with a time of 21:58
... was also one of the Lions top runners competing at Division II National
Championships where she had a time of 23:53 ... had five top 20 finishes in 2008
with her best finish at fourth at Missouri-Illinois Border War
2007-08: Eckard was a top runner again for the Lions as a junior ...
with her best finish coming at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational where she
finished 3rd with a time of 18:32 ... she helped the Lions to a first place
finish in every meet except the Arkansas Invite and the Division II National
Championships ... she was a top 20 runner in every meet with the exception of
the National Championship where she finished with a time of 22:12.2 ... during
indoor season she was the top runner for the Lions in the 1 mile with her best
time of 5:06.67 coming at the Tyson Invitational at University of Arkansas ...
she also finished with a time of 5:11 at the MIAA Indoor Championships ... for
the outdoor season Eckard competed in the 800m run, 3000m run, and the 3000m
Steeplechase ... she was Southern's top runner in the steeplechase where she had
a best time of 10:10.76 at the MIAA Outdoor Championships
2006-07: Was again among Missouri Southern's top runners throughout much of
the cross country season ... finished 13th at the MIAA Championships and 59th at
the South Central Regional ... indoors, participated in the mile run and on the
distance medley relay team ... outdoors, finished with a best time of 4:57.01 in
the 1500m run at University of Central Missouri Relays ... also participated in
the 2000m and 3000m steeplechase
2005-06: Was among Missouri Southern's top runners throughout much of
the cross country season, finishing as MSSU's No. 2 runner in each of the last
three meets ... placed 16th at the MIAA Cross Country Championships and 37th at
the South Central Regional ... her season-best 5K cross country time of 19:03.70
came at the MSSU Southern Stampede ... indoors, participated in the mile run and
1000-meter run ... had a season-best clocking in the mile (5:19.45) at the
University of Arkansas on Jan. 13.
In high school: A
three-time all-state runner in cross country and a three-time all-state runner
in track & field ... won the Missouri Class 3 individual state title as a
sophomore in 2002 ... was state runner-up in 2003, helping the Tigers to the
state team title ... finished 10th in cross country at state in 2004 ... served
on three all-state 3200-meter relay teams, helping that unit to a second-place
showing in 2002 and 2004 and a third-place finish in 2003 ... Warrensburg High
School won the Class 3 state title in 2004 and was state runner-up in 2003 ...
all-state as a senior in the 1600-meter run with a fifth-place finish.
Personal: Plans to major in art ... born May 21, 1987 in Warrensburg,
Mo. ... daughter of Dan and Sandy Eckard.
