McKayla Plank (Archbishop Mitty HS, San Jose, CA; Iona College, New Rochelle, NY; Georgia)

McKayla Plank
Distance - Distance

Height: 5-8

Junior

Previous Schools
Archbishop Mitty
Iona College
Previous Experience
TR
Hometown
Los Gatos, Calif.











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2008: Indoor – Had a time of 9:57.69 to take 10th in the 3000-meter run at the Tyson Invitational...finished sixth in the mile (4:57.00) at the Virginia Tech Elite meet...debuted at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic and was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) in the 3000 (9:40.68), which moved her into the No. 10 spot in the school record books.

Iona: Earned All-American honors at the 2006 NCAA Cross Country Championships after taking 21st (21:14.2)...Finished ninth in the prelims at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 1500-meter run with a personal-best time of 4:19.29...Won both the 800 (2:16.45) and 1500 (4:32.29) at the 2007 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships...Part of distance medley relay which clocked a school-record 11:41.73 at the 2006 ECAC Indoor Championships...Has personal-best times of 2:07.07 (800 - Iona school record), 4:53.12 (mile), 9:42.78 (3000) and 35:05.30 (10000).

High School: Personal-best times at Archbishop Mitty were 2:13 (800), 4:58 (1600), 10:51 (3200) and 17:50 (5000).

Personal: Born Dec. 9, 1987...Daughter of Scott Plank and Sally Plank...Has a brother, McKenzie, who plays soccer for the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis...Majoring in Pre-Business.

Courtesy Georgia