University of Houston Athletics
Cougar Student Athlete of the Week
10/4/2004 12:00:00 AM | General
Sept. 27, 2004
Cougar Student Athlete Of The Week
 Shawna Florida |
| 9/22/04: Mirela Vasconcellos Figueroa 9/7/04: Nikki Hawkins 8/31/04: Kevin Kolb |
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Shawna Florida
Class: Junior
Hometown: Spring, Texas
High School: Klein HS
Height: 5-2
Position: Distance Runner
Experience: 2L
2004 Cross Country
Was Houston's top runner at the Rice Invitational and Hawaii Big Wave Classic, and led Lady Cougars to a third-place finish at both meets...finished in eighth place as an individual at the Rice Invitational after completing the four-kilometer course in 14:38.43...had a 10th-place showing at Hawaii with a time of 14:37.
2003 Cross Country
Was Houston's top runner at the NCAA South Central Regional Championships...best finish came at the Rice Invitational with sixth place performance.
2002 Cross Country
Competed in seven meets...best finish 18th place at the Sam Houston State Invitational. Indoor: Recorded a fifth-place finish in the mile with a time of 5:14.74 at the UH/RunSport All-Comers meet...finished in 17th place at the Conference USA Championships. Outdoor: Had a third-place finish in the 3000 meters at the Houston Invitational with a time of 10:15.42...finished in sixth place at the TSU Relays.
High School
Regional and state qualifier in each of the last three years...was named Klein's top senior runner in 2002 after earning team MVP honors and the Bearkat Award in 2001...was a 1999 All-State selection in Indiana...helped Klein's cross country team finish fourth at the state championships and third at regional championships after winning District 16-5A...competed in the 3,200 meters and finished sixth at the Region II-5A Championships with a time of 11:29.40...advanced to the regional championships after finishing second at the Woodlands Regional Qualifier meet with a time of 11:42.5....was the runner-up at the District 15-5A Championships with a time of 11:29.70...finished third in the 1600 meters with a time of 5:15.32.
Personal
Born June 19, 1984, in Anchorage, Alaska...major is communications at UH ...daughter of Mark and Esilla Florida of Spring, Texas...father competed in cross country and track at the Colorado School of Mines...sister, Dena, is a sophomore distance runner at Indiana...chose to attend Houston over Texas A&M.
