Michelle Carson
	Class: Senior Hometown: Winnepeg, Man. High School: Vincent Massery HS Birthdate: 02/24/1982

2002: All-American...Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Year... All-Big Ten Team...Verizon Academic All-American First Team...All-Great Lakes Regional Team...Academic All-Big Ten...Verizon Academic All-District First Team ...Two-time Big Ten Athlete of the week (Sept. 24 and Oct. 2) ...First place at the Spartan Invitational ...set meet record time at the Roy Griak Invitational (20:41.6)...Became the first MSU runner since 1991 to place first at the Big Ten Championships (17:24.0)...Fourth place at the NCAA Regional (21:18.9)...20th place at the NCAA Championships...Top finisher on the Canadian National Team at the World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.

2001: NCAA All-Great Lakes Regional Team...All-Big Ten First Team...Two-Time Big Ten Athlete of the Week (Sept. 4 and Oct. 16)...Academic All-Big Ten...Verizon Academic All-District IV First Team...27th at NCAA Championships (21:21)...Fifth-place at NCAA Great Lakes Regional (20:50.5)...Fourth-place at Big Ten Championships...First-place at the Grand Valley Fall Classic (18:07)...Second-place at the Spartan Invitational (17:50.1)...Fifth at Pre-NCAA Furman Invitational (21:22)...15th at the Roy Griak Invitational (21:24).

2000: Runner-up at Spartan Invitational (17:56.7)...Ninth-placefinish at the Paul Short Invitational (21:43.86)...19th at the Big Ten Championship (17:59)...Barely missed qualifying for the NCAA Championship, finishing 13th at the Great Lakes Regional (21:33.2).

HIGH SCHOOL: Won Manitoba high school provincial in cross country, 800m, 1,500m and 3,000m...Named school's athlete of the year...1999 Manitoba Female Distance Runner of the Year...Seventh at cross country nationals...Best times: 1,500m (4:41.00), 3,000m (10:02.00).

PERSONAL: Born February 24, 1982...Daughter of Tom and Lucille Carson...A no-preference major.