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Julia Otwell

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Traverse City, Mich.
High School:
Central

11/21/2011

Women's Cross Country Finishes 16th at NCAA Championships

Kroll leads team with time of 20:37.4.

11/18/2011

Women's Cross Country Travels to NCAA Championships

Spartans lead conference with 11th-straight team appearance.

11/12/2011

Women's Cross Country Places Second at NCAA Regional Championships

Spartans earn 13th-straight bid to NCAA Championships.

11/11/2011

Cross Country Travels to NCAA Great Lakes Regional Campionships in Toledo

Spartans look for auto bids for NCAA Championships.

10/30/2011

Women's Cross Country Claims Back-to-Back Big Ten Titles

Spartans finish with team score of 55 points.

2010:
Clocked in at 22:14.7 at the NCAA Championships, as the fifth fastest Spartan at the race ... Raced to a seventh place finish in the Jeff Drenth Memorial with a time of 18:49.5 while competing unattached ... Also ran unattached in the Spartan Invitational and turned in a time of 22:07 ... Raced in the Wisconsin adidas Invitational and finished with a time of 21:26.5 ... Clocked in a time of 22:01.4 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals ... Ran a time of 21:02.4 at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished the NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 21:38.27.

High School:
Attended Traverse City Central where she was a four-year letterwinner in cross country, and three-time letterwinner in track and field for head coach Lisa Taylor ... Received all-conference, all-district all four seasons in cross country ... Named the 2009 Traverse City Record-Eagle Dream Team ... Listed on the 2009 and 2007 all-state teams .... Received all-state honors in 2010 in both the 1600m and the 3200m races ... In 2009, contributed to the 3200m-relay teams sixth place finish at states ... Finished fourth at states in the 3200m with a time of 10:49 ... Placed third in the 1600m with a time of 4:55 at the state race ... Member of the National Honor Society and student council ... Team finished first at the 2008 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 Cross Country Championships her junior year ... Member of the National Honors Society and student council.

Personal:
Born December 12, 1991 to Robert and Laura Otwell ... Oldest sister, Clare, was a four-year letterwinner at Michigan with the cross country and track & field programs ... Older sister, Annie, attended Wisconsin where she ran on the Badgers' cross country and track & team ... Enrolled in Lyman Briggs.