Michelle Carson
	Class: RS Senior Hometown: Winnepeg, Manitoba High School: Vincent Massey Event: Distance Birthdate: 02/24/1982

Selected as a team captain for the 2004-05 school year.

2004: First-team CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Placed fifth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the 5000m run (17:35.05) ... During the outdoor season, had a season-best time in the 3,000m steeplechase of 10:22.92 while winning the MSU Open ... Placed fourth in the steeplechase at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (10:30.42) ... Finished 12th at the NCAA Mideast Regional.

2003: CoSIDA Academic All-America honoree ... Placed third at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in the 5000m run (16:39.34), qualifying for the NCAAs ... Placed third in the 5000m at the Armory Invitational (16:30.28) and the Alex Wilson Invitational (16:24.59).

2002: Placed second at the Penn Relays in the 5000m with a then-career-best (16:32.12) ... Placed third at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the 5000m and 10,000m ... Provisionally qualified for NCAAs with career-best (34:11.96) in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational ... Placed third in the 1500m at the WMU Inviational ... CoSIDA Academic All-District IV First Team with a 3.96 GPA.

2001: Finished third in the Outdoor Big Ten Championships in the 10,000m (35:32.51) ... Finished fourth in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 3000m at the Meyo Invitational ... Finished seventh at Indoor Big Ten's in the 5000m ... Finished 73rd in the World Junior Cross Country Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: Won Manitoba high school provinicial in cross country, 800m, 1500m and 3000m ... Named Female Athlete of the Year ... 1999 Manitoba Female Distance Runner of the Year ... Placed seventh at Cross Country Nationals ... Placed second at the 2000 Canadian National Junior Cross Country Championship.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Tom and Lucille Carson ... Majoring in dietetics ... Born Feb. 24, 1982.