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  Kerri Gallagher

Kerri Gallagher

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Belle Harbor, N.Y.

High School:
Bishop Kearney

Height:
5-5

Event:
Mid-Distance

Birthdate:
05/31/1989

2007-08: Cross Country: Recorded the fourth fastest cross country time at Fordham (20:00)... Finished fifth at the Red Storm Invitational (14:54)... Placed 18th in both the Ram Invitational (20:00) and the Leeber Invitational (21:15)... Indoor: Recorded the second fastest 800m (2:18.23) and 1000m (3:01.99) times at Fordham... 800m time was the ninth best in the Atlantic 10... Scored at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a fifth-place showing in the 800m (2:18.23)... Also a member of the 4x800 relay which finished sixth at the Atlantic 10 Championships (9:28.71)... Won the 800m at the NYU Gotham Cup (2:21.29)... Placed third in the 800m at the Fordham Christmas Classic (2:28.0)... Was third in her section of the 1000m at the Fordham Invitational (3:07.94)... Member of the 4x400 relay team that placed second in its section at the Fordham Invitational (4:12.23)... Also a member of the 4x800 relay which finished second at the Terrier Classic (9:16.56) and third at the Fordham Invitational (10:01.36)... Outdoor: had the second fastest 800m time for the Rams (2:16.66)... Took sixth in the 800m at the Metropolitan Championships (2:17.33)... Finished ninth in the 800m at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Member of the 4x400m relay that won the Coach Omeltchenko Invitational (4:00.66) and placed second at the Towson Invitational (4:01.74)... Also a part of the winning 4x800m relay at the Metropolitan Championships (9:18.49).

Before Fordham: Three-year member of the cross country and track teams at Bishop Kearney High School... Team captain for both teams as a senior... Named MVP all four years... Brooklyn/Queens Cross Country Champion for 2006-07... CHSAA First Team All-Star for cross country... Brooklyn/Queens Champion in the 1000m (Indoor - 2007), 1500m (Outdoor - 2007), 3000m (Indoor - 2005)... School record holder in the 800m, 1000m, 3000m, 4x800, 4x400, and the steeplechase... Member of the National Honor Society... Garnered Maxima Cum Laude in 2006.

Personal: Has not declared a major... Is one of nine children (five brothers, three sisters).