Bio

	Sara Parkinson
	Class: Sr. Height/Weight: 5-9     Hometown: Lancashire, England         High School: Loughborough University

2008: Earned America East All-Conference honors after finishing ninth in the America East Cross Country Championships… Was top finisher for the Retrievers in all four meets she competed in… Won the Towson Invitational 5K in 18:14… Finished third in the Princeton Invitational in 22:13.5… Named the Most Valuable Athlete at UMBC’s Varsity Awards Banquet in May… Named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Background: A foreign exchange student from Loughborough University in England… Part of the 2008 British Universities Sports Association Athletics (BUSA) championship team for Loughborough… Also part of the Lancashire cross country team from 2005-2007 and was the 2004 Lancashire long jump champion… Captained her team in 2003-04 at St. Michael’s C.E… Also played netball for Loughborough where she was part of the BUSA championship team in 2006-07, the runners-up team in 2007-08… Named the netball Player of the Year in 2006 for Lancashire and Leyland… Also named the Sports Person of the Year in 2006 at Cardinal Newman College and the Volunteer of the Year in 2007-08 by Loughborough Netball Club.

Personal: One of two children to Shelley and Gerald Parkinson… Has a brother, Lee… Majoring in geography and sports science and would like to become a sports events organizer… Born March 9, 1988.