Marie Groppel

2019 FAU Cross Country @ FAU Cross Country Invitational

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Height:
5-6
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Melbourne, Fla.
High School:
Satellite
Major:
Criminal Justice
Birthday:
10/26

Career Accolades

2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

FAU Personal Records
Cross Country
5K - 20:05.31 at FAU XC Invitational (8/30/19)
6K - 24:20.32 at UAB Blazer Classic (10/18/19)

Indoor
1-mile - 5:30.64 at Harvard Crimson Elite (1/31/20)
3000m - 11:30.68 at Leonard Hilton Invitational (1/17/20)

Freshman (2019-20)
Cross Country:

Took 150th place at the UAB Blazer Classic (10/18), crossing the finish line in the 6K with a personal record time of 24:20.32
Crossed the finish line in 22nd place at the UCF Invite (09/27) in the 6K (24:46.37)
Came in at 101st out of 306 runners at the Gator Mountain Dew Invite (09/14) in the 5K (20:23.60)
Finished in 21st at the FAU XC Invitational (08/30) in her first collegiate 5K race (20:02.88)
One of 10 on the cross country team to be named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll

Indoor:

Tallied 31st in the 1-mile run (5:33.67) at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at Boston University
Captured 14th in the 1-mile (5:30.64) at the Harvard Crimson Elite
Ran the 3000m in first collegiate indoor meet for 13th place (11:30.68) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite in Houston

High School

Ran for Doug Butler at Satellite High School
Received All-Conference for XC from 2016-18

Personal

Majoring in criminal justice
Born on October 26
Daughter of Karen and Paul Groppel
Chose FAU because the area is very similar to where she lives and she loved how the campus is really easy to navigate