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Stanford: A veteran of the NCAA championship teams in 2006 and 2007, Niehaus will bring experience at the highest level to a relatively young team...coming off an outstanding track season where she was the MPSF champion at 5,000 meters indoors and a national qualifier in the 5,000 meters outdoors.
2008 Season (Junior): Placed 74th at the NCAA Championships as Stanford's third runner to help the Cardinal to an eighth-place national finish...best 6,000-meter time of the season came at the NCAA West Regional, where she finished 23rd in 20:43.29...the individual champion at the Doc Adams Invitational, where she led Stanford to the team title with a time of 21:50.5.
2007 Season (Sophomore): Season-best effort came at the Pac-10 Championships, where she finished 14th with an 6,000-meter season-best time of 20:35.9...placed 89th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 21:29.6 to help the Cardinal to an NCAA championship...top finish of the season came at the Stanford Invite, where she finished seventh.
2006 Season (Freshman): Finished 43rd at the Pac-10 Championships as the Cardinal captured the team title...earned a 26th-place finish at the NCAA West Regional...captured the top spot at the Pre-NCAA Open 6,000 meters.
High School: Four-time All-American in indoor and outdoor track...14-time state champion...state record-holder in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters...2005 Nike Indoor Nationals two-mile champion...four-time Foot Locker Nationals cross country finalist...cross country state record-holder in South Carolina...2005 and 2006 South Carolina Gatorade Athlete of the Year...2005 and 2006 Wendy's South Carolina High School Heisman winner.
Cardinal Catalogue: Biomechanical engineering major...parents are Greg and Elizabeth Niehaus...2008 Pac-10 All-Academic first team and 2007 second team in cross country...2009 USTFCCCA Academic All-American in track...2008 and 2009 Pac-10 All-Academic first team for track...MPSF All-Academic for indoor track and field in 2008 and 2009.