Michael Saindon turned in the Marquette Track & Field Performance of the Week in the high jump on the men's side, while Rebecca Pachuta's 3,000m personal-best was tops on the women's side at the Illini Classic on Jan. 19, 2013.
Personal Bests (as of Sept. 2012):
Indoor- 800:2:25.96 Mile: 5:11.94 3,000: 10:40.41
Outdoor- 800:2:27.62 1,500:4:52.97
2011-12: BIG EAST All-Academic Indoor (Fr.): Pachuta participated in three events during the indoor campaign, including four times in the mile run ... Finished 20th at the Bill Bergan Invitational (Jan. 28) in the mile run with a season-best time of 5:11.94 ... Competed in the mile run at the Mayo Invitational (Feb. 4) ... Finished eighth at the Badger Track Classic (Jan. 14) ... Participated in the 800-meter run at the Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 17) finishing fourth ... Also competed in the 3,000-meter at the Hoosier Hills invitational (Feb. 10) finishing with a time of 10:59.24...2012 Indoor Performance List. Outdoor (Fr.): Pachuta competed in two events during the outdoor season, including four times in the 1,500-meter run .... Finished fifth at the Marquette Invitational (April 28) with a season best time of 4:52.97 in the 1,500 ... Competed in the 1,500 at the Lee Calhoun Invitational (April 14), and finished eighth with a time of 4:53.12 ... Competed in the 1,500 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (March 31) and the Milwaukee Dual (April 5) meet ... Also competed in the 800-meter run at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (March 31) finishing with a time of 2:28.62...2012 Outdoor Performance List. Cross Country (So.): Competed in four meets during the 2011 cross country season with top-seven team finishes at the first two meets ... Marquette's sixth finisher, 32nd overall, at Valpo's Crusader Open (Sept. 2) in a time of 20:00.5 ... Placed seventh on MU, 21st overall, at the Wisconsin Badger Opener on Sept. 9 in 19:15.9 ... Top 5k time of the season (19:10) was reorded at the National Catholic Invitational (Sept. 16), where she placed 78th overall ... Posted a time of 23:54.55 in her lone 6k race of the season at the Bradley Classic (Oct. 14), placing 128th overall...2011 Cross Country Performance List.
2010-11: BIG EAST All-Academic Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Did not compete. Cross Country (Fr.):Ran in the Wisconsin Badger Classic and finished with a 4K time of 16:02.4...Also competed in the National Catholic Invitational and Carthage College Invitational ...2010 Cross Country Performance List.
High School: Pachuta earned four letters in both cross country and track and field at Eastview High School ... As a co-captain in both sports during her senior year, she was an all-conference performer and was named Eastview's top scholar-athlete for the class of 2010 ... Pachuta led the Lightning to a regional runner-up finish in 2008 in addition to winning conference and regional championships in 2008 and 2010.
