Joanna Thompson
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Knoxville, Tenn. High School: Knoxville Catholic

2x All-ACC (2011 & 2012)
2x All-NCAA Southeast Region (2011 & 2012)

2012 Cross Country
• Earned All-Region honors with a 11th place finish (20:51.45) at the NCAA Southeast Regional
• Received All-ACC recognition with a 7th place finish (20:28.7) at the ACC Championships
• Finished 43rd (20:24) at the Wisconsin Invitational (6K)
• Placed ninth (16:53) at the Notre Dame Invitational (5K)

2012 Outdoor Track
• Placed fourth at the ACC Championships in the 10,000m in a collegiate-best time of 34:02.39
•Placed 18th at the NCAA East Regional Championships in that event
• Ran a collegiate-best time of 16:19.69 in the 5,000m at the Raleigh Relays

2011-12 Indoor Track
• Finished fifth in the 5,000m and seventh in the 3,000m at the ACC Championships
• Ran 16:35.26 for the 5,000m
• Posted a collegiate-best time of 9:36.67 in the 3,000m

2011 Cross Country
•Took third place in her first collegiate race, the adidas Cross Country Challenge on Sept. 16, covering the 5k course in 17:19.6
•Was NC State's top finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational, taking 19th place and running the 6k course in 21:14.2
•Finished 54th at the Wisconsin adidas Open on Oct. 14, running the 6k course in 21:00.4
•Ran 12th at the ACC Championships on Oct. 29 at the Musser Fruit Research Center at Clemson, S.C., completing the 6k course in a time of 20:44.3 to earn all-conference honors in her first year of collegiate competition
•Earned all-regional honors with a 13th-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky., running the 6k course in 20:40.8
•Finished her freshman season with a solid 77th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, running the 6k course in 20:51.6

Prep/Personal

•Ran track and cross country at Catholic High School for coach Sean O'Neil
•Won the Tennessee Class AAA cross country state championship as a senior in 2010, winning the race by 68 seconds over the second-place runner

•Finished 10th at the 2010 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships to earn high school All-America honors

• Finished fourth at the 2010 Foot Locker Southeast Regional

• Ran 18th at the 2009 Foot Locker Southeast Regional

• Received the 2010-11 Gatorade Tennessee girls cross country runner of the year award

•Was a two-time state championship in the 3200 meters, as a junior in 2010 and as a senior in 2011
•Won the 1600 meters as a senior in 2011

•Was state runner-up in cross country as a junior in 2010

•Was a three-year All-KIL performer in cross country and track and field
•Was a member of the National Honor Society and mu alpha theta

• Was an AP Scholar and a National Merit Scholarship commended student

• Majoring in zoology