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2004 All-American--1500m
2004 NCAA West Regional Champion--1500m
2004 Pac-10 Champion--1500m
2nd On All-Time USC 1500m Chart--4:12.79
THIS YEAR: All-American senior Iryna Vashchuk is the latest in a line of great Women of Troy 1500m runners.
2004: Vashchuk had an outstanding first season at USC, winning the 1500m at the Pac-10s and NCAA West Regional meets and finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships ... Her best time of 4:12.79 at the NCAAs is second-best all time at USC ... She also ran the 800m, with a time of 2:08.48 to her credit.
CROSS COUNTRY: Vashchuk once again qualified for the NCAA Championships in cross country, but did not compete ... Vashchuk finished 35th at the 2003 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Waterloo, Iowa ... Placed sixth at the Western Regionals in Portland, Ore. ... Was the third Trojan in as many years to qualify for the NCAAs.
BEFORE USC: Vashchuk finished sixth in the semifinals of the 2003 European Under-23 Championships ... Has run a PR of 4:15 for 1500m and 9:37 for 3000m ... She transferred to USC from the Kiev Academy of Economics.
PERSONAL: Iryna was born on July 18, 1982 ... She is an economics major at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 1500m -- 4:12.79; 800m -- 2:08.48
