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Rose-Anne Galligan
 Rose-Anne Galligan
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
County Kildare, Ireland
High School:
Newbridge College
Height:
5-8
Position:
Distance
Birthdate:
12/09/1987

AT TENNESSEE:

2006: Rose-Anne ran on the Lady Vol cross country team during the fall...She participated in seven meets, counting toward the team scoring total on three occasions...Registered career bests at 4,000, 5,000 and 6,000 meters...Won Irish National Junior Cross Country title in November and was 12th at the European Junior Cross Country Championships in December.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Participated in cross country and track & field on the club circuit for five seasons...She won national and regional cross country championships in 2005...Competed twice in the European Junior Cross Country Championships, charting a 13th-place finish in 2004 and a 23rd-place outcome in 2005 while injured...Placed 49th at the 2005 World Cross Country Junior Championships in 23:07 and was 2005 champion of the United Kingdom Cross Country Challenge...On the oval, Rose-Anne is a three-time Irish national high school champ in the 1500m, winning from 2003 to 2005 while also snaring an 800m crown in 2005 as well...Additionally, she claimed regional 800m and 1500m victories from 2003-05, setting a regional record in the 1500m in 2005 at 4:30...Her career bests include 2:08.61 for 800m, 4:22 for 1500m and 9:28.67 for the indoor 3000m...The 3K mark is an Irish indoor junior record and came in her first race at that length...Also owns the Irish indoor junior mark in 1500 meters at 4:26...She is considered the best young distance runner in her home country...Earned her Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate from Newbridge College in County Kildare, Ireland.

PERSONAL:

Rose-Ann is majoring in geography and minoring in elementary education...Chose UT over Providence and Villanova after visiting those schools on her U.S. recruiting trip...Admires Irish running greats Eamonn Coughlin, Catherina McKiernan and Sonia O'Sullivan and British star Paula Radcliffe...Her family owns racehorses, including Sir Gerard, Brigadier Mark, Princess Rose-Anne and Lady Rose-Anne...Siblings are Gerard, 15, and Mark, 10...Rose-Anne Galligan was born in Dublin, Ireland, on Dec. 9, 1987...Parents are Gerry and Trish Galligan.