THIS YEAR: Junior Abbie Newlin is set to put in a full-season of distance running for Azusa Pacific ... Gives the Cougars good depth in the mid-distances, ranging from the 600� to the 1500-meters, including the indoor 1000-meters ... Is likely to produce her best results in the 800-meters.

2010 (sophomore): Transferred to Azusa Pacific where she competed in several indoor and outdoor meets during her 2010 sophomore season ... Earned NAIA All-America recognition by running the opening leg on the Cougars 4x800-meter relay that finished third at the NAIA Indoor Championship Meet ... Also ran a leg on the Cougars' distance medley relay during NAIA prelims ... At the GSAC Championship Meet in Santa Barbara, ran the opening leg on the Cougars' victorious 4x800 ... Did not compete at the NAIA outdoors ... Recorded season-bests of 1:40.49 (600), 2:22.07 (800), 3:12.09 (1000), and 5:10.65 (1500).

CROSS COUNTRY: Has competed 1 season with the Cougar cross country program, appearing in 2 meets during the 2009 fall campaign ... Recorded a 21:30 in the 5K to finished 67th at the GSAC Championship Meet ... Trained in the program during the 2010 season but did not compete in any meets.

MIAMI: Spent her 2009 freshman season at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she ran the indoor 400 and the outdoor 800.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran 4 seasons of cross country and track & field for Head Coach Mark Ardington at Canterbury High in Fort Wayne, Ind., from where she graduated in 2008 ... As a senior was named MVP of the cross country team and earned the team leadership award for both cross country and track & field ... Was a member of the school-record 4x800-meter relay, and ran in that event in the 2007 state meet ... Also played 2 seasons of lacrosse.

PERSONAL: Born May 8, 1990, in New York City ... Parents are Timothy (commercial loaner) and Deborah (teacher) Newlin ... Has an older sister (Mari) and a younger brother (Thomas) ... Majoring in communication with a minor in Spanish.