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2016-17 Women's Track & Field Roster
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Poppy Tank
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Plymouth, Devon, England
- High School:
- Plymouth College
Bio
Personal Bests:
5K (XC): 16:41.6
6K (XC): 19:28.5
Mile (Indoor): 5:01.26
3000 (Indoor): 9:16.22
1500 (Outdoor): 4:31.00
Mile (Outdoor): 4:55.10
3000 (Outdoor): 9:51.52
5000 (Outdoor): 15:45.07
10000 (Outdoor): 32:50.57
Poppy Tank's TFRRSXC Profile (for top performances and meet results)
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Academic Honors:
2021 USTFCCCAÂ Track All-Academic
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA Track All-Academic
2019 MPSF All-Academic
2018 USTFCCCA Track All-Academic
2018 MPSF All-Academic
2017 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic
2017 Pac-12 Cross Country All-Academic (HM)
2016 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic
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Athletic Honors:
2021 USTFCCCA All-American (10k)
2020 USTFCCCA All-American (XC)
2020 All-Pac-12 First Team (XC)
2019 Cross Country All-Region
2019 All-Pac-12 First Team (XC)
2019 All-Pac-12 (10,000-meters)
2017 Cross Country All-Region
2016 Cross Country All-Region
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School Records:
3rd all-time in 3000m indoors (9:16.22)
2nd all-time in 5000m outdoors (15:45.07)
1st all-time in 10,000m outdoors (32:50.57)
2021 Outdoor Track:
Had one of the best seasons in program history seeing action in five meets with one victory to go with six top-10 finishes … opened the season with a second-place finish in the 5000m at the Hayward Premiere, which was good for a new PR and moved her into second all-time at Utah … broke the 10k school record at the West Coast Relays and won the event with a time of 32:52.65 … posted a fifth-place finish in the 5k at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 15:49.69 … had a pair of top-10 finishes at the NCAA West Regionals, placing fourth in the 10k (33:39.22) and sixth in the 5k (16:00.19) … broke her own 10k record at the NCAA Championships with a time of 32:50.57 and finished in ninth … closed out the NCAA Championships with a 22nd-place finish in the 5k (16:15.88).
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2020-21 Indoor Track:
Did not compete.
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2020 Cross Country:
Competed in all three meets for the Utes in the shortened COVID-19 season during the spring … opened the season up with an eight-place finish at the Silver State Collegiate Challenge with a  time of 20:15.7 … took fifth at the Battle Borne Collegiate Challenge with a mark of 19:58.2 … closed out the regular-season with a sixth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships with a season-best time of 19:33.8 … her 27th-place finish at the NCAA Championships was the highest in her career (20:45.9).
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2020 Outdoor Track:Â
Season was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor Track:Â
Did not compete.
2019 Cross Country:Â
Competed in five events and was one of Utah's top runners on the season ... placed sixth at the Pac-12 Championships to earn All-Pac-12 First Team honors ... finished in 12th at the NCAA Mountain Regional to secure All-Region honors ... finished in 16th and recorded a new 5K PR (16:41.53) in season debut at the Joe Piane Invite ... captured 74th and was the first finisher for Utah at the NCAA Championships.Â
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2019 Outdoor Track:
Competed in five meets ... opened season with new personal best time in 5K (16:07.55) at Stanford Invite ... set school’s fifth-fastest time in 10K, running 34:21.21 at Pac-12 Championships, in what was her first-ever 10K ... took seventh-place overall to earn all-conference honors ... set new personal best time of 34:08.80 in 10K at NCAA West Prelims, coming in 13th overall.
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2018-19 Indoor Track:
Competed in three meets ... notched season and new personal best in 3K with time of 9:16.22, while taking 12th overall, at MPSF Indoor Championships.
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2018 Cross Country:
Redshirt season.
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2018 Outdoor Track:
Finished 20th in the 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships … season-best 5,000 time of 17:04.81 in an 11th-place finish at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival … fifth in the mile at the USC Trojan Invitational (4:55.10).
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2017-18 Indoor Track:
Placed ninth and recorded a new personal best in the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships (9:26.29) … 11th in the 3,000 at the UW Invite in a season-best time of 9:29.22 … captured third in the mile at the Bronco Invite in a PR of 5:01.26.
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2017 Cross Country:
Earned all-region honors with a 21st-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … 18th at the Pac-12 Championships … earned fifth at the Montana State Invite … 30th at the Notre Dame Invitational … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
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2017 Outdoor Track:
Finished 24th in the 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships … personal-best 5,000 time of 16:37.48 with a third-place finish at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival … won the 3,000 at the UC Riverside Spring Classic with a personal-best time of 9:51.52.
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2016-17 Indoor Track:
Placed 18th in the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships with a time of 9:39.88, which ranks ninth all-time in school history … season-best mile time of 5:03.30 at the UW Invitational.
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2016 Cross Country:
Utah’s third scorer at the NCAA Championships, placing 110th and helping the Utes finish 20th … finished 25th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championship, earning all-region honors … finished 40th at the Pac-12 Championships … placed 48th at the Notre Dame Invitational … won at the Nevada Chase Race.
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High School:
Finished 12th in the 3,000 at the 2016 England Athletics U20/U23 Championship … ranked as high as 13th in the country in the 3,000 in the U20 age group … placed fourth in the 1,500 at the 2016 English Schools Championships … finished 21st in cross country at the 2016 ECCA English National Championships … seventh in cross country the 2016 CAU Inter County Championships and eighth at the English Schools Championship … won the 1,500 and finished second in the 3,000 at the 2015 UK Youth Development U17/U20 League Final … won the 1,500 at the 2015 South West Inter County Championships … fifth in the 1,500 at the 2015 English Schools Championships and fourth in cross country … won four South West Schools Championships … won five Devon Schools Championships (two in cross country, two in the 1,500 and one in the 800) … personal bests of 9:42.72 in the 3,000, 4:33.63 in the 1,500 and 2:17.54 in the 800 … competes with the City of Plymouth AC.
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Personal:
Parents are Cathy and Gavin Tank ... two siblings, Phoebe and Verity ... major is kinesiology with a minor in psychology.
5K (XC): 16:41.6
6K (XC): 19:28.5
Mile (Indoor): 5:01.26
3000 (Indoor): 9:16.22
1500 (Outdoor): 4:31.00
Mile (Outdoor): 4:55.10
3000 (Outdoor): 9:51.52
5000 (Outdoor): 15:45.07
10000 (Outdoor): 32:50.57
Poppy Tank's TFRRSXC Profile (for top performances and meet results)
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Academic Honors:
2021 USTFCCCAÂ Track All-Academic
2021 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2020 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic
2020 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA Track All-Academic
2019 MPSF All-Academic
2018 USTFCCCA Track All-Academic
2018 MPSF All-Academic
2017 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic
2017 Pac-12 Cross Country All-Academic (HM)
2016 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic
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Athletic Honors:
2021 USTFCCCA All-American (10k)
2020 USTFCCCA All-American (XC)
2020 All-Pac-12 First Team (XC)
2019 Cross Country All-Region
2019 All-Pac-12 First Team (XC)
2019 All-Pac-12 (10,000-meters)
2017 Cross Country All-Region
2016 Cross Country All-Region
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School Records:
3rd all-time in 3000m indoors (9:16.22)
2nd all-time in 5000m outdoors (15:45.07)
1st all-time in 10,000m outdoors (32:50.57)
2021 Outdoor Track:
Had one of the best seasons in program history seeing action in five meets with one victory to go with six top-10 finishes … opened the season with a second-place finish in the 5000m at the Hayward Premiere, which was good for a new PR and moved her into second all-time at Utah … broke the 10k school record at the West Coast Relays and won the event with a time of 32:52.65 … posted a fifth-place finish in the 5k at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 15:49.69 … had a pair of top-10 finishes at the NCAA West Regionals, placing fourth in the 10k (33:39.22) and sixth in the 5k (16:00.19) … broke her own 10k record at the NCAA Championships with a time of 32:50.57 and finished in ninth … closed out the NCAA Championships with a 22nd-place finish in the 5k (16:15.88).
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2020-21 Indoor Track:
Did not compete.
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2020 Cross Country:
Competed in all three meets for the Utes in the shortened COVID-19 season during the spring … opened the season up with an eight-place finish at the Silver State Collegiate Challenge with a  time of 20:15.7 … took fifth at the Battle Borne Collegiate Challenge with a mark of 19:58.2 … closed out the regular-season with a sixth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships with a season-best time of 19:33.8 … her 27th-place finish at the NCAA Championships was the highest in her career (20:45.9).
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2020 Outdoor Track:Â
Season was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2019-20 Indoor Track:Â
Did not compete.
2019 Cross Country:Â
Competed in five events and was one of Utah's top runners on the season ... placed sixth at the Pac-12 Championships to earn All-Pac-12 First Team honors ... finished in 12th at the NCAA Mountain Regional to secure All-Region honors ... finished in 16th and recorded a new 5K PR (16:41.53) in season debut at the Joe Piane Invite ... captured 74th and was the first finisher for Utah at the NCAA Championships.Â
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2019 Outdoor Track:
Competed in five meets ... opened season with new personal best time in 5K (16:07.55) at Stanford Invite ... set school’s fifth-fastest time in 10K, running 34:21.21 at Pac-12 Championships, in what was her first-ever 10K ... took seventh-place overall to earn all-conference honors ... set new personal best time of 34:08.80 in 10K at NCAA West Prelims, coming in 13th overall.
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2018-19 Indoor Track:
Competed in three meets ... notched season and new personal best in 3K with time of 9:16.22, while taking 12th overall, at MPSF Indoor Championships.
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2018 Cross Country:
Redshirt season.
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2018 Outdoor Track:
Finished 20th in the 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships … season-best 5,000 time of 17:04.81 in an 11th-place finish at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival … fifth in the mile at the USC Trojan Invitational (4:55.10).
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2017-18 Indoor Track:
Placed ninth and recorded a new personal best in the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships (9:26.29) … 11th in the 3,000 at the UW Invite in a season-best time of 9:29.22 … captured third in the mile at the Bronco Invite in a PR of 5:01.26.
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2017 Cross Country:
Earned all-region honors with a 21st-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … 18th at the Pac-12 Championships … earned fifth at the Montana State Invite … 30th at the Notre Dame Invitational … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
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2017 Outdoor Track:
Finished 24th in the 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships … personal-best 5,000 time of 16:37.48 with a third-place finish at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival … won the 3,000 at the UC Riverside Spring Classic with a personal-best time of 9:51.52.
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2016-17 Indoor Track:
Placed 18th in the 3,000 at the MPSF Championships with a time of 9:39.88, which ranks ninth all-time in school history … season-best mile time of 5:03.30 at the UW Invitational.
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2016 Cross Country:
Utah’s third scorer at the NCAA Championships, placing 110th and helping the Utes finish 20th … finished 25th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championship, earning all-region honors … finished 40th at the Pac-12 Championships … placed 48th at the Notre Dame Invitational … won at the Nevada Chase Race.
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High School:
Finished 12th in the 3,000 at the 2016 England Athletics U20/U23 Championship … ranked as high as 13th in the country in the 3,000 in the U20 age group … placed fourth in the 1,500 at the 2016 English Schools Championships … finished 21st in cross country at the 2016 ECCA English National Championships … seventh in cross country the 2016 CAU Inter County Championships and eighth at the English Schools Championship … won the 1,500 and finished second in the 3,000 at the 2015 UK Youth Development U17/U20 League Final … won the 1,500 at the 2015 South West Inter County Championships … fifth in the 1,500 at the 2015 English Schools Championships and fourth in cross country … won four South West Schools Championships … won five Devon Schools Championships (two in cross country, two in the 1,500 and one in the 800) … personal bests of 9:42.72 in the 3,000, 4:33.63 in the 1,500 and 2:17.54 in the 800 … competes with the City of Plymouth AC.
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Personal:
Parents are Cathy and Gavin Tank ... two siblings, Phoebe and Verity ... major is kinesiology with a minor in psychology.
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