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Amber Sholl Event: Distance
Class: Freshman
High School: Ocean Lakes
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va.
 
photo 2007 Cross Country: Earned a fifth-place finish at the Hokie Open, with a 5k time of 16:08 ... Placed 13th at the VT Invite with a 5k time of 15:53 ... Teamed with Lisa MacPherson to finish 17th with a combined time of 40:49 at the Wake Forest Relays ... Seventy-first finisher with a 25:17 6k performance at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational.

High School: Won both indoor and outdoor Virginia State AAA 1,600-meter championships during senior season ... 1,600-meter personal best ranks as the 16th-best time of any returning athlete in the nation ... Accumulated eight individual regional championships as well as 11 district championships ... Honored as the Outstanding Female High School Cross Country Runner by the Tidewater Striders ... Named 2005 Outstanding Metropolitan Cross Country Runner by the Norfolk Sports Club ... Received VHSL Academic Excellence Award from 2003-05.

Personal: Born September 30, 1988 ... Daughter of Michael and Patricia Tobin ... University studies major.