Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Will compete as a junior during indoor and a redshirt sophomore during outdoor... 2007 XC: 2007 Big South Women[apos]s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Earned All-Conference honors with a third-place finish at the 2007 New Balance Big South Women[apos]s Cross Country Championships... Clocked a career-best 17:49.7 at the championships... Led the Lady Chants to a fourth-place team finish at the Covered Bridge Open by running 18:21.67 and placing fourth, also earning Choice Hotels Big South Runner of the Week on Sept. 6... Placed second at the Coastal Carolina Invitational in order to give the Lady Chants a 1-2 individual finish at the meet... Ran a season-best 21:28.2 6K time at the NCAA Pre-Nationals... 2007 Outdoor: Redshirted the season... 2007 Indoor: 2007 Big South Conference Indoor Champion in the mile and 3,000 meters... Won the mile with a time of 5:06.88... Won the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:55.69... Recorded the Big South[apos]s top time for the mile with a 4:58.89 first-place finish at the UNC Invitational... Helped Coastal to a 1-2 finish in the 3,000 at the Maryland Terrapin Invitational by placing second in a time of 9:58.67... 2006 XC: Earned All-Conference and All-Academic honors in cross country... Finished fourth at the Big South Championships with a time of 18:04... Was fourth at the CCU Invitational with a time of 18:15.58... Was 33rd at Regionals with a time of 21:37, which was the same time she ran at the Pre-Nationals... 2006 Outdoor: NCAA Regional Qualifier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase after winning the Big South Championship and setting a new Big South record... Second in the 1,500 meters at the Big South Championships... All-Conference in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 1,500 meters... Set All-Time Coastal record and Big South record of 10:24.24 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished second at the Shamrock Invitational in the mile with a time of 4:53.42... 2006 Indoor: Big South Indoor Champion in the 3,000 meters with a season-best 9:56.42... Notched Indoor All-Conference honors in the mile and 5,000 meters with second- and third-place finishes, respectively... Had season-best indoor mile time of 5:00.55 and in the 5,000 meters of 17:44.68 at the Big South Indoor Championships... 2005 XC: All-Big South after placing fifth at the Big South Cross Country Championships, helping Coastal win its fifth straight league title... Finished third at the CCU Invitational with a season best 5,000-meter time of 18:27... Was ninth at the Appalachian State[apos]s Covered Bridge Open... Finished 37th out of 205 runners at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships with a personal-best 6K of 21:28... Prior to Coastal: Member of the German Junior National Cross Country and Track and Field team... Was the Under 23 Champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best 10:29... Personal: Full name: Felicitas Mensing... Daughter of Werner and Petra Mensing... Applied mathematics major.