Brittany Copeland Class: Junior Hometown: Stafford, V.A. High School: Brooke Point Position: Distance

2008: Track and Field: Participated indoor in the mile, 1,000 and 3,000- meter runs ... Finished in seventh-place at the Conference USA Indoor Championship in the mile with a time of 5:00.79 and in 12th-place in the 3,000-meters with a time of 10:08.93 ... Ran the outdoor 800- and 3,000-meter events.

2007: Cross Country: Was the top Pirate finisher in every meet as a freshman ... Had her best time at the Pirate Invitational, where she finished in 17:59 ... Meet winner of the Seahawk Invitational, NC State Invitational and Pirate Invitational ... Finished in 17th-place at the Conference USA Championship.

High School: Holds school records in numerous events (1,000, 1,500, 1,600, 3,200, 5,000 and 8,000-meter races) ... Earned eight varsity letters, four each in cross country and track and field ... Served as captain of the cross country and track and field squads her senior year ... Turned in a fifth-place finish at the state meet her junior season as well as finishing in second-place in the 1,600-meter and fifth-place in the 3,200-meter run at the track and field state competition ... Tallied a second-place result in the 4x800 race at the state meet her senior season ... Received Coaches Award after her freshman campaign.

Personal: Intended academic major is undecided ... Daughter of Craig and Geri-Lynn Copeland ... Has one sibling, Courtney.