Dacia Bushman

Class:
Senior
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Castalia, Iowa
Prev School:
Home School

2011 (Sr.): Earned her first Big South individual title, taking first place in the 5K at the Big South indoor meet … also added a third place in the Big South indoor 3K … named Big South Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on Feb. 24 … ran a personal-best 5K time of 17:13.51 for seventh place at the ECAC indoor meet … Cross Country: Became the fifth Lady Flame ever to earn three all-Big South honors in cross country, after placing third at the conference meet … ran a 6K personal-best time of 21:17 at the Brooks Paul Short Run … closed her career with a 36th-place showing at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships.

2010 (Jr.): Came in second in the 5K and sixth in the 3K at the Big South indoor meet … limited to two races during the outdoor campaign, but one of the two was a fifth-place finish in the Big South 10K final … Cross Country: Finished as Liberty's No. 1 runner in all five of her races … came in second at both the Big South Preview and Big South Championship … notched a season-best 6K time of 21:56.3 for 48th place at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships … named to the Big South All-Academic team.

2009 (So.): Big South 10K runner-up … placed fourth in the ECAC 10K, with a season-best time of 36:46.15 … Cross Country: Finished 11th at the Big South Championship … Liberty's No. 3 runner for most of the season … included on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

2008 (Fr.): Claimed Big South third-place finishes in the indoor 3K and the outdoor 10K … ran a school freshman record 36:43.19 10K to place eighth at the ECAC outdoor meet … Cross Country: Big South Freshman of the Year … placed sixth at the Big South meet in a 5K personal-best time of 18:04.5 … ran a Liberty freshman record 6K time of 21:39.3 at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships, placing 44th … served as the No. 2 runner for the Big South champion Lady Flames … Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

Prep: Home schooled … earned a pair of runner-up finishes at the Iowa state cross country meet (2003 & 2006) … twice finished third at the Iowa state meet in the 1,500 meters (2006 & 2007).

Personal: Daughter of Chuck and Marlys Bushman … one of nine children … nursing major … birthday is Sept. 16.

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
1,500 – 4:53.15
Mile – 5:15.89 (Indoor)
3K – 10:07.39 (Indoor)
3K SC – 11:40.98
5K – 17:13.51 (Indoor)
10K – 35:15.84

Big South Individual Titles (3)
2011 Indoor 5K
2011 Outdoor 5K
2011 Outdoor 10K

All-Big South Honors (11)
2007 Cross Country – 6th
2008 Indoor 3K – 3rd
2008 Outdoor 10K – 3rd
2009 Outdoor 10K – 2nd
2009 Cross Country – 2nd
2010 Indoor 5K – 2nd
2010 Cross Country – 3rd
2011 Indoor 5K – 1st
2011 Indoor 3K – 3rd
2011 Outdoor 5K - 1st
2011 Outdoor 10K - 1st