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Maggie Chan-Roper

Maggie Chan-Roper Season 1999

Height5-4
ClassSenior
HometownHong Kong, China

Personal

  • B.S. in dietetics from BYU, 1999
  • BYU cross country team manager

Career Highlights

  • Two-time Track & Field All-American 1997, 1999
  • Three-time Cross Country All-American 1996, 1997, 1998
  • Finished 22nd in the NCAA Cross Country 5000m 1996
  • Competed in the 1996 NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • Finished sixth in the NCAA Outdoor 3000m 1997
  • Finished fourth in the NCAA Outdoor 3000m 1998
  • Finished seventh in the Cross Country 5000m 1998
  • Finished seventh in the NCAA Outdoor 5000m 1999
  • Finished ninth in the NCAA Outdoor 3000m 1999
  • All-American 1999
  • All-WAC Indoor in the 3000m 1996
  • All-WAC Outdoor in the 1500m 1996
  • Scholar-Athlete 1996, 1997, 1998,1999
  • Academic All-American 1996

Before BYU

  • Holds the Hong Kong record in the 800m (2:14), 1500m (4:21), 1 mile (4:58), 3000m (9:27) and 5000m (17:06)
  • League cross country champion
  • Named Most Valuable Athlete of Watson’s Athletic Club
  • Set a new Hong Kong national record at age 15 in the mile and was crowned the "Distance Queen"

After BYU

  • Ran the Richmond Marathon in 2002
  • Ran the Salt Lake City Marathon in 2004
  • Ran the Twin Cities Marathon in 2006
  • Competed for Hong Kong in the 2000 Olympics
  • Competed for Hong Kong in the Adidas Oregon Track Classic 2000
  • Qualified for the 2004 Olympics but didn’t compete due to injury
  • Competed in the Texas Round Up 10k in 2007
  • Began working as a team manager for the BYU Cross Country team in 2008

Post BYU Honors and Societies

  • Finished 10th at the Twin Cities Marathon
  • Finished third at the Salt Lake City Marathon
  • Finished first in the Richmond Marathon, running the third-fastest time in the event’s 25-year history
  • Finished second in the Texas Round up 10K
  • Was named one of two South Carolina Long Distance Runners of the Year in 2008 by USA Track & Field for the second time in three years
  • Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 2009
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Junior
1998

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Sophomore
1997

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Freshman
1996

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