Milwaukee Athletics

Wanniarachchi's Track & Field Bio

2013
Consistently a top-three finisher for Milwaukee as a sophomore, scoring all six times on the season ... was the second Panther and 151st runner overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional ... finished 39th at the Horizon League Championships Nov. 2 ... posted a 6k personal-best time of 22:24 for 68th place at the Bradley Classic Oct. 18 ... posted a career-best time of 19:21.9 at the Lucian Rosa Invitational for 70th place overall ... crossed the line 101st at the massive Louisville Classic Oct. 5 ... made her season debut at the College of DuPage Invitational, taking seventh overall and second for UWM in 19:45.7.

2012
Ran in six races and scored in five as a freshman ... took 45th at the Horizon League Championships ... Milwaukee's second finisher and 22nd overall at the Falcon Invitational ... posted a season-best time of 19:57.82 at the Louisville Classic ... was 28th in collegiate debut at UIC and 32nd at Midwest Invite.

High School
Ran track and cross country all four years ... named team captain as a junior and senior in both track and cross country ... qualified for the state meet in the 1600 as a senior ... holds the school record in the 3200 ... second-team all-conference in cross country ... won the athletic director team award.

Personal
Daughter of Saman and Ama Wanniarachchi ... chose UWM because of its diversity and the culture of the city ... was on the high honor roll all four years of high school and was a member of the National Honor Society ... also helps our at school track camps ... originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka ... born Feb. 2, 1994.

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