Great Villanova Moments at the NCAA Championships: #8

June 1, 1994: Carole Zajac Dominates Women's NCAA 10,000 Final

Carole Zajac won 4 NCAA individual titles during her Villanova career (1990-1994). She won the individual cross country championship twice, in 1992 and 1993, and on the track she won twice at 10,000 meters (1993 and 1994). In addition to her four national titles, Zajac was a national runner-up twice (in XC to Sonia O'Sullivan in 1991, and in track to Jen Rhines at 5000 meters in 1994). Zajac was a member of four consecutive cross country team champions. In Boise, Idaho, in 1994 Zajac dominated the 10,000 field (which included future Olympic marathon medalist and American Record holder Deena Drossin (now Kastor). Her margin of victory was an impressive 39 seconds over the second-place finisher (and 1:16 over 4th place Drossin). In 2005, the NCAA selected Zajac as the Most Outstanding Student-Athlete in the first 25 years of NCAA Women's Cross Country (she finished 14th overall as a frosh, then 2nd, 1st, and 1st in her final three years).

1994 Women's 10,000 Meters

1.  Carole Zajac	Villanova University	33:32.36   10
2.  Liz Scanlon		University of Oklahoma	34:11.47    8
3.  Louise Watson	Stanford University	34:36.83    6
4.  Deena Drossin	University of Arkansas	34:48.59    5
5.  Shelley Smathers	University of Montana	34:49.48    4
6.  Caryn Landau	Georgetown University	34:57.06    3
7.  Kelli Hunt		Penn State University	35:05.26    2
8.  Dava Rhodes		E. Carolina University	35:10.74    1
9.  Tenaya Soderman	California-Berkeley	35:16.44
10. Kim Kelly		Penn State University	35:21.80
11. Tracey Harrell	Georgia Tech		35:28.78
12. Chris Szabo		University of Michigan	35:33.25
13. Sharon Servidio	University of Virginia	35:37.54
14. Kelly Dix		New Mexico		36:00.01
15. Amy McNitt		University of Colorado	36:18.63
16. Kris Kelly		Penn State University	36:24.04
17. Cynthia Moreshead	Wake Forest University	36:42.79
18. Laura Bell		Michigan State		37:08.99
19. Kim Mount		University of Arkansas	37:18.46
20. Karen Friedrichsen	Clemson University	37:50.57
21. Michelle Deasy	Cornell University	DNF