University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

2009 Cross Country: Top Titan finisher in all but one race…Opened season with 5k PR of 19:31 finishing 10th at the Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invite…Lowered PR to 19:14 the next week at National Catholics and then ran 19:15 at Louisville…6k PR of 23:16 at Bowling Green…24th place finish at Horizon Leagues and 132nd at the NCAA Regional.

Outdoor: Ran a pair of season bests at the Horizon League Championships, finishing eighth in steeplechase at 12:42.23 and 17th in 5000m at 20:44.13…Won 2000m steeplechase in Oakland Dual.

Indoor: Season best of 20:31.83 in the 5000m to win Valparaiso Dual.

2008 Cross Country: Season best of 21:12 at Golden Grizzly Open.

Outdoor: Made debut as steeplechaser running 12:43.57 at Cincinnati and lowered her PR to 12:37.16 for seventh at the Horizon League Championships.

Indoor: Indoor 5k best of 20:23.87 at EMU…2007 Cross Country: Won team Student/Athlete Award...Top Titan finisher on two occasions…First at the Running Fit-Detroit Titan Invite running 20:37 for 16th … Then at Louisville with season best of 20:33 for 21st…53rd place at Horizon League championship…Finished 204th at NCAA Regional running 25:55 for 6k.

Outdoor: Did not compete due to injury.

Indoor: Titan debut at Chip Open of 11:21.91 for 3000m was season best…5000m indoor best of 20:32.70 at EMU…Ran anchor leg of seventh place Horizon League distance medley relay and finished 17th in 3000m.

Prior to Detroit: Transferred in from the University Warminsko-Mazurski of Olsztynie in Poland.

High School: Finished eighth in the 5000m (18:10.5) in the 2005 Polish Junior Championships.

Personal: Full name is Beata Gorzynska…Born on July 15, 1986…Daughter of Jerzy and Jolanta Beata Gorzynska… Majoring in business with a 3.34 GPA.

Career Marks
3000m - 11:21.91i
Steeplechase - 12:37.16 - #7 Titan
5000m - 20:23.87i 
XC 5k - 19:14