Natalie Sherbak Event: Distance
Class: r-Junior
High School: Kellam
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va.
 
photo 2007 Cross Country: Registered four top-five finishes in the six meets in which she competed ... Was the runner-up at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational, crossing the 5k finish line in 18:58 ... Teamed with Tasmin Fanning for first place at the Wake Forest Relays with a combined time of 34:10 ... Registered another third-place finish in the 6k race at the William & Mary Inter-Regional with a time of 20:57 ... Took fifth in a time of 20:56 in the 6k race at the Chile Pepper Invitational.

2007 Outdoor: Placed 19th in the 10,000-meter race at the NCAA Championships ... Finished 11th in the 5,000-meter race at the NCAA East Regional in a personal-best 16:32.38 ... Anchored the 4x1,500-meter relay that set a school record with a time of 18:22.65 and won the Sea Ray Relays ... Part of the distance medley relay that completed the race in a school record time of 11:30.01 for seventh place at the same meet ... Took fifth place in the 10,000-meter race at the ACC Championships with an NCAA national meet qualifying mark of 34:35.87 ... Earned first place in the 1,500m race at the Liberty Twilight with a personal-best performance of 4:28.12 ... Was second finisher in the 5,000-meter race at the Duke Invitational with a time effort of 16:38.68 ... Named to All-ACC Academic Track & Field team.

2007 Indoor: Earned fifth place in the 5,000-meter race at the ACC Championships, completing the race in a school record time of 16:44.91... At the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup, finished fifth in the 3,000-meter race in 9:47.10 ... Finished sixth at the Virginia Tech Challenge in the mile with a time of 4:53.33.

2006 Cross Country: Was the fifth Hokie finisher at the NCAA Championships, taking 133rd overall in a time of 22:23 ... Took 20th place at the NCAA Southeast Regional in a time of 21:21 to earn all-region honors ... Was Tech's top finisher at the ACC Championships, placing 16th in 21:55 ... Ran 6k in 21:08 to claim 26th place at the Chile Pepper Festival ... Led the Hokies at the William & Mary Colonial Inter-Regional Challenge with a second-place time of 21:46 ... Placed fifth overall at the Wake Forest Relays.

2006 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2006 Indoor: Redshirted.

2005 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 1,500-meter dash finals at the ACC Championships with a then-personal-best time of 4:30.43 ... Also had a 1,500-meter time of 4:33.29 at the Duke Invitational, which placed her 22nd in the race ... Was 24th in the 800-meter race with a 2:14.80 time at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

2005 Indoor: Honored by the ACC as an all-conference selection for winning the distance medley race at the conference championships, which was Tech's first distance medley relay conference title and the Hokie women's first indoor relay conference championships since 1999 ... At the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet, recorded an 800-meter time of 2:19.02 for seventh place in the race and finished in fifth place in the mile with 4:58.96.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and a three-year letterwinner in cross country for coach William Bernard at Kellam High School ... Capped her senior year with six state titles ... 2004 Virginia State AAA champion in the outdoor 4x800-meter relay, 1,600-meter race and the 800-meter run ... Also the 2004 state champion in the indoor 1,000-meter race and was the runner-up in the 1,600-meter event ... Ran a leg on the 2003 indoor state champion 4x800-meter relay that ran a school-record time of 9:22.32 ... In 2004, earned All-American honors finishing sixth in the mile at the Nike Indoor Championships with a time of 4:56.59, and anchored the fourth-place 4xMile relay ... Finished fifth at the 2003 indoor state meet in the 1,000-meter race ... At the 2002 VHSL AAA outdoor state meet, finished third in the 800-meter run ... Placed seventh in the 1,000-meter race at the 2002 indoor state meet ... 2003 Virginia AAA cross country champion with a time of 18:37.70 and was the first Beach District runner since 1979 to win the Virginia state cross country meet ... Also 2003 Eastern Region and Beach District cross country champion ... In 2002, placed fifth at the state cross country championships (19:31.24) with only one underclassman before her ... Finished sixth in the 2001 Eastern Region cross country meet with a time of 19:23 while the team took second place ... Earned all-district, all-regional and all-state honors ... Voted team captain and team MVP ... Honored with the coaches award ... Named Norfolk Virginian-Pilot Athlete of the Year and Virginia Beach Public Schools Athlete of the Year ... Three-year letterwinner in field hockey ... Earned all-district honors and voted team MVP in 2002.

Personal: Born December 20, 1985 in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Daughter of Todd and Rebecca Motley and Michael Sherbak ... Marketing major.