2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Biography
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Personal-Best 800-Meter Time: 2:17.07 (4/2/21 at Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational)
Personal-Best 1,500-Meter Time: 4:32.88 (5/7/21 at Pacesetter Invitational)
Personal-Best Mile Time: 4:58.53 (2/19/21 at EIU Friday Night Special – Indoor)
Personal-Best 3,000-Meter Time: 9:51.07 (2/29-3/1/20 at MVC Indoor Championship)
Personal-Best 5,000-Meter Time: 16:49.09 (3/27/21 at Bill Smith Challenge – Outdoor)
Personal-Best 10,000-Meter Time: 34:44.37 (4/9-10/21 at Bellarmine Jim Vargo Invitational – Outdoor)
Cross Country School Record-Holder In The 5-K (16:46.4 - 2019)
Indoor Track School Record-Holder In The Mile (4:58.53 - 2021)
Indoor Track School Record-Holder In The 3,000-Meters (9:51.07 - 2020)
Indoor Track School Record-Holder In The 5,000-Meters (16:53.18 - 2020)
Holds Part Of Indoor Track School Record In Distance Medley Relay (12:51.96 - 1/21/22)
Outdoor Track School Record-Holder In The 1,500-Meters (4:32.88 – 2021)
Outdoor Track School Record-Holder In The 5,000-Meters (16:49.09 – 2021)
Outdoor Track School Record-Holder In The 10,000-Meters (34:44.37 – 2021)
Outdoor Track School Record-Holder In The 3,000-Meter Steeplechase (11:41.59 – 2018)
Outdoor Track School Record-Holder In The 3,000-Meters (10:23.69 – 2019)
All PRs/Records Updated Through 5/10/2022
Two-Time First-Team All-MVC In Cross Country (Spring ’21 & Fall ’19)
Honorable Mention All-MVC In Cross Country (Fall ’18)
Four-Time MVC Scholar-Athlete Team Selection In Cross Country (Fall ’21, Spring ’21, Fall ’19 & Fall ’18)
Four-Time MVC Runner Of The Week In Cross Country
2021 MVC Indoor Champion in the 5,000-Meters
2021 MVC Outdoor Champion in the 10,000-Meters
Three-Time All-MVC Selection In Indoor Track (5,000-Meters 2020 & 2021; 3,000-Meters 2020)
All-MVC Selection In Outdoor Track (10,000-Meters 2021)
Two-Time MVC Scholar-Athlete Team Selection In Track (2020 & 2021)
Spring 2021 (Outdoor):
- Missouri Valley Conference champion in the 10,000-meters.
- Became the first Purple Ace to ever win an MVC outdoor track and field event.
- Earned All-MVC honors with the win and named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team.
- Won the MVC 10,000-meter title with a time of 34:46.70 – the second-fastest 10,000-meter time in MVC Championship history, just two seconds off of the Valley’s Championship record (34:44.01).
- Set school outdoor records in the 1,500-, 5,000-, and 10,000-meter races in the spring.
- Established a new school record in the 1,500-meter race twice in the spring, with the last being the mark of 4:32.88 at the Pacesetter Invitational (5/7/21).
- Set a new school standard in the 5,000-meter race at the Bill Smith Challenge (3/27/21) with a time of 16:49.09, as she won the individual title by almost two minutes (second place was 18:42.82).
- Set the school record in the 10,000-meter race at the Bellarmine Jim Vargo Invitational (4/9-10/21), as she posted a time of 34:44.37 to win the race by over 30 seconds (second place was 35:21.77).
- Won five races overall in the spring.
- Also posted a personal-best time in the 800-meter event with a mark of 2:17.07 at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/2/21).
Winter 2021 (Indoor):
- Missouri Valley Conference champion in the 5,000-meter event.
- Became the first Purple Ace ever to win an MVC track and field event (indoor or outdoor).
- Earned all-MVC honors in the women’s 5,000-meters, after winning the race in a time of 17:06.02 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21).
- Broke UE’s indoor mile record twice, as she won the individual mile races at both the John Gartland Invitational (1/23/21 – 4:58.87) and the EIU Friday Night Special (2/19/21 – 4:58.53).
- Did all of this while also competing in all three cross country races UE competed in during the COVID-shortened outdoor season of Winter and Spring 2021 and earning all-MVC honors in cross country.
Spring 2020 (Outdoor):
- Outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winter 2020 (Indoor):
- Earned all-MVC honors in both the 3,000- and 5,000-meter races, after placing in the top three of both events at the MVC Indoor Championships.
- Became the first Purple Ace – male or female – to earn all-MVC track honors.
- Placed second in the 5,000-meters at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1/20) in a school-record indoor time of 16:53.18.
- Finished third overall in the 3,000-meters at the MVC Indoor Championships with a school-record (and personal-best) time of 9:51.07.
- Won the individual title in the 5,000-meter race at the John Gartland Invitational (1/24-25/20) with a time of 17:30.12.
- Finished second overall in both the mile (5:02.10) and the 5,000-meters (17:26.92) at the Marshall Invitational (2/7-8/20).
Spring 2019 (Outdoor):
- Placed in the top 10 in both the 1,500- and 5,000-meter races at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19).
- Ran a then UE-record and season-best time of 17:09.18 in the 5,000-meters at the MVC Outdoor Championships to finish sixth in the conference.
- Also ran a then UE-record and season-best time of 4:38.26 in the 1,500-meters at the MVCs to finish seventh in the Valley.
- Won the 5,000-meter races at both the SIU Bill Cornell Spring Classic (17:47.65 – 3/22-23/19) and the Bellarmine Classic (18:16.60 – 4/13/19).
- Set the UE outdoor track record in the 3,000-meters at the Stan Lyons Invitational (3/16/19) with a time of 10:23.69.
- Also won the individual titles in both the 1,500-meters (4:59.34) and the 3,000-meters (10:45.15) at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/5/19).
Winter 2019 (Indoor):
- Lowered her own school records in both the mile and 3,000-meter races at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24/19).
- Ran a then UE-record time of 5:10.12 in the mile at the MVC Indoor Championships.
- Also ran a then UE-record time of 10:09.63 in the 3,000-meters at the MVC Indoor Championships to finish 13th in the conference.
- Best individual finish of the indoor season was third in the mile (5:10.90) at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/15/19).
- Also placed fourth overall in the 3,000-meters with a time of 10:20.21 at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/1-2/19).
Spring 2018 (Outdoor):
- Set the UE outdoor track record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:41.59 at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/11-13/18).
- Competed in all five outdoor meets as a true freshman.
- Best individual finish was second overall in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Austin Peay State Invitational (4/13-14/18), as she posted a time of 12:04.2.
- Ran UE’s second-fastest 1,500-meter time of the spring season at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4/27-28/18) with a time of 4:56.71.
Winter 2018 (Indoor):
- Ran in all four of UE’s indoor meets as a freshman.
- Ran the anchor leg in UE’s school-record distance medley relay effort at the MVC indoor Championships (2/24-25/18), as the group posted a mark of 13:31.79.
- Set a then UE-record time in the indoor mile with a time of 5:27.74 at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/2-3/18).
- Also set the UE standard in the 3,000-meters with a team-best time of 11:07.01 at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/16/18).
Personal:
- Currently pursuing her Doctorate Degree In Physical Therapy.
- Already has a Bachelor’s Degree in Athletic Training from UE.
- Lettered four years each in track and cross country at Taylorville HS, while also playing one year of basketball.
- Has professional aspirations of being a physical therapist for professional runners.
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