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Nursing major … Has experience in events ranging from 800 meters to 5,000 meters … Part of teams that set school records in the distance medley relay (indoors and outdoors) and 3,200-meter relay (outdoors) in 2018 and the 3,200-meter relay (indoors) in 2019… Won the women’s 5,000-meter race held as part of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon in April 2017, finishing in 21:41 … Has personal-best times of 1:34.60 in the 600 yards, 2:20.36 in the 800 meters, 3:06.72 in the 1,000 meters, 4:45.80 in the 1,500 meters, 5:11.35 in the mile, 10:43.73 in the 3,000 meters, 18:33.6 in 5,000-meter cross country and 23:21.6 in 6,000-meter cross country …
2019-20: Lone Star Conference cross country runner of the week once … Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic award for cross country … Made Lone Star Conference All-Academic team in indoor track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (both semesters) … During cross country season, competed in five meets … Ran a career-best 5K XC time of 18:33.6 in the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., good for a 12th-place finish … Was recognized as the LSC runner of the week after that performance … Was the individual runner-up in the South Central Region Preview in Canyon, Texas, with a time of 23:41.4 over 6,000 meters … In the Lone Star Conference Championship in Silver City, N.M., finished 103rd in 27:14.1 … At the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship in Canyon, Texas, posted time of 23:39.2 over 6,000 meters, good for a 55th-place finish ... During indoor track season, competed in five meets … Posted career-best time of 10:43.73 over 3,000 meters in Pittsburg State’s Crimson and Gold Invitational … Had career-best 1,000-meter time of 3:06.72 at the Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. … Ran career-best mile time of 5:11.35 in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … At the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, placed eighth in the mile in 5:28.59 and ran the leadoff 1,200-meter leg on OC’s distance medley relay team that placed fifth in 13:08.25 … Did not compete during outdoor track season, as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak …
2018-19: All-Great American Conference second-team honoree in the mile and distance medley relay … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (both semesters) … Named as a Great American Conference Distinguished Scholar-Athlete … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference List (spring semester) … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … During cross country season, competed in five meets … Posted career-best 5,000-meter XC time of 19:20.7 in the Missouri Southern Stampede … Finished fourth in the Midwestern State/Red River XC Shootout with time of 20:16.8 … Placed 22nd in the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, with 6,000-meter time of 23:21.6 … At the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Denver, placed 127th with time of 24:55.8 over 6,000 meters … During indoor track season, competed in six meets … Ran best 600-yard time of 1:34.60 in the Central Oklahoma Invitational in Norman … At Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic, posted career-best mile time of 5:14.61, then ran the anchor leg on the 4x800-meter relay team that set a school record of 9:27.61 … Joined Kelsey Simmons, Payton Duesing and Leisa VanVooren on the record-setting relay squad … In the inaugural GAC Indoor Championships in Norman, earned second-team All-GAC honors with a sixth-place finish in the mile (5:25.11) and a fourth-place showing in the distance medley relay (13:01.52), joining Rachel Meyers, Leisa VanVooren and Kelsey Simmons on that squad … Also placed 14th in the 800 meters in 2:30.90 … During outdoor track season, competed in eight meets … Posted two personal-best times at Southwestern Christian’s Paul Parent Invitational in Yukon, winning the 3,000 meters in 10:47.86 and finishing third in the 800 meters in 2:23.06 … At the GAC Outdoor Championships in Shawnee, finished seventh in the 1,500 in 4:51.23 and eighth in the 800 in 2:24.05 … Ran personal-best time of 4:45.80 in the 1,500 meters at the Arkansas Twilight meet …
2017-18: Ran in five cross country meets … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (both semesters) … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award …Ran season-best 5K cross country time of 19:46.3 at the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Mo. … Led OC with a 30th-place individual finish at the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., covering 6,000 meters in 24:38.6 … Also was OC’s top runner in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Canyon, Texas, with time of 25:01.6 over 6,000 meters … During indoor track season, ran in four meets … Placed second in the 800 meters at the Missouri Southern Invitational in 2:28.69 … Ran leadoff (1,200-meter) leg on distance medley relay team that broke 27-year-old school record with time of 12:09.22 at the Indoor Gorilla Classic at Pittsburg, Kan. … Joined Leisa VanVooren, Kelsey Simmons and Layne Hammer on the record-setting unit … Also during the meet, set a personal-best time in the mile of 5:22.91 … During outdoor season, ran in seven meets … At Great American Conference Championships in Magnolia, Ark., placed seventh in the 1,500 meters (4:51.66) and 13th in the 800 meters (2:24.84) … Part of relay teams that broke school records on successive days at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa … Ran the third leg on a 3,200-meter relay team (along with Kelsey Simmons, Michaiah Chock and Leisa VanVooren) that set new mark with time of 9:21.44 … The next day, joined Simmons, Rachel Meyers and VanVooren in breaking the program’s oldest record (which had stood since 1988) in the distance medley relay … The quartet posted a time of 12:30.39, with Castillo running the opening (1,200-meter) leg … Ran a career-best 1,500-meter time of 4:49.87 at the Arkansas Qualifier in Fayetteville, Ark., to close the season …
2016-17: Ran in six cross country meets … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall semester) and Commissioner’s List (spring semester) … In collegiate debut, covered the 5,000 meters at the Central Oklahoma Land Run in 20:11.2 … Ran a career-best 5K time of 19:56 in the Missouri Southern Stampede … Set another career-best time in the Fort Hays State Tiger Open, covering 5K in 19:21.1 … Helped OC to a second-place team finish in the Heartland Conference Championship in Mansfield, Texas, covering the 6,000 meters in 24:17.8, placing 34th … In the Division II South Central Region Championship in Denver, ran the 6K in 25:54.2 and finished 121st … During indoor track season, ran in four meets, competing in the mile, 3,000 meters and distance medley relay … Best mile time was 5:32.02 in the Nebraska Tune-Up … Ran the 3K in 11:31.54 in the Missouri Southern Open … During outdoor track season, competed in only one meet, running the 800 meters in 2:27.89 in the Oklahoma Baptist Early Outdoor Invitational …
Previous school: Attended Edmond North High School … Received honorable mention on
The Oklahoman’s Big All-City cross country and track and field teams as a senior in 2015-16 … In cross country, finished 39th in Class 6A state meet as a senior in time of 20:52.4 … In track and field, placed sixth in the 800 meters and 10th in the 1,600 meters as a senior in the Class 6A state meet … Was part of a 4x800-meter relay team that won a 6A regional title in 2016.
