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Nursing major … One of the Lone Star Conference’s top distance runners, whether in cross country or track and field … Has career-best times of 37:20.01 in the 10,000 meters, 22:42.3 in 6,000-meter cross country, 18:37.0 in 5,000-meter cross country, 17:32.81 in the 5,000 meters, 10:27.01 in the 3,000 meters, 5:49.54 in the mile, 4:53.51 in the 1,500 meters and 2:25.72 in the 800 meters …
2020-21: All-Lone Star Conference in cross country (first team) and indoor track and field (second team) … All-Invitational at Division II XC National Invitational … Named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll (both semesters) … Served as a women’s cross country representative on the OC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … During cross country season, competed in five meets … Was OC’s No. 2 runner and placed 14th overall in the Orville Rogers DBU XC Opener in Grand Prairie, Texas, covering 5,000 meters in 20:00.05 … Led OC in the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, finishing 65th among 122 runners in the Division I race in 23:48.1 over 6,000 meters … Two weeks later, on the same course in the OSU Invitational, she again led the Eagles in a Division I race, placing 46th in 23:48.8 in the 6,000-meter event … Earned All-LSC honors for a second straight season with a seventh-place finish, covering 6,000 meters in San Angelo, Texas, in 22:42.21 … At the Division II National XC Invitational in Lubbock, Texas, on Nov. 14, placing 11th overall and third among LSC runners, posting a time of 22:59.00 and finishing ahead of four LSC competitors who’d beaten her in the conference race … Earned All-Invitational honors with her high finish … During indoor track season, competed in three meets … Best 5,000-meter time was 18:00.00 to finish third in the Washburn Open in Topeka, Kan. … Finished sixth in a season-best time of 10:41.76 in the 3,000 meters in Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … At the LSC Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, placed fourth in both the 3,000 (10:43.53) and 5,000 meters (18:37.96), earning All-LSC second-team honors in the process … During outdoor track season, ran in seven meets … In the season opener, had her best times of the season and career in both the 800 meters (2:25.72) and 1,500 meters (4:53.51) … Ran her first career 10,000-meter race in the Wichita State Open, posting a time of 37:20.01 to place fifth … In the LSC Outdoor Championships in Canyon, Texas, finished fifth in the 5,000 meters in 19:27.18 … Set a personal-best time of 17:32.81 over 5,000 meters in the Lee University Last Chance Meet in Cleveland, Tenn. …
2019-20: All-Lone Star Conference (first team) in cross country and indoor track and field (second team) … During cross country season, competed in six meets … Was OC’s No. 2 runner in season-opening Central Oklahoma Land Run, finishing 13th overall in 19:38.4 over 5,000 meters … Ran a career-best 5K XC time of 18:37 at the Missouri Southern Stampede to finish 37th and lead the Eagles … Posted another top-20 finish, placing 20th in the Chile Pepper Festival with a time of 18:56.0 … Took third individually and helped OC to a second-place finish in the South Central Region Preview in Canyon, Texas, finishing in 23:43.4 over 6,000 meters … Running at elevation in Silver City, N.M., in the Lone Star Conference Championship, placed 14th to earn all-conference honors, recording a time of 23:44.2 over 6,000 meters … In Canyon, Texas, for the NCAA Division II South Central Region Championship, finished 44th with a time of 23:27.5 over 6,000 meters … During indoor track season, competed in four meets … Ran career-best 5,000-meter time of 18:10.63 in the Wendy’s/Pittsburg State Invitational on Feb. 1 … At the LSC Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, posted a career-best time of 10:27.01 to finish fourth in the 3,000 meters and placed sixth in the 5,000 meters in 18:22.84 … Scored enough team points to earn All-LSC second-team recognition … Did not compete during outdoor season, as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak …
2018-19: All-Heartland Conference (honorable mention) in cross country … All-Great American Conference second-team honoree in the indoor 5,000 meters in track and field … Heartland Conference cross country runner of the week once … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (both semesters) … During cross country season, competed in four meets … Led OC in her collegiate debut, finishing 12th in the Central Oklahoma Land Run in Edmond with a time of 19:43.3 over 5,000 meters … Posted top 5K cross country time of 18:50.7 in the Missouri Southern Stampede, earning herself recognition as the Heartland’s cross country runner of the week … Earned All-Heartland Conference honorable mention recognition with a 14th-place finish at the league meet in Laredo, Texas, covering the 6,000 meters in 22:49.3 … At the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Championship in Denver, covered the 6,000 meters in 24:49.2 to finish 113th … During indoor track season, competed in three meets … Ran career-best mile time of 5:49.54 in the Central Oklahoma Invitational in Norman … At the inaugural GAC Indoor Championships in Norman, earned All-GAC second-team honors with a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters, posting a time of 19:12.52 … During outdoor track season, competed in four meets … Posted career-best 5,000-meter time of 18:49.12 in the Oral Roberts Invitational … Set personal-best 3,000-meter time of 10:53.65 in Southwestern Christian’s Paul Parent Invitational in Yukon … At Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Classic, ran career-best 1,500-meter time of 5:07.17 … At the GAC Outdoor Championships in Shawnee, finished seventh in the 5,000 meters in 19:07.79 …
Previous school: Attended Midwest City High School in Midwest City, Okla., as a junior and senior … As a senior, finished ninth in Class 6A cross country with time of 19:16.30 over 5,000 meters … Named to
The Oklahoman’s All-City first-team list … Placed 64th at the state cross country meet as a junior … In track and field, placed eighth in the 3,200 meters at the Class 6A track meet as a senior, after a 13th-place finish as a junior … Received honorable mention on
The Oklahoman’s All-City track list both years.
