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Elementary Education major … Established herself as one of the Great American Conference’s top 400-meter runners during her first two seasons, earning All-GAC honors both years … Set school record in the 600 meters indoors as a sophomore … Part of four relay teams (indoor DMR, outdoor 4x800, 4x400 and DMR) that set school records in 2018 … Has personal-best times of 2:20.03 in the 800 meters, 1:35.51 in the 600 meters, 1:27.71 in the 600 yards and 56.59 seconds in the 400 meters …
2019: All-GAC second-team honoree in the indoor distance medley relay and in the outdoor 400 meters … Google Cloud Academic All-District selection for cross country/track and field … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (both semesters) … Named as a Great American Conference Distinguished Scholar … Named to the Great American Conference Academic All-Conference List … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … During indoor season, competed in five meets … At the inaugural GAC Indoor Championships in Norman, ran the 400-meter leg on the distance medley relay team that finished fourth in 13:01.52, earning All-GAC second-team honors … Also placed eighth in the 400 meters (59.89 seconds) … During indoor season, competed in eight meets … Won the 400 meters at Southwestern Christian’s Paul Parent Invitational in Yukon with time of 58.27 seconds … Earned All-GAC honors in the GAC Outdoor Championships in Shawnee, placing sixth in the 400 meters in 57.76 seconds … Also was part of OC’s fifth-place 4x100 meter relay team that finished in 48.72 seconds … In her final collegiate race, set a career-best time of 56.59 seconds in the 400 meters at the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles …
2018: All-Great American Conference second-team honoree as part of OC’s 4x400 relay team… OklahomaSports.net Oklahoma Division II athlete of the week once … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (both semesters) … Named as a Great American Conference Distinguished Scholar … Named to the GAC Academic All-Conference list for track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … During outdoor season, ran leadoff leg on 4x400 relay team (which included Michaiah Chock, Allegra Sloan and Lawanda Harvey) that set a school record of 3:55.40 at the Great American Conference Championships in Magnolia, Ark., finishing fourth … Placed eighth at the GAC meet in the 400 meters in 58.75 seconds … Part of relay teams that set school records on consecutive days at the Drake Relays … On April 27, ran the anchor leg (following Kelsey Simmons, Chock and Kelsey Castillo) in the 4x800, with team finishing in 9:21.44 … The next day, snapped OC’s longest-standing record in the distance medley relay, as quartet of Castillo, VanVooren, Simmons and Rachel Meyers posted time of 12:30.39, shattering mark that had stood since 1988 … Named as the OklahomaSports.net Oklahoma Division II athlete of the week after winning the 400 meters (59.47 seconds) and 4x800 relay (10:24.48) at the Friends Invitational … Posted season-best times of 58.30 seconds in the 400 meters (Oxy Invitational) and 2:25.68 in the 800 meters (Oklahoma Baptist Early Outdoor Invitational) … During indoor season, joined Castillo, Simmons and Layne Hammer on relay team that set school DMR record with time of 12:09.22 at Pittsburg State’s Indoor Gorilla Classic … Posted top times of 58.51 seconds in the 400 meters (Arkansas Qualifier) and 2:22.10 in the 800 meters (Crimson and Gold Invitational) …
2017: All-Great American Conference second-team honoree in the 400 meters … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (spring semester) … Named to the GAC Academic All-Conference list for track and field … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … In indoor season, ran at 400, 600 and 800 meters … Ran a season-best 57.82 seconds in the 400 at the Pittsburg State Invitational … Broke Kathy Nelson’s 600-meter school record, running 1:35.51 at the Nebraska Tune-Up … Ran 2:22.17 in the 800 in the Dunamis Sports Group Indoor Classic in Frisco, Texas … During outdoor season, focused exclusively on the 400 meters … Won her first 400 race of the season in the Oklahoma Baptist Early Outdoor Invitational, finishing in 58.76 seconds … Ran 59.18 seconds in the GAC Championships in Searcy, Ark., finishing fourth and earning All-GAC second-team honors … Posted season-best time of 57.59 seconds in the Oxy Invitational in Los Angeles …
2016: During indoor season, competed in 600-meter/yard and 800-meter races … Top 600-meter time was 1:38.29 in the Nebraska Tune-Up … Ran a 1:27.71 600-yard time in the Pittsburg State Invitational … At the Indoor Gorilla Classic at Pittsburg State, posted her season-best 800 time of 2:20.86 … During outdoor season, earned All-GAC second-team honors in the 400 meters and also ran several 800-meter races … Best outdoor 800 time was 2:21.03 at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational … At the GAC Championships in Shawnee, placed fourth in the 400 in a season-best 59.24 seconds … Also earned All-GAC second-team honors as part of OC’s 4x100-meter (51.06 seconds) and 4x400-meter (4:16.94) squads, which both placed sixth …
Previous school: Attended L.D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas … Holds school records in the 800 meters and in the 4x400-meter relay (4:03.08), during which she ran a split of 58.8 seconds … Four-year letterman in track, earning all-region honors in the 800 as a senior and the 4x400 in 2014 as a junior; all-area honors in the 800 in 2013, 2014 and 2015; and all-district honors in all three events as a sophomore, junior and senior … Qualified for a Texas Class 6A regional meet in the 800 as a senior, finishing eighth … Also competed for four years for L.D. Bell’s volleyball team, serving as the team captain for two years … Earned all-district honors in volleyball as a senior … Selected to compete in the Skills Challenge at halftime of the 2010 Rookie Game during NBA All-Star Weekend at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
