GATOR CROSS COUNTRY BIO

COLLEGIATE PERSONAL RECORDS

INDOOR

3,000m – 9:27.96, 2012 Texas A&M Challenge (College Station, Texas)

5,000m – 16:29.69, 2012 SEC Indoor Championships (Lexington, Ky.)

OUTDOOR

1,500m – 4:29.10, 2012 Pepsi Florida Relays (Gainesville, Fla.)

3,000m – 10:16.26, 2010 Tom Jones Memorial Classic (Gainesville, Fla.)

5,000m – 16:32.13, 2011 Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Penn.)

10,000m – 35:17.85, 2012 54th Annual Mt. SAC Relays (Walnut, Calif.)

Steeplechase – 10:54.23, 2010 Tom Jones Memorial Classic (Gainesville, Fla.)

2013: Came in 11th in the women’s 3000m with a time of 9:37.24 at the Razorback Invitational...Placed 12th with a personal-best time of 16:30.66 in the women’s 5000m at the Husky Classic...Came in 19th in the women’s 5000m with a time of 17:16.83 at the SEC Indoor Championship.

2012: Ran in eight meets in 2012, including the 54th Annual Mt. SAC Relays where she raced to a personal-best time of 35:17.85 in the 10,000 meters … Finished in the top-five at the SEC Indoor Championships, turning in a personal-best time of 16:29.69 to score valuable points for the Gator women, who won the title … Finished third in the 3,000 meters at the Texas A&M Challenge in a PR of 9:27.96, the fifth top-five finish of her track career.

2011: Competed in the 10,000m run for the first time in her career at the SEC Outdoor Championships, placing sixth with a time of 35:42.57 … Ran a collegiate-best 16:32.13 in the 5,000m run at the Penn Relays, placing 11th … Captured the steeplechase title at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic in a collegiate-best time of 10:54.23, the first title of her collegiate career … Competed indoors for the first time in career, participating in three meets, including her first SEC Indoor Championships, where she placed sixth in the 5,000m run with a time of 16:57.85 … Ran a collegiate-best in the 3,000m run at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 9:41.91, placing tenth.

2010: Participated in two meets her freshman year … Clocked a time of 10:16.26 to place fourth in the 3,000m run at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic (4/17) … Ran a time of 11:58.26 in the steeplechase at the Pepsi Florida Relays (4/2) … Did not compete indoors as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Coached by David Frank … Member of the back-to-back Class 4A state champion cross country team (2007, 08) … Named all-state cross country in 2007 and 2008 … Named both the St. Johns Record Track and Field and Cross Country runner of the Year in 2008 … Runner-up in the 3,200m Class 4A state finals as a senior … Two-time all-state track honoree in the 3,200m (2008, 09) … Holds high school records in the 1,600m, 3,200m, distance medley relay, mile medley and the 4x1,600m relay.