2013-14
2013 XC: Did not compete.
2014 Indoors: Competed at three meets … Placed ninth in the mile at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational with a time of 5:24.52* … Posted a time of 10:51.98* in the 3000 at the New Mexico Team Invitational before running a 5:16.79* time in the mile at the New Mexico Classic.
2014 Outdoors: Ran once, placing eighth in the 3000 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational with a time of 11:06.33*.
2012-13
2012 XC: Did not compete
2013 Indoors: Did not compete
2013 Outdoors: Ran at four meets … Opened with two straight 1500-meter runs, placing eighth at the Cactus Cup (5:04.26) and seventh at the UTEP Springtime Invitational (5:00.35*) … Ran back-to-back 3000s, too, racing to times of 10:43.99* at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational (fifth place) and 10:47.10* at the Air Force Triangular (third).
2011-12
2011 XC: Ran twice for the Lobos at in-state meets … Opened at the Lobo Invitational, covering the 5-kilometer course in 20:26.4 to place 20th overall and seventh on the team … Placed as New Mexico’s No. 4 runner at the Kachina Classic, traversing 5 kilometers in 19:41 as the 24th finisher overall.
2012 Indoors: Competed at four meets … Opened with a 16th-place run in the mile at the Cherry & Silver Invitational … Ran a 2:29.87* 800 and a 5:18.98* mile at the New Mexico Invitational, placing 27th and 14th, respectively … Took first in the 3000 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a time of 10:32.53* … At the Mountain West Indoor Championships, took 27th in the 3000 (10:45.84*) and 19th in the 5000 (17:56.76*).
2012 Outdoors: Did not compete
2010-11
2011 Indoors: Participated in one competition, the New Mexico Classic & Multis, fisinhing 25th in the mile run with a time of 5:41.17.
2011 Outdoors: Redshirt season
2009-10
2010 Indoors: Redshirt season … Ran at two meets, unattached, picking up 11th place in the 3,000m run at the New Mexico Invitational and 13th place in the mile at the Cherry & Silver Invitational.
2010 Outdoors: Competed in five meets in the 800-meters, 1500-meters, 3,000-meter run, the 5,000-meters and the 10,000-meters … Notched a fifth-place finish in the 3,000m run at the UTEP Springtime, clocking in at 11:00.15 … Ran in the 5,000m run twice, recording a personal-best time of 17:41.53 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational at Cal Berkeley (earning tenth place), and registering an 18:44.73 time at the Don Kirby Invitational (good for fifth) … Scored at the MWC Championships in the 10,000m run with a time of 39:21.46, good for eighth place.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2009 graduate of Greeley (Colo.) West High School … Four-year cross country and track letterwinner for coach Susan Cartner … Finished second as a junior to lead the nationally ranked Spartans to the 2007 class 4A state XC title … Greeley West also won the Roy Griak Invitational title in Minneapolis during the regular season and were named 2007 Colorado Sportswomen of the Year (running category) … Greeley West Female Athlete of the Year as a senior … Placed third in the 3,200m and eighth in the 1,600 (with a personal record of 5:16.58) at the 2009 4A state track meet … Also had a personal record of 11:19.15 in the 3,200m as a senior … Personal best time of 18:27.10 in the 5K … First team Academic All-State honoree and her school’s co-saludatorian … High honor roll all four years.
PERSONAL
Born in Sioux City, Iowa … full name is Ashlee Marie Smalley … daughter of Steve and Bernadine Smalley … has a younger brother, Steven … intends to major in Biology and eventually go on to medical school.
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
800 meters: 2:29.87*
Mile: 5:16.79*
3,000 meters: 10:32.53*
5,000 meters: 18:35.85*
Outdoor
800 meters: 2:26.00*
1,500 meters: 4:51.59*
3,000 meters: 11:00.15
5,000 meters: 17:41.53
10,000 meters: 38:13.05*
XC HONORS
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, 2010-11, 2013-14
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
• Academic All-Conference, 2010
• Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, 2010-11, 2013-14
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol