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2015-16
2016 Indoors: Finished second in her 60-meter hurdles section at the Cherry & Silver Invitational with 8.54… finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the New Mexico Team Invitational with 8.39… placed 10th in the 60-meter hurdles at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a 8.50 and 21st in the 400-meter dash at 55.46… finished fourth in the 400-meter dash at the MW Indoor Championships with a 54.42 and third in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.36.
2016 Outdoors: Placed third in the 200-meter dash of the Don Kirby Tailwind with a time of 24.39 and second in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.10… finished the 100-meter hurdles n 13.88 at the Sun Angel Classic, ran on the 4×100 relay team that finished third in 46.16 and on the 4×400 relay team that finished seventh in 3:46.38… ran on the 4×100 relay team that finished fourth at the at the Bryan Clay Invitational with 46.77, finished sixth in the 100-meter hurdles at 13.70 and ran on the 4×400 relay that finished second in 3:45.11… ran 14.02 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Brutus Hamilton to finish third… finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles at the MW Outdoor Championships with 13.42.
2014-15
2015 Indoors: Competed at seven meets … Opened with a second-place time of 8.72* in the 60 hurdles at the Air Force Open … Ran 8.47* in the hurdles at the Lobo Open … Broke the school record in the hurdles at the New Mexico Team Invitational, running 8.37* … Took fifth in the 400 at the New Mexico Classic, running 56.73* … Placed eighth in the hurdles at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, running 8.39* … Helped New Mexico’s distance medley relay team to the school record in the event as the group clocked a time of 11:01.44 at the Alex Wilson Invitational … Won the 400 and placed second in the 60 hurdles at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, running 54.80* and a school-record 8.26*, respectively … Anchored another record-breaking relay team, as the Lobos’ ran 3:43.45* to eclipse the program standard in the 4×400 … Ran with the Lobos’ 10th-place DMR team at the NCAA Championships
2015 Outdoors: Saw action at seven meets … Opened with a pair of wins in the 100 hurdles and 400 dash at the New Mexico Quadrangular, running 13.68* and 55.29*, respectively … Ran 13.26 in the 100 hurdles at the Triton Invitational .. Took second in the 100 hurdles and third in the 200 at the UTEP Twilight … Seized third place in both the 100 hurdles (13.49) and 400 (54.79) at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships … Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminary Round, running 13.76
2013-14
2014 Indoors: Competed at six meets … Placed 12th in the 60 hurdles at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational with a time of 8.83* … Ran a time of 8.76 in the pentathlon 60 hurdles at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, placing fourth … Won the 60 hurdles at both the New Mexico Classic (time of 8.80*) and Don Kirby Elite Invitational (8.72*) … Placed 15th in the 60 hurdles at the Mountain West Indoor Championships with a time of 9.00* … Also ran with the Lobos’ 4×400 team a handful of times, including a fifth-place finish at the New Mexico Classic.
2014 Outdoors: Saw action at eight meets, almost exclusively in the hurdles … Opened with a 17th-place time of 14.69* in the 100 hurdles at the Texas Tech Open … Improved at the Jim Click Shootout, finishing sixth in the 100 hurdles (14.36) and debuting in the 400 hurdles to the tune of an eighth-place finish (1:04.36) … Placed sixth in the 400 hurdles at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge, finishing in 1:03.58 … Placed third in the 100 hurdles and second in the 400 hurdles at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, with times of 14.13* and 1:05.31*, respectively … Despite not training the pentathlon for the majority of the season, scored in the event at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a sixth-place tally of 4,742 points buoyed by strong finishes in the 100 hurdles, 200 and 800 … Also scored at the conference meets with the Lobos’ 4×400 team, as the squad placed fifth.
2012-13
2013 Indoors: Competed at six meets as one of the Lobos’ multi-athletes … Did find more success, however, as a hurdler, clocking a time of 8.79* in her first collegiate 60 hurdles at the Lumberjack Team Challenge … Took ninth in the 60 hurdles at the Cherry & Silver Invitational (8.78*), while also placing 12th in the long jump (18 1/4) … Runner up in the 60 hurdles at the New Mexico Invitational (8.62*) … Competed in the pentathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, but only go four events in (did place seventh in 60 hurdles, however) … Placed sixth in the pentathlon at the Mountain West Championships (3503 points), with strong finishes in the 60 hurdles (3rd, 8.84); long jump (5th, 18 1/4); and 800 (6th, 2:29.23).
2013 Outdoors: Saw action at five meets, continuing as one of UNM’s multi-athletes … Recorded three top-10 finishes at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, placing 10th in the 100 hurdles (16.53*) and javelin (93-9) and seventh in the long jump (18-1) … At the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, finished fourth in the 100 hurdles (15.23) and third in the 400 hurdles (1:06.72) … Also took eighth in the long jump at Berkeley (17-11 1/2) … Placed seventh in the heptathlon at the MW Championships, scoring 4783 points by dint of strong finishes in the 100 (7th, 14.95); the 200 (5th, 25.59); the long jump (5th, 17-11 1/2); the javelin (6th, 99-3); and the 800 (5th, 2:23.57).
HIGH SCHOOL
A talented multi-event athlete out of Brentwood HS in Brentwood, Tenn … Claimed third in the pentathlon at the 2011 TSSAA State Track & Field Championships, scoring personal-record 3241 points … Took back-to-back victories in two meets prior, tallying 3209 points at the TSSAA AAA Region 3 Sectional and at the Section 3 AAA Pen/Dec … Competed more in the long jump her senior year, registering marks of 17-2.25 at the 2012 TSSAA State Track and Field Championships (7th); 16-10.5 at the TSSAA AAA Region 3 Sectional (third); and a PR of 17-4.25 at the New Balance Indoor Nationals (4th) … Also first in the shot put, second in the 800 and third in the 60 hurdles at the New Balance meet in New York City.
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
- USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American, 2015 (DMR)
- All-Mountain West Indoor Team, 2015 (60H, 400, 4×400)
- All-Mountain West Outdoor Team, 2015 (100H, 400)
- Academic All-Mountain West, 2013-14
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
800 meters: 2:29.24
60 hurdles: 8.62*
High Jump: 5-2 1/4 (1.58m)
Long Jump: 18 1/4 (5.49m)
Shot Put: 31-6 3/4 (9.62m)
Pentathlon: 3,503 points
Outdoor
200 meters: 25.59
400 meters: 1:00.74
800 meters: 2:23.57
100 hurdles: 14.13*
400 hurdles: 1:03.58
High Jump: 5-1 (1.55m)
Long Jump: 18-1 (5.51m)
Shot Put: 30 3/4 (9.16m)
Javelin: 99-3 (30.26m)
Heptathlon: 4,783 points
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol