2024 Women's Cross Country
Biography
Career Notes: Finished her career with the top 6K time in program history of 21:56.9...2024 California Pacific Conference Runner of the Year...5X NAIA National Championships qualifier and All-California Pacific Conference First Team runner...4X Cal Pac Runner of the Month....Competed in 32 career races...First in program history with five career first place finishes and 14 career top ten finishes...Won both the Dominican Tri-Meet 5K and the Dominican Tri-Meet 6K in 2020, while winning the Ryan Nunez Bobcat Invitational 5K in 2021, Jessup Invitational in 2022, and Cal Pac Championship in 2024...Owns the third fastest 5k in program history of 18:45.4...Hold's program record times at the Cal Pac Championship (5k & 6k), NAIA National Championships (5k & 6k), Bobcat Invitational, Bronco Invitational, Fresno/Seawolf Invitational, Great Lakes Challenge, & PUC Pioneer Invitational...4X Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete & Cal Pac All-Academic Team member...2X CSC Academic All-District Member & Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar...2020-21 Chancellor's List member.
2022: All-California Pacific Conference First Team...Placed sixth overall in the season opener, crossing the finish line in 19:29 at the Seawolf Invite in Fresno, Calif. (9/3)...Won the Jessup Invitational clocking a 6K time of 24:31, finishing 31 seconds ahead of the runner-up in Rocklin, Calif. (9/24)...Ran a 6K program record time of 21:56.9 and placed tenth overall at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale, Calif. (10/15)...Crossed the finish line fifth overall with a time of 20:22 at the Warrior Invitational in Rocklin, Calif. (10/22)...Finished fourth overall at the California Pacific Conference Championships and shattered the Bobcats championship meet record with a time of 18:51 at Woodward Park in Fresno, Calif. (11/4)...Ran the fastest NAIA National Championship race in program history with a time of 18:54 and became the first ever women's runner to place in the top 100 in nationals with her 100th place finish at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida (11/18).
2021: All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection and NAIA National Championships Qualifier...Competed in seven races...Earned a sixth place finish with a time of 19:44 at the Fresno Invitational (9/4)...Clocked the third fastest Master's XC Invitational time in program history which was 19:46 and good for 61st in the field on September 25...Finished 55th in 25:14 at the Pacific Collegiate XC Invite 6K (10/1)...Won the Ryan Nunez Bobcat Invitational (10/16) and her then personal best time of 19:05 also marked the second fastest time in program history...Produced a personal best with a time of 18:45 and placed 20th overall at the William Jessup Warrior Invitational (10/23)...Qualified for the national meet by placing sixth overall with a time of 19:32 at the California Pacific Conference Championships (11/1)...Placed in the top half of the field at the NAIA National Championships (11/19) crossing the finish line 143rd overall with a personal national championship best time of 19:54.
2020: Competed in five races as a freshman, winning two of them and placing Top Ten in four of the five meets...All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection and NAIA National Championships qualifier...Won the Dominican Tri-Meet (2/13) with a 6K time of 25:36 and became the first runner in UC Merced history to earn a first-place finish in a collegiate debut...Earned a first-place finish the following weekend, this time on the Dominican Tri-Meet 5K course with a time of 20:32...Beat the runner-up by 27 seconds and became the second runner in program history to earn multiple first-place finishes in a career...Ran a program-best PUC Pioneer Invitational time of 19:35 to finish runner-up in the field on March 14...Earned the opportunity to become the third freshman in program history to run at nationals by placing sixth with a time of 19:22 at the California Pacific Conference Championships (11/22)...19:22 time was also good for fifth on the program's all-time Top Ten list...Set a program-freshman record with a 195th place finish and a time of 20:00 at the NAIA National Championships (4/9)...The finish was also the third best finish in any national meet in program history.
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