TFRRS STATS
AWARDS & HONORS:
3x AAC Cross Country All-Conference: 2020 (15th), 2021 (5th), 2022 (8th)
AAC Cross Country Athlete of the Week: 10/4/2023, 10/18/23
2023-24 SEASONS
2024 ITF: Competed in four meets… Clocked a personal best mile time at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational finishing sixth (4:50.91)… At the 2024 Rod McCravy Memorial Track & Field Meet she finished third in the 3000m (9:33.80)… Finished fifth in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge (16:41.15).
2024 OTF: Participated in five meets… Notched a personal best 5000m time at the Wake Forest Invitational (16:18.61)… Had a great showing at the Big 12 Championships finishing 11th in the 5000m (17:02.82) and 12th in the 10,000m (36:11.42)… Finished eighth in the 1500m at the 2024 Jim Click Shootout (4:33.39).
2023-24 XC: Ran in five meets… Finished eighth in the 5k at the RedHawk Rumbled (18:09.0)… At The Bradley Pink Classic she finished 12th in the 6k (21:17.7) …
2022-23 SEASONS
2022 XC: Earned Athlete of the Week Honors twice during the season… Competed in six meets during the season and was the Bearcats top finisher in four… Ran a personal best 6k time of 20:44.1 at the Bradley Pink Classic… Recorded a personal best 5k time of 17:09.4 at the Live in Lou Classic… Recorded a top-10 finish at the AAC Championships placing eighth overall with a time 21:08.9… Was the second Bearcat to cross the finish line at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional placing 34th.
2023 ITF: Appeared in five meets during the season… Competed in two events at the AAC Championships with her best finish coming in the 5000m where she placed fifth overall… Broke her own UC 5000m record with a tome of 16:19.77
2023 OTF: Competed in four meets during the season… Ran in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the at the AAC Championships… Her best 5000m performance of the season came at the Jesse Owen Classic where she recorded a season best time of 16:59.94 and placed fourth overall.
2021-22 SEASONS
2021 XC: Set a personal best 17:45.6 in the 5k at the Joe Piane invitational and a personal best 21:10.1 at the NCAA DI Great Lakes Regional Championships. Finished 5th at the AAC Championship meet to earn all-conference honors.
2022 ITF: Ran in five meets during the season. She set a personal record in the 3,000m with a time of 9:29.13 at the Charlie Thomas Invitational. At the Music City Challenge, she set a personal record, with a time of 4:52.84 in the mile.
2022 OTF: Competed in five meets during the season. At the Raleigh Relays, she ran a 35:07.49 in the 10,000m race setting a personal record. She also set a new personal best in the 1,500 with a time of 4:32.91 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational. Walker also recorded a personal best time of 16:32.50 in the 5,000m race at the Tennessee Relays.
2020-21 SEASONS
2021 OTF (SO): Walker earned the Bearcats points at the AAC Championships with an 8th place in the 10,000m run with a time of 37:21.88.
2019-20 SEASONS
2020 OTF (FR): No season was conducted because of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
2020 ITF (FR): Raced the 3,000m three times, posting sub-10-minute marks each time... ran 9:53.31 for a PR and 13th-place finish at the AAC Championships... that time ranks #5 all-time... also ranks #7 all-time in the mile run after posting a time of 4:58.86 at the Music City Challenge... led-off the DMR at the Charlie Thomas Invitational as the team finished in 11:36.35 to break the school record, a mark that would fall at the conference meet later in the season.
2019 XC (FR): Toed the line in all seven races for the Bearcats, the only runner to do so in 2019 for UC... debuted at the Queen City Invitational where she was 11th overall in 18:13.2... posted back-to-back Top 10 finishes in the next two races as she was seventh overall at the Friendship Invitational (18:!6.6) and sixth in her 6,000m debut at the Rhodes Invitational (21:41.0)... led the team in Louisville with her 38th-place showing (17:47.2)... placed 73rd at the NCAA Great Lakes Region (21:54.7) after she was unable to finish the AAC Championships race.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of West Claremont High School (Cincinnati)... spent her first two years competing for Amelia HS before it combined with rival Glen Este HS to form WCHS... appeared in 12 state races, including four cross country, four indoor track and four outdoor track... in cross country, finished a high of fourth place as a sophomore and added Top 30 finishes as a freshman (12), junior (15) and senior (29)... indoors, captured the 2018 state title in the 1,600m run... was sixth as a freshman in the same event... also ran in the 3,200m indoor event, placing fifth as a senior and 13th as a freshman... outdoors, raced the 1,600m all four years, placing a best of 10th as a sophomore... in cross country, named the conference runner of the year after winning the league and district titles... won the conference title the next three years as well... placed 45th in the Nike Midwest Region Championships as a sophomore... qualified to the New Balance Outdoor National Championships on the track as a senior in the 1,600m run... academically, member of the National Honors Society... graduated Magna Cum Laude with a 4.00 GPA... named the WCHS Best Female Athlete of her graduating class... comes from an athletic family as her brother Morgan played soccer at UC Claremont and brothers Will and Matt (twins) played soccer for Xavier... Matt played professionally for the Columbus Crew (MLS) before both brothers played professionally in New Zealand.