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American Athletic All-Conference – DMR (indoor) – 2020
QUICK NOTES: Holds several of the top marks in program history both indoors and out... on the indoor track, ranks #5 in the mile (4:58.62) and #9 in the 3,000m (10:00.13)... also is a member of four of the Top 10 DMR teams, including the #1 (11:28.64), #3 (11:41.09), #6 (11:50.01) and #9 (11:55.31) relays... on the outdoor track, ranks #3 in the 3,000m (10:05.35) and #9 in the 5,000m (17:27.12)... also helped the DMR to #2 all-time at 11:54.47.
2021-22 SEASONS:
2021 XC: Set a 6k personal best in 21:59.2 at the NCAA DI Great Lakes Regional Championships.
2020-21: Did not compete.
2019-20 SEASONS
2020 OTF (JR): No season was conducted because of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
2020 ITF (JR): Ran the mile and 3,000m individually during the season... placed 10th overall in the mile at the AAC Championships... posted a time of 4:58.62 in the mile at the Charlie Thomas Invitational to record the then-#3 time in program history (dropped to #5 by the end of the season)... ran the 3,000m twice, including 10:00.13 at the Music City Challenge for the #9 time in program history... raced in the DMR twice on the year, including at the AAC Championships where the team of Mikula, Carmen Licht, Sydney Kilgore and Ellie Leather combined to run 11:28.64 to break the school record and finish second in the meet to earn all-conference honors.
2019 XC (JR): Raced three times on the season... opened at the Louisville meet where she placed 106th overall in 18:29.1... placed 71st at the AAC Championships, turning in a season-best time of 22:57.7... also was 125th at the NCAA Pre-National meet (23:34.5).
2018-19 SEASONS
2019 OUT (SO): Raced at three different distances on the season... placed 28th at the AAC Championships in the 5,000m... posted a season-best time of 17:48.68 in the event at the Lyles/Wood Invitational... in the 3,000m, raced once, turning in a time of 10:05.35 to win the event at the Billy Hayes Invitational and post the #3 time in program history... also ran the 1,500m once, turning in a PR of 4:41.46 at the Nikoloff Open.
2019 IN (SO): Ran 4:59.12 in the mile at the Charlie Thomas Invitational to break five minutes for the first time and move to the then-#3 position in program history... at the conference meet, helped the DMR to a sixth-place showing and three team points as she led-off the relay to a time of 11:50.01, the #4 time in program history... also placed 19th in the mile (5:05.41).
2018 XC (SO): Lined up for all six races on the year, finishing five… was the team’s top finisher in the season-opening Queen City Invitational, placing 18th overall… finished 62nd at the AAC Championships… added a Top 50 showing by placing 50th at the John McNichols Invitational.
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (FR): Added another all-time Top 10 mark to her freshman season as she ran 17:27.12 in the 5,000m run at the War Eagle Invitational (Auburn) to move onto the list at #9… opened the season with a PR of 4:43.91 in the 1,500m run at the Oliver Nikoloff Open (Cincinnati)… also took part in the 10,000m run at the Nikoloff, setting the pace for teammate Tessa Ward, who ran a huge PR and the #6 time in UC history… qualified for and competed in the 3,000m run at the USATF Junior Championships, placing sixth overall in 10:18.26… named the Best Freshman (women) for the 2017-18 track & field/cross country program at the end of season banquet… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (FR): Continued her strong collegiate start by turning in all-time Top 10 marks in all three events she raced… raced the mile four times and ran a PR in three of those, finishing with a best of 5:03.26 for the #5 position in UC history… opened the year running 5:11.76 before lowering it to 5:05.17 at the Notre Dame Invitational for the #7 spot on the Top 10 ledger… placed 15th in the event at the AAC Championships… also raced in the 3,000m run on two occasions… posted a best of 10:01.07 at the Music City Challenge to record the #7 mark in program history… ran the lead leg of the DMR at the AAC Championships, helping the team finish fourth in 11:55.31, the #5 time in UC history… earlier in the season, ran the lead leg of the same relay at the Charlie Thomas Invitational where the team clocked a time of 11:41.09 to break the school record by nearly eight seconds.
2017 XC (FR): Raced six times in her rookie season… team’s top finisher at the NCAA Pre-National meet, placing 84th overall in 22:30.9, a 10-second improvement over her previous collegiate 6,000m best… finished among the Top 3 on the team in five races, including being the second finisher for the Bearcats at the AAC Championships as she finished 37th overall… second-best 13th-place finish in the season-opening Queen City Invitational, her first collegiate race.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Bishop Watterson High School (Columbus)… competed for the track & field and soccer teams all four years and added three years of competition with the cross country team as well… tabbed as the school’s MVP in cross country and track & field as a senior… helped her teams to nine conference championships, including four in soccer, three in cross country and two in track and field with a sweep of the three titles in her sophomore and senior seasons… on the track, qualified to the state outdoor meet in the 3,200m run as a senior after placing ninth in the indoor state meet at 1,600m… captured the conference crowns in the 800m and 1,600m runs outdoors while also helping the 4x800m relay to victory… twice earned all-district honors as a senior with one each in track and cross country… helped the DMR qualify to the New Balance National meet as a sophomore… earned a place in the National Honors Society as well as school honors: Social Studies Medal, Theology Medal and Service Cords (300+ service hours)… comes from an athletic family with members playing collegiately in field hockey, football, baseball and lacrosse… plans to major in pre-medicine.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Cross Country
5,000m • 18:19.9 (Queen City Invitational • 9/2/17)
6,000m • 21:59.2 (NCAA DI Great Lakes Regional Championships • 11/12/21)
Indoor Track & Field
Mile • 4:58.62 (Charlie Thomas Invitational • 2/8/20) • UC #5
3,000m • 10:00.13 (Music City Challenge • 2/15/20) • UC #9
Outdoor Track & Field
1,500m • 4:41.46 (Oliver Nikoloff Open • 4/6/19)
3,000m • 10:05.35 (Billy Hayes Invitational • 5/3/19) • UC #3
5,000m • 17:27.12 (War Eagle Invitational • 4/21/18) • UC #9
American Athletic All-Conference – DMR (indoor) – 2020
QUICK NOTES: Holds several of the top marks in program history both indoors and out... on the indoor track, ranks #5 in the mile (4:58.62) and #9 in the 3,000m (10:00.13)... also is a member of four of the Top 10 DMR teams, including the #1 (11:28.64), #3 (11:41.09), #6 (11:50.01) and #9 (11:55.31) relays... on the outdoor track, ranks #3 in the 3,000m (10:05.35) and #9 in the 5,000m (17:27.12)... also helped the DMR to #2 all-time at 11:54.47.
2021-22 SEASONS:
2021 XC: Set a 6k personal best in 21:59.2 at the NCAA DI Great Lakes Regional Championships.
2020-21: Did not compete.
2019-20 SEASONS
2020 OTF (JR): No season was conducted because of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
2020 ITF (JR): Ran the mile and 3,000m individually during the season... placed 10th overall in the mile at the AAC Championships... posted a time of 4:58.62 in the mile at the Charlie Thomas Invitational to record the then-#3 time in program history (dropped to #5 by the end of the season)... ran the 3,000m twice, including 10:00.13 at the Music City Challenge for the #9 time in program history... raced in the DMR twice on the year, including at the AAC Championships where the team of Mikula, Carmen Licht, Sydney Kilgore and Ellie Leather combined to run 11:28.64 to break the school record and finish second in the meet to earn all-conference honors.
2019 XC (JR): Raced three times on the season... opened at the Louisville meet where she placed 106th overall in 18:29.1... placed 71st at the AAC Championships, turning in a season-best time of 22:57.7... also was 125th at the NCAA Pre-National meet (23:34.5).
2018-19 SEASONS
2019 OUT (SO): Raced at three different distances on the season... placed 28th at the AAC Championships in the 5,000m... posted a season-best time of 17:48.68 in the event at the Lyles/Wood Invitational... in the 3,000m, raced once, turning in a time of 10:05.35 to win the event at the Billy Hayes Invitational and post the #3 time in program history... also ran the 1,500m once, turning in a PR of 4:41.46 at the Nikoloff Open.
2019 IN (SO): Ran 4:59.12 in the mile at the Charlie Thomas Invitational to break five minutes for the first time and move to the then-#3 position in program history... at the conference meet, helped the DMR to a sixth-place showing and three team points as she led-off the relay to a time of 11:50.01, the #4 time in program history... also placed 19th in the mile (5:05.41).
2018 XC (SO): Lined up for all six races on the year, finishing five… was the team’s top finisher in the season-opening Queen City Invitational, placing 18th overall… finished 62nd at the AAC Championships… added a Top 50 showing by placing 50th at the John McNichols Invitational.
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (FR): Added another all-time Top 10 mark to her freshman season as she ran 17:27.12 in the 5,000m run at the War Eagle Invitational (Auburn) to move onto the list at #9… opened the season with a PR of 4:43.91 in the 1,500m run at the Oliver Nikoloff Open (Cincinnati)… also took part in the 10,000m run at the Nikoloff, setting the pace for teammate Tessa Ward, who ran a huge PR and the #6 time in UC history… qualified for and competed in the 3,000m run at the USATF Junior Championships, placing sixth overall in 10:18.26… named the Best Freshman (women) for the 2017-18 track & field/cross country program at the end of season banquet… earned AAC All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (FR): Continued her strong collegiate start by turning in all-time Top 10 marks in all three events she raced… raced the mile four times and ran a PR in three of those, finishing with a best of 5:03.26 for the #5 position in UC history… opened the year running 5:11.76 before lowering it to 5:05.17 at the Notre Dame Invitational for the #7 spot on the Top 10 ledger… placed 15th in the event at the AAC Championships… also raced in the 3,000m run on two occasions… posted a best of 10:01.07 at the Music City Challenge to record the #7 mark in program history… ran the lead leg of the DMR at the AAC Championships, helping the team finish fourth in 11:55.31, the #5 time in UC history… earlier in the season, ran the lead leg of the same relay at the Charlie Thomas Invitational where the team clocked a time of 11:41.09 to break the school record by nearly eight seconds.
2017 XC (FR): Raced six times in her rookie season… team’s top finisher at the NCAA Pre-National meet, placing 84th overall in 22:30.9, a 10-second improvement over her previous collegiate 6,000m best… finished among the Top 3 on the team in five races, including being the second finisher for the Bearcats at the AAC Championships as she finished 37th overall… second-best 13th-place finish in the season-opening Queen City Invitational, her first collegiate race.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Bishop Watterson High School (Columbus)… competed for the track & field and soccer teams all four years and added three years of competition with the cross country team as well… tabbed as the school’s MVP in cross country and track & field as a senior… helped her teams to nine conference championships, including four in soccer, three in cross country and two in track and field with a sweep of the three titles in her sophomore and senior seasons… on the track, qualified to the state outdoor meet in the 3,200m run as a senior after placing ninth in the indoor state meet at 1,600m… captured the conference crowns in the 800m and 1,600m runs outdoors while also helping the 4x800m relay to victory… twice earned all-district honors as a senior with one each in track and cross country… helped the DMR qualify to the New Balance National meet as a sophomore… earned a place in the National Honors Society as well as school honors: Social Studies Medal, Theology Medal and Service Cords (300+ service hours)… comes from an athletic family with members playing collegiately in field hockey, football, baseball and lacrosse… plans to major in pre-medicine.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Cross Country
5,000m • 18:19.9 (Queen City Invitational • 9/2/17)
6,000m • 21:59.2 (NCAA DI Great Lakes Regional Championships • 11/12/21)
Indoor Track & Field
Mile • 4:58.62 (Charlie Thomas Invitational • 2/8/20) • UC #5
3,000m • 10:00.13 (Music City Challenge • 2/15/20) • UC #9
Outdoor Track & Field
1,500m • 4:41.46 (Oliver Nikoloff Open • 4/6/19)
3,000m • 10:05.35 (Billy Hayes Invitational • 5/3/19) • UC #3
5,000m • 17:27.12 (War Eagle Invitational • 4/21/18) • UC #9