2003: Appeared in three races for the Lady Vols as a junior, continuing to work on her endurance for the 800-meter race on the track...Was called upon to run at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, though, placing seventh on the team and 249th overall in 23:24.1 as UT placed 24th...Notched career bests at 5K and 6K during the campaign...PR at shorter distance came at the Crimson Classic Invitational, where she ran 18:54.43 to place 13th overall and sixth on the team...Longer race career topper came at the Penn State National Meet, where she was also the team's No. 6 runner and the 95th finisher in 23:12.48...Was NCAA and SEC champ indoors on the track in the 800 meters and was seventh at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
2002: Appeared in two races during the cross country campaign...Took eighth on the team and 23rd overall in 20:05.76 as the Lady Vols won the 5K Tennessee Invitational...Covered the muddy 6K course at the PSU National Invitational in 23:39.86 to place ninth on the squad and 74th against the entire field.
2001: Appeared in three races as a freshman and used that experience as a springboard to earn track & field All-America honors indoors and out in the half-mile...She was twice UT's fifth-scoring runner on the course, taking 56th in 20:05 at the Mountaineer Open and clocking in 74th at 21:10 at the Commodore Invitational...Also was sixth on the squad and 104th out of 241 runners at the Auburn Invitational in 18:56.71.
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