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Chelsea Knotts                  Class: Junior Hometown: Ripley, W.Va. High School: Ripley Height: 5-5 Experience: SQ

CAREER BESTS

4K: 16:57.00 (2011)
5K: 20:26.24 (2011)
6K: 24:26.0 (2011)

CAREER HONORS: 2011, 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll...2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

2011: Reported in 15th overall and seventh on the team at the Tennessee Invitational, running a 5K PR of 20:26.24...Logged a career-best 16:57.00 at the 4K Belmont-VU Opener to finish 63rd overall and ninth on the team...Added a PR at her third distance of the season, covering the 6K NCAA South Regional course in 24:26.0 to place 157th overall and sixth for UT.

2010: Placed 101st in 18:11.41 at the 4K Belmont-VU Opener in her only appearance of the campaign...Made 2011 the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2009:Saw duty in one meet as a redshirt freshman...Ran eighth for Tennessee and crossed the finish line 71st overall in 17:18.01 at the Belmont-VU Opener...Made the 2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2008: Redshirted during her first year at UT...Named to the 2009 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran cross country and track all four seasons at Ripley High School...Captained the squads in two of those years...Was a cheerleader for two seasons...Finished 20th at the West Virginia State AAA Cross Country Championships as a freshman, covering the 5,000-meter distance in a personal record of 20:15...Qualified for the state track & field championships in the 800m in her first three seasons...Placed fourth as a freshman in 2:21.24...Came in ninth in that event in 2006 and eighth in 2007...Also finished third at the state meet as a freshman in the 400 meters in 59.79...Posted a finish of fifth in the 800 meters at the 2004 USATF/AAU National Championships and placed seventh in 2003 and 2005...Prep career best times include 2:16 for 800 meters, 59.1 for 400 meters and 5:30 for 1,600 meters.

PERSONAL: Majoring in biological sciences...Came to UT in the inaugural 15-member class of Haslam Scholars, a premier honors program aimed at attracting the nation's top students to campus...She joined teammate Elizabeth Tiller in that esteemed group...Has a younger brother, Bradley...Chelsea Marie Knotts was born in Morgantown, W.Va., on Jan. 6, 1990...Her parents are Stephen and Melinda Knotts.