Lewis & Clark College

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2025-26 Awards 
 
All-Region: 400M Hurdles Outdoors (4^th in West Region)
All-Region: 4x400M Relay Outdoors (8^th in West Region)
All-Region: Distance Medley Relay Indoors (6^th in West Region)
First Team All-Conference: 400M Hurdles (3^rd Place)
Second Team All-Conference: 400M (4^th Place) 
Second Team All-Conference: 4x400M Relay (3^rd Place)  
2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

2026 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
200M: 26.45 – John Knight Twilight, April 10-11 – 12^th in program history
400M: 58.36 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 26 – 6^th in program history
800M: 2:21.36 – GFU Last Chance Meet, May 14 – 19^th in program history
400M Hurdles: 1:03.41 NWC Championship Meet, April 26 – 1^st in program history

2026 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
400M: 1:00.76 – Whitworth Indoor Invite, February 13-14 – 3^rd in program history
600M: 1:41.27 – University of Portland #2, February 8 – 1^st in program history

NOTABLES 

• Put together the best season in her career to earn her first three career All-Region accolades 
• Competed in 10 meets during her senior campaign 
• Set the program record in the Indoor 600M at the University of Portland #2 on February 8 
• Won the 4x400M and finished second in the 400M Hurdles and the 4x100M at the Eldon and Chuck Throwdown on March 7 
• Won the 400M Hurdles (1:05.99) and helped the 4x400M Relay team finish second at the L&C Electric Forest Open on March 21
• Took first place in the 400M Hurdles at the Linfield Jenn Boyman Memorial Invite on April 4
• Earned All-Conference honors in all three of her events for the first time and earned her first career All-Conference honors in the 400M
• Placed third in the 400M Hurdles, third in the 4x400M and fourth in the 400M at the NWC Championship Meet and set the program record in the 400M Hurdles on April 26
• Finished the NWC Championship Meet with 17 points 
• Closed out her career ranked in the top-10 in program history in the: Indoor 600M (1st), 400M (3rd), 200M (8th) and 60M Hurdles (9th) and Outdoor 400M Hurdles (1st), 400M (6th), 200M (12th), 800M (19th) and 100M (43rd)
• Graduated as a member of the fastest relay team in program history in the Indoor and Outdoor 4x400M

2024-25 Awards 
 
All-Conference: 400M Hurdles (2^nd Place)
All-Conference: 4x400M Relay (3^rd Place) 
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2025 Northwest Conference Scholar-Athlete 

2025 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
100M: 13.59 – Lane CC Open, March 15 – 40^th in program history
200M: 26.48 – Portland Twilight, May 10 – 12^th in program history
400M: 58.93 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 27 – 6^th in program history
400M Hurdles: 1:04.06 – John Knight Invite, April 12 – 2^nd in program history

2025 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
400M: 1:01.67 – Portland Indoor #1, January 26 – 5^th in program history  
60M Hurdles: 11.58 – George Fox Indoor #2, February 21– 8^th in program history   

NOTABLES 

• Established herself as the top sprinter on the women’s team during her junior campaign 
• Recorded PRs/top-50 marks in program history in all six events she raced and notched top-12 times in program history in five of those events 
• Competed in 15 meets during her junior season 
• Placed fourth at the Oregon Preview in the 400M Hurdles (1:06.08) and 4x400M Relay (4:05.42) 
• Registered the second-fastest 400M Hurdles time in program history (1:04.06) to place third overall and added top-five finishes in the 4x400M Relay (1^st) and 400M (4^th) at the John Knight Invite
• Earned All-Conference honors in the 400M Hurdles (2^nd place) and 4x400M Relay (3^rd place) for the second-straight year at the NWC Championship Meet
• Helped the 4x400M Relay Team (3:58.35) run the second-fastest time in program history at NWCs
• Added a PR in the 400M (58.93) to finish sixth overall at NWCs 
• Wrapped up the NWC Championship Meet by scoring 17 points 

2023-24 Awards 
 
All-Conference: 4x400M Relay (2^nd Place) and 400M Hurdles (3^rd Place) 
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District  

2024 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
200M: 27.73 – Willamette Invitational, March 23– 30^th in program history
400M: 1:00.44 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 15-16 – 8^th in program history
400M Hurdles: 1:07.41 – Northwest Conference Championship, April 15-16 – 9^th in program history

2023-24 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
200M: 28.16 – 2023 Spokane Invitational, December 9 - 7^th in program history
400M: 1:02.13 – 2023 Spokane Invitational, December 9 - 4^th in program history

NOTABLES 

• Put together a strong sophomore season that saw her earn her first two career All-Conference honors and develop into one of the top sprinters on the team 
• Posted a pair of top-seven marks in indoor program history in her first meet of the season – the 2023 Spokane Invitational
• Set the Indoor 4x400M Relay record at the Whitworth Indoor Invitational when the Pioneers ran a 4:07.08
• Ran the two-fastest times of her collegiate career in the 400M Hurdles (1:07.41) to finish third and added a collegiate PR mark of 1:00.44 in the 400M to place seventh at the NWC Championship Meet
• Helped the 4x400M Relay team finish in second place at the NWC Championship Meet and run the fastest time in program history (3:58.07) to break the program record that had stood for 37 years 

2023 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
100M: 14:01 – L&C Friday Night Lights, March 24
200M: 28.37 – Portland Twilight, May 6 – 47^th in program history
400M: 1:04.55 – Portland Twilight, May 6 - 37^th in program history
 
2023 Indoor Season Best Marks 
 
60M: 8.87 – George Fox Indoor #2, February 17 - 14^th in program history
 
NOTABLES 

• Made her collegiate track & field debut on January 22 when she competed at the Portland Indoor #1 Meet
• Member of the 4x400M Relay team that set the indoor program record at the Portland Indoor #1 Meet (4:19.80)
• Competed at the NWC Championship Meet in the 4x100M (7^th place) and 4x400M Relays (7^th place) 

Prior to Lewis & Clark: Attended Cleveland High School … Played club soccer with Portland City United … Named the Valedictorian … Earned IB Diploma … Member of the National Honor Society. 

Why Lewis & Clark?: I chose Lewis & Clark because of its size, campus and science program.