2017 Cross Country Roster
Biography
TFRRS Bio
Cross Country:
2017
Competed in three meets for the Sycamores...Ran a season-best time of 25:14.00 in the 6K at the Indiana Intercollegiates.
2016
Competed in five meets for the Sycamores...Recorded a season-best time in the 5K at the Joe Piane Invite of 18:50.60.
2015
Competed in four meets for the Sycamores...Placed 20th at the MVC Championships in the 5K with a time of 17:46.20...Ran in the 6K at the Great Lakes Regional with a time of 22;23.20.
Indoor Track & Field:
2018
MVC Runner-Up (DMR)
MVC Scorer (800-Meters, fourth)
Earned All-MVC honors by placing second as a member of the DMR team at the MVC Championships with a time of 11:54.50...Placed fourth at the MVC Championships in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.14...Ran the fifth fastest time in school history in the 800-meter run of 2:07.25 at the Music City Challenge...Also ran the fourth fastest time in the 600-meter run at the Meyo Invite of 1:32.20.
2017
Did not compete.
2016
MVC Champion (DMR)
All-MVC (Mile, third)
MVC Champion in the DMR with a time of 11:47.67...Earned All-MVC honors in the mile with a time of 4:55.50 and a third-place finish...Recorded a season-best time in the 3000-meter run at the MVC Championships of 10:03.62.
Outdoor Track & Field:
2018
NCAA East Region Qualifier (800-Meters, 16th)
2X MVC Champion (800-Meter Run, 1500-Meter Run)
MVC Runner-Up (4X400-Meter Relay)
MVC Scholar Athlete
Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the 800-meter run where she finished 16th overall...Ran a personal-best and second-best time in school history of 2:05.30 in the 800-meters during the prelim round at the East Regional...Earned two MVC Championships by winning the 800-meter run (2:06.77) and the 1500-meter run (4:27.50)...Also earned All-MVC honors by taking second place as a member of the 4X400-meter relay team with a time of 3:39.27...Ran the second fastest time in school history in the 1500-meter run of 4:22.31 at the Tiger Track Classic.
2017
MVC Scorer (4X400-Meter Relay, fifth)
Competed in seven meets for the Sycamores...Placed fifth at the MVC Championships as a member of the 4X400-meter relay team with a time of 3:45.72...Recorded a personal-best time in the 800-meter run of 2:12.01 at the Tiger Track Classic.
2016
Competed in seven meets for the Sycamores... Recorded a personal-best time in the 1500-meter run of 4:35.57 at the Gibson Invite.
2013-14 (at Indiana)
Indoor: set the eighth fastest time in school history in the 1,000m run in 2:51.59 to finish in second-place at the Hoosier Open...ran a season-best time of 2:11.31 to finish in 18th place in the 800m run at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...finished in third-place at the Gladstein Invitational in the 600m run in 1:34.34.
High School
State champion in the 800m and 4X800 in 2013 ... ran the best time ever by an Indiana high school runner in the 800m and seventh best time in the US, placing third at the USATF Jr. Nationals in a time of 2:06...Team USA alternate for the 2013 Pan American Games in Medellin, Columbia...Indiana Gatorade Track & Field Female Athlete of the Year and IATCCC Female Distance Runner of the Year...seven-time track and field state medalist, five-time regional champion and 12-time sectional champion...high school record holder in six events (200, 400, 800, 4x1, 4x4, and 4x8) and Indiana state record holder in 800 and 4X8...4X800 state championship in 2013 was top time in the nation and ninth best ever in US high school history...mile time in 2013 was sixth-best in Indiana history...four-year letter winner in basketball...1,000 point scorer and Eastern High School's all-time leading scorer...scored 48 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in 2013 Semi-State basketball game and led team to state runner-up finish...Named the IHSAA Farm Bureau Mental Attitude Winner at the state championship basketball game...owns personal best times of 4:51 in the 1600m, 2:06 in the 800m, 57.02 in the 400m and 56.1 in the 4X400m relay.
PERSONAL
The daughter of Jill Pursifull ...born July 28, 1994... her twin sister, Bethany, also runs distance at Indiana ... she and her sister helped lead her high school basketball team to the 2013 IHSAA 2A state title game and became the first set of sisters in Indiana to win IHSAA mental attitude awards in different sports (Brittany in basketball, Bethany in Track and field) ... majoring in Community Health
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