2019 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2019 All-SLIAC Outdoor Track & Field (800 meters, 100 meter hurdles, 400 meter hurdles, pole vault, 4-x-100 meter relay, 4-x-400 meter relay)
2019 SLIACÂ Outdoor Track & Field Champion (800 meters, 100 meter hurdles, 400 meter hurdles, pole vault, 4-x-100-meter relay, 4-x-400-meter relay)
2019 SLIAC Women's Track Athlete of the Year
SLIAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week (4/15/19)
2019 SLIAC Spring All-Academic Team
2018 First-Team All-SLIACÂ Cross Country
2018 SLIAC All-Sportsmanship Team (Cross Country)
2018 Fall All-Academic Team
2018 SLIAC Spring All-Academic Team
2018 All-SLIACÂ Outdoor Track & Field (800 meters, 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 4-x-400-meter relay, pole vault)Â
2018 SLIACÂ Outdoor Track & Field Champion (800 meter dash, 4-x-400 meter relay, pole vault)
SLIAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week (3/26/18)
2017 First-Team All-SLIAC Cross Country
2017 SLIACÂ All-Sportsmanship Team (Cross Country)
2017 SLIACÂ Fall All-Academic Team
2017 SLIAC Track Newcomer of the Year
2017 All-SLIACÂ Outdoor Track & Field (800 meter run, 4-x-400 meter relay, pole vault)
2017 SLIAC Outdoor Track & Field Champion (4-x-400 meter relay)
SLIAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/17/17)
Career Results
PERSONAL BEST 6K - 23:39.9 - SLIAC Championships, 10/27/18
PERSONAL BEST 5K -Â 20:54 - Fast Cats Classic, 10/6/18
PERSONAL BEST 4K - 16:42.4 - WIU Early Bird Invitational, 8/30/19
2018: Ran in four races ... Posted a career best 5K time of 20:54 at the Fast Cats Classic (10/6) where she finished 30th overall ... Ran a career best 6K time of 23:39.9 at the SLIAC Championships (10/27) to finish third overall and earn First Team All-SLIAC honors ... Had two Top 20 finishes as along with the third place at the SLIAC Championships, finished 18th at Cowbell Classic (10/13) with a 6K time of 25:06.21 ... Her 6K time at the SLIAC Championships was the top time of the season for a Gorlok runner ... Tallied a time of 24:52.1 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/10).
2017: Ran in six races ... Posted a season best finish of seventh at the SLIAC Championships (10/28) to earn First-Team All-SLIAC honors ... Ran a time of season best 6K time of 23:42.1 at the SLIACÂ Championshops ... Tallied a time of 24:23.8 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/11) ... Recorded a season best 5K time of 20:56.9 at the Lousville Classic (9/30).
2016: Ran in five races ... Posted season best finish of 20th at the Maryville Six Flags Open (9/17) as she ran a 5K time of 21:40.7 ... Recorded a season best 6K time of 25:40.1 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/12) ... Opened her collegiate career with a 69th place finish at the Gabby Reuveni Early Bird (9/2) as she ran a 4K time of 17:02.5.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in cross country, softball, basketball and track and field at Rolla High School ... Earned All-State honors in track and All-District honors in both softball and basketball ... Awarded Team MVP honors in track, softball and basketball ... Tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year in basketball and is the school record holder in the 300 meter hurdles ... Was three-time Conference champion in the 4-x-400 meter relay (2014, 2015, 2016) and was also the Conference champion in the 300 meter hurdles (2016) ... Earned Defensive Player of the Year honors in softball as a sophomore and was the Newcomer of the Year in softball as a freshman ... In the classroom, earned Academic All-State honors in both track and cross country.
PERSONAL: Born Oct. 27 ... Daughter of Shele and Michael Sowers ... Criminology major with a minor in Spanish ... Has three sisters, Allison (29), Katelyn (16) and Corynn (15) and two brothers, Zachary (25) and Wyatt (17) ... Chose Webster because of Coach Graber and Coach Niehaus ... Names the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, Kansas City Chiefs and the U.S. Olympic Track team as her favorite sports teams ... Lists Chantae McMillian, Jim Edmunds, Mayhem Miller and Meghan Illig as her favorite athletes ... She is very musical and has sung the National Anthem every Saturday at the NASCAR Speedway in Lebanon ... Lists hunting, music, fishing, playing the piano, guitar and ukulele and cooking as her hobbies ... Wants to enroll in the Police Academy after graduation from Webster and eventually work as a field agent for the FBI.
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