Cross Country Personal Bests 5K: 18:25 Sept. 28, 2018 - Queen City Invite Charlotte, N.C. 6K: 21:55.9 Nov. 9, 2018 - NCAA Southeast Regional Championships Rock Hill, S.C. ASUN Cross Country Championship (5K) 2018 (Bronx, N.Y.): 18th place, 19:04.1 (All-Freshman Team) NCAA Southeast Regional Championship (6K) 2018 (Rock Hill, S.C.): 113th place, 21:55.9 Top Track Times at Liberty 1,500: 4:44.34 Mile: 5:10.61 3K: 10:07.03 5K: 17:41.74 3K: 37:48.82 2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.) • Finished third in her 10K debut in 37:48.82 at the ASUN meet, garnering all-conference honors • Clocked sub-18:00 times for both of her 5Ks, headlined by a 17:41.74 effort at the FSU Relays • Season-best 1,500 time (4:44.34) came at the Raleigh Relays 2019 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.) • 10th-place finisher in the ASUN 3K final • Clocked 5:10.61 in her lone mile race of the season, Feb. 2 at the Liberty Flames Invite • One week later, recorded her fastest 3K of the year (10:07.03) during the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 2018 Cross Country (Fr.) • Earned ASUN All-Freshman honors with an 18th-place conference finish • The Lady Flames' No. 3 runner at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships, where she placed 113rd • Season-best 5K time (18:25) came at the Queen City Invite Prep • Graduated from Olentangy Liberty High School • Finished third at the Ohio Division I state cross country meet as a sophomore and placed ninth as a senior • Crossed the finish line 17th at the 2017 Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional • Ohio Division I 3,200 outdoor state runner-up as a freshman, before coming in ninth during her junior and senior seasons • Top high school times were 5:02.66 (1,600), 10:47.17 (3,200) and 17:40 (cross country 5K) • Academic All-Ohio honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior
Personal • Daughter of Andee and Jill Bower • Cousin Katie Hodson runs cross country and track & field at Wittenberg • Birthday is May 27 • Exercise science major