Drake University Athletics

2011 Indoor — Second in the non-seeded 5000 at Iowa State Open in a personal best 18:44.45...2010 Cross Country — Finished in top quarter in field of 511 runners at Loyola Lakefront Invitational...2010 Outdoor/Indoor — Studied abroad...2009 Cross Country — Varsity letterwinner...placed 55th at State Farm MVC Championship...finished 13th at Grand View Invitational...12th at Bulldog Classic...2009 Outdoor — Placed ninth in the 10,000 at Jim Duncan Invitational...2008 Cross Country — 10th at Bulldog Classic and Grand View Viking Invitational...46th at Iowa State Invitational... Before Drake — Transfer from College of St. Benedict/St. John's University...qualified for the 2007 NCAA DIII Central Regional Cross Country meet...top 25 all-time cross country performance list at St. Benedict...Prep — Cross country and track team member competing for Lakeville North High School...honor roll qualifier in 3200 at the 2007 Lake Conference track meet...also was a four-year participant at the Nordic Skiing State Competition.

Personal — Law, politics and society/broadcast news major...awarded the 2009-10 MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...selected as Peer Mentor Academic Consultant (PMAC)...Drake Adams Leadership Institute graduate...recipient of Capraro Scholarship...daughter of Doug and Mary Lynn Smith...born Dec. 26, 1988 in Lakeville, Minn.

Personal Bests
5000 - 18:44.45i
10,000 - 40:42.46