2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

Tim Cowie

Kerry Leonard

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wilmington, N.C.
  • High School Laney

Biography

PR's:
Cross Country: 
5K- 18.21.4...6K- 22:29.0
Indoor: 800m - 2:29.52...Mile - 5:18.99...3000m - 10:19.39...5000m - 17:48.73
Outdoor: 800m - 2:29.28...1500m - 4:56.24...5000m - 17:56.66...10,000m - 37:24.48


2017-18

Cross Country:

  • Ran in six races during the season, posting a top-25 finish five times
  • Set a PR in the 5K at the Mountain to Sea opening, posting a season-best 16th place finish in 18:21.4
  • Recorded a 24th place finish at the Sun Belt Championships in 18:32.0
  • Clocked a new 6K PR at the High Point University Vertcross, finishing 17th overall in 22:29.0
Indoor
  • Finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run at the VMI Winter Relays in a season-best time of 18:16.96
  • Posted a 17th place finish at the Sun Belt Championships in the 5,000-meter run, crossing in 18:38.26
  • Posted 15th place finishes at the Thundering Herd Invitational in the 3,000-meter run (10:54.64) and 5,000-meter run (18:58.44)

Outdoor

  • Placed eighth in the 10,000m with a time of 38:05.31 and finished 23rd in the 5000m with a time of 19:43.37 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships
  • Ran a season’s best time of 18:16.85 in the 5000m at the Duke Invitational for 15th
  • Finished ninth in the 5000m at the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 18:82.44
  • Started the season off in the 10,000m with a pr of 37:24.48 at Raleigh Relays

2016-17
Cross Country

  • Ran a season-best 18:42.2 at the Panorama Farms Invitational and placed 15th at the Sun Belt Conference championships with a time of 18:54.3

Indoor

  • Finished 15th in the 3000m with a time of 10:42.72 and placed 13th in the 5000m with a time of 18:30.50 at the Sun Belt Championships
  • Ran a PR of 10:19.39 in the 3000m at the Buccaneer Track & Field Invitational and placed fourth
  • Clocked a personal best of 17:48.73 in the 5000m at the Thundering Herd Invitational & Multi and placed fifth
  • Opened the season at the ETSU Track & Field Invitational in the 5000m and placed sixth with a time of 18:25.19

Outdoor

  • Placed eighth in the 10,000m with a time of 38:05.31 and finished 23rd in the 5000m with a time of 19:43.37 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships
  • Ran a season’s best time of 18:16.85 in the 5000m at the Duke Invitational for 15th
  • Finished ninth in the 5000m at the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 18:82.44
  • Started the season off in the 10,000m with a pr of 37:24.48 at Raleigh Relays

2015-16
Cross Country

  • Set a PR in the 5K with a time of 19:23.00 at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational and placed 22nd
  • Ran a PR of 23:36.70 in the 6K at the Wake Forest CC Invitational
  • Recorded her highest finish of the season at the 3 Stripe Invitational 5K-race crossing the tape in 19th with a time of 19:47.20

Indoor

  • Ran the third-leg on the 4x400-meter relay at the Mountaineer Indoor Open Track Meet and placed second.
  • Finished third at the Appalachian Indoor Open Split Track Meet in the 800 meters with a time of 2:29.52
  • Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters with a PR of 10:39.19 at the David E. Walker Kickoff Classic
  • Crossed the finish line in 5:31.46 in the mile for a fifth-placed finish at the Buccaneer Invitational

Outdoor

  • Placed tenth in the 10,000 meters with a PR of 39:59.65 and finished 19th in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:35.79 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
  • Competed in the 1,500-meter race at the Mountaineer Outdoor Open Meet and placed 18th with a time of 5:06.16
  • Ran a PR of 17:56.66 in the 5,000 meters at the Charlotte Invitational and finished in ninth
  • Crossed the finish line in 18:22.41 in the 5,000 meters at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting and placed eighth
  • Opened up the season in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:22.41 at the Wake Forest Open and finished 17th

2014-15
Cross Country

  • 5K PR of 19:29.4 came at the Upstate Invite (63rd place)
  • Best placing of the season came at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invite when she finished in 11th (19:45.9)
  • Placed in the top 30 in three of her five total events

Indoor

  • Earned a pair of top-10 finishes and three placings inside the top 15
  • Placed 10th in the Wake Forest Invite’s 3000m (11:33.79) and the High Point Panthers Team Challenge’s 4x4 (4:17.71)
  • Placed 12th in the ETSU Invite’s mile with a time of 5:41.13

Outdoor

  • Placed in the top 25 for four of her five total events
  • Placed 11th at the App State Open in the 1500m with a time of 5:01.11

High School PR's: 5K – 18:19...400m – 1:03...800m – 2:22...1600m – 5:08...3200m – 11:18
High School

  • Lettered four years in cross country and track and field
  • Four-time XC all-region competitor
  • Three-time XC state qualifier
  • Top 20 at states senior year
  • Three-time XC all-conference and conference champ as a junior and senior
  • XC Regional champ senior year
  • Earned cross country Most Improved award as a freshman
  • Three-time team MVP
  • All-region track competitor for four years
  • Two-time track state qualifier
  • Four-time track all-conference honoree
  • Two-time track conference champion (800m, 1600m, 3200m)
  • Two-time top 10 at states (1600m)

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior

  • 2017Senior