2016 Cross Country: Ran in all seven races…Ran the fastest 6k time in school history (21:14.3) at the Midwest Regional (11/11, placing 45th and earning the second-highest finish at a Regional in school history…Took seventh at the OVC Championship (10/29), collecting first team All-OVC honors with a time of 17:34.9…Only finished below 45th once all season…Opened the season with three consecutive top-five finishes…Came in 24th place at the Bradley Pink Classic to help lead the team to an eighth-place finish out of 31 total teams.
2016 Outdoor: Competed in all eight meets…Set PRs in the 800m (2:09.97) and 1500m (4:42.42) races…Finished in the top 10 in 13 out of 15 races, including two first-place finishes…Won the 800m prelim (PR) with the fifth fastest time in program history before taking third (2:11.62) in the finals at the OVC Championship (5/14)…Claimed the 800m title at the SIUE Gateway Invite (4/16) with a time of 2:15.12…Member of 4x400m squad to place third at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (4/30) with a time of 3:45.49…Took third in the 800m ( 2:11.36) at the Georgia Tech Invitational (4/23)…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2016 Indoor: Competed in eight meets…Accumulated 12 top-10 finishes…Ran fastest 1000m in program history for an indoor season with a time of 2:53.33…Set PRs in the 600m (1:38.18), 1000m, mile (5:16.44) and 3000m (10:59.35)…Member of distance medley relay team to set the indoor program record time of 11:58.34 in a 14th-place effort at the Meyo Invitational (2/6)…Won the mile title at the SIUE Dual Meet (1/29) with her PR…Won the 600m (PR) and 1000m (PR) at the Fred Wilt Invitational (2/13) and Redhawks Invite (2/19), respectively…Part of 4x400m team to place second at the Missouri Invitational (1/15) with a time of 3:59.10.
2015 Cross Country: Ran in all six races…Finished first or second on the team in every race…Earned Second-Team All-OVC honors at the OVC Championships with a 12th-place finish in 18:01.9…Finished in the top-100 in every single race. Paced the women’s team at the Commodore Classic (56th, 18:08.8)…One of five Redhawks to finish in the top-100 (43rd, 17:34.77) out of 436 competitors at the Chile Pepper Festival…Finished in 99th place at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:08.1.
2015 Outdoor: Saw action in seven meets…Set PRs in the 800m (2:12.94) and the 1500m (4:58.95)…Helped team to a first-place finish in the 4x400m (3:55.47) at the Joey Haines Invitational…Placed 10th in the 800m (PR) and helped finish eighth in the 4x400m (3:57.97) at the OVC Championships…Had five top-five finishes…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2015 Indoor: Competed in six meets…Named Southeast Scholar-Athlete…Set PRs in 600m (1:39.67), 800m (2:16.06) and mile (5:18.09)…Placed first in the 800m (2:22.60) and the distance medley relay (13:40.39) vs. SIUE…Had four top-five finishes.
2014 Cross Country: Saw action in all seven meets of the 2014 season ... Had two 8th-place finishes, once at the Gabby Reuveni Early Bird and the second at the Saluki Invitational... Took 41st at the Bradley Classic with time of 22:11... Finished 17th at the OVC Championships with a mark of 18:12.
2014 Outdoor: Competed in five meets... Helped the 4x400 relay team to a 4th-place finish and the 4x1600 relay team to a 3rd-place finish at the OVC Championships... Ran a 2:18 800m race at the OVC Championships... OVC Medal of Honor recipient... Member of the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2014 Indoor: Competed in six meets... Won the 400m at the Redhawks Invite with a time of 1:02... Won the 800m at the SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet with a time of 2:31... Helped the distance medley relay team to a fourth-place finish at the OVC Championship.
2013 Cross Country: Competed in five meets in 2013... Placed 12th at the SIUE Cross Country Challenge... Finished 51st at the OVC Championships (11/2) with a time of 19:55.
Prep: Graduated from North County High School in Bonne Terre, Mo.…Lettered all four years as a mid-distance runner…PR for in the 400 meter event was 59.36 seconds and 800 meter was 2:22; both a school record…Earned all-conference and all-district honors in both events as well as qualified for the state championships…Earned Distance Runner of the Year all four years…Also a stand-out softball player earning all-conference and all-district honors…Excelled in the classroom as a member of National Honors Society and graduated in the top ten of her class.
Personal: Born Feb. 26, 1995…Daughter of Tom and Stephanie Parks…Sister, Alison, runs for the Southeast track team... Majoring in Exercise Science.
