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2017 Cross Country Roster

Eilish Overby

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Eureka
  • Hometown Grover, Mo.

Biography

2017 Cross Country: Ran in six meets...Totaled three top-50 finishes...Finished in the top-20 at the Walt Crawford Open (9/1) with a time of 19:23.2...Placed 18th at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival (9/8) in 19:55.5...Ran a 18:45.5 5K at the OVC Championships (10/28) for 44th...Finished 186th (22:49.3) at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/10).
 
2017 Outdoor: Ran in seven meets...Had two top-5 finishes...Set a personal-best in the 800m in 2:17.97 at the Ole Miss/ Joe Walker Invitational (3/24) for 13th...Finished fifth in both of the 4x400m relay (4:18.70) and 800m (2:24.15) at the Gibson Invitational (4/14)...Placed 17th in the 1500m at the OVC Championships (5/11) in 4:51.68 and 18th in the 800m in 2:21.57...Earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for a perfect 4.0 GPA...Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
 
2017 Indoor: Competed in seven meets...Notched three top-5 finishes...Placed second (2:27.95) in the 800m at the SEMO vs. SIU-Edwardsville Dual (12/9)...Took second (12:40.68) in the distance medley relay at the 2017 Indiana University Relays (1/27)...Ran a personal-best 600m in 1:40.93 for second at the 2017 Redhawks Invite (2/17)...Finished sixth (12:46.78) in the DMR at the OVC Championship...Also placed ninth in the 4x400m relay in 4:09.71 and 12th in the 800m in 2:20.48.

2016 Cross Country: Ran in six meets…Totaled two top-50 finishes…Came in 24th at the Gabby Reuveni (9/2) with a time of 15:33.8…Finished in 26th (18:56.5) at the Rebel Invitational (9/9)…Placed 61st at the OVC Championship (10/29) with a time of 19:05.4.

2016 Outdoor: Did not compete…Earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for a perfect 4.0 GPA…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2016 Indoor: Competed in five meets…Notched two top-five finishes…Set PRs in the mile (5:19.67) and 3000m (11:30.61) races…Picked up a pair of second-place finishes at the SIUE Dual Meet (1/29) in the 800m (2:24.40) and distance medley relay (13:48.46)…Finished in 12th place in the 800m at the Fred Wilt Invitational (2/13) with a time of 2:27.

2015 Cross Country: Ran in four races…Finished in 36th place at the Gabby Reuveni Early Bird (16:36).

2015 Outdoor: Saw action in seven meets…Set PRs in the 3000m (10:42.05) and the 10,000m (38:28.20)... Helped team place fifth in the 4x400m (4:37.23) at the Joey Haines Invitational…Placed fourth in the 3000m (11:06.61) at the ASU Red Wolf Open… Placed fourth in the 5000m (18:32.58) at the Joey Haines Invitational…Finished sixth in the 10,000m (PR) at the OVC Championships…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2015 Indoor: Competed in six meets…Set PRs in 800m (2:21.31) and mile (5:22.50)…Finished first in the distance medley relay vs. SIUE (13:40.39)…Helped team to second place finish in 4x800m relay (9:50.74) at the Illini Classic…Recorded three top five finishes.

2014 Cross Country: Competed in four meets in 2014... Finished 64th in her NCAA debut at the Forest Park Cross Country Festival with a time of 20:16... Followed that up with a 24th-place finish at the Saluki Invitational with a time of 20:38... Best finish of the season came at the Louisville Classic in a time of 19:36. 

Prep: 2014 graduate of Eureka High School... Lettered all four years... Was the state champion in the 4x800 relay her senior season... Was named all-conference and all-state in cross country her senior year... Was a Renaissance student... Also played soccer.

Personal: Born March 30, 1996... Daughter of David Overby and Michele Wolfe... Majoring in Public Relations.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior