Career Highlights:
- Peach Belt Conference Elite 15 Award Winner (2014)
- Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll (2013)
2015 (Junior): Recorded career-best times in 3,000-meter run (11:49.00) and 10,000-meter run (44:25.55)…Competed in 3,000-meter steeplechase (13:02.03) at PBC Championships (4/18)
2014 (Sophomore): Recorded career-best times in 1,500-meter run (5:25.86) and 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:19.20)…Finished top-10 in 3,000-meter steeplechase at PBC Championships (4/19)
2013 (Freshman): Recorded career-best time in 5,000-meter run (20:42.86)…Finished sixth in 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:53.23) at PBC Championships (4/20)
High School: Graduated from Northside High School in Columbus, Ga.…Ran cross country and track for coaches John Cobis, Teresa Roberts and Joe Sanders…Earned 12 varsity letters in her high school career…Led team to first region championship in school history in her senior season…Holds school’s mile record (5:35) and two mile record (12:25)…Named to the All-Bi City Team for cross country in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and for track in 2009.
Personal: Daughter of George and Carolyn Parsons…Favorite food is chicken spagetti… Lists her parents as the most influential people in her life…Likes to spend time with her family and friends and reading in her spare time…Most memorable athletic achievement is helping Northside win its first region championship…Has volunteered with the Columbus Museum and the Solider Marathon.
