Bio

As a Senior: USTFCCCA all-South Region...SSC all-championship Team...CoSIDA Academic All-District...USTFCCCA All-Academic...SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll...Competed in all eight events during her final Spartan season…Placed 19th at the USF Open in 18:14.57 (9/6)…Recorded her fast 5k time of the season at the FSU Invite in 18:40.87 (10/11) while cutting her time by 18.23 seconds from the Louisville Invite (10/5)…Finished ninth in the SSC Finals with her best 6k time of 22:39 (10/26)…Participated in the NCAA Regional crossing the line in 11th in 23:12.50 (11/9)…Concluded her senior season at the NCAA Finals with a 6k time of 23:33.00 (11/23).

As a Junior: Competed in six events…Finished ninth in the Jim Ryun Invite (9/14) with a 5K time of 22:30.80…Had a season best 5K time of 21:17.53 in a 25th place performance at the Early Bird Classic (8/31)…Placed 18th in the SSC Championships (10/20) with a season best 6K time of 24:05.60…Was 18th in the Saint Leo Invite (9/29) with a 6K time of 24:36.63…Also participated in the USF Open (9/7) and Florida State Invite (10/5).

As a Sophomore (Loyola New Orleans): Competed in all seven cross country meets, including the SSAC Championship and NAIA National Championship…Finished seventh at the Loyola Wolf Pack Invitational (19:56.02)…Finished eighth in the SSAC Championship with the second-fastest time in Loyola history for a 5K (19.37.05).

As a Freshman (Loyola New Orleans): Competed in all five meets…Ran a 5K-best of 20:32…Also competed in the 800M, 1500M, 5000M and half marathon for the track squad…Set a school record in the half marathon at the NAIA National Championship (1:33.27).

High School: Ran for Dick Beebe at Fenwick High School…Received honors of Most Improved Runner, MVP and all-conference and all-regional…Lettered three years in cross country and one year in soccer.

Personal: Has a family of athletes as father played football for St. Joseph’s College in Indiana, sister played soccer at the University of Toledo and her other sister ran cross country at Creighton University…Has two sisters, Stephanie and Angela, and a brother, Austin…Daughter of Vicki and Brian Righeimer…Advertising and public relations major…Birthdate: 4/10/1992.