Distance/Cross
Country
Fr./Fr./Fr.
Columbiana, Ohio
South Range High
2007 XC (Freshman): Scored in
all four meets in which she ran,
placing as YSU’s top runner twice
and second runner twice ... finished
47th at the Horizon League
Championships (20:56.7) ... ran the
5K a season-best time of 19:59 at
Notre Dame ... ran the 6K at the
Great Lakes Regional in 24:41.84.
High School: Set the Inter-Tri County League record in the 5K ... was
a Wendy's High School Heisman nominee, which is a national award presented
annually to one male and one female
high school senior who best
exemplify the designation of
scholar-citizen-athletes ... placed
17th as a senior at the Ohio State
Cross Country Championship ... was the Northeast
District champion in cross country as a senior at the Trumbull County
Fairgrounds ... finished sixth
at the Youngstown
Regional held at Boardman High
School as a senior ... during her
junior track season she was the
Division III Mahoning County
champion in the 3,200-meters by
nearly two minutes, and she placed
second in the county in the 800 and
the 1,600 ... collected All-Ohio
honors as a junior in the
3,200-meters in track by finishing
eighth in the state ... finished
fifth in the 3,200m as a senior at
the Division III Region 9 meet ...
finished second in the 3,200m and
fifth in the 1,600m across all
divisions in Mahoning County as a
senior ... also competed in track and basketball
... was the valedictorian of her class.
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Linda Witmer ... has three sisters (Kelcie,
Taylor and Brianne) ... Kelcie is also a freshman on the cross country and track
and field squads ... both of her parents attended YSU ... born Feb. 14, 1989 ...
recipient of Leslie H. Cochran
Scholarship, which is YSU's top
academic award ... academic interest is food and nutrition. |