TFRRS Profile
Career Accolades:
- NCAA DII National Championship Qualifier (2025) (First Ever GU Female To Do So)
- NCAA DII Atlantic Regional Runner Up (2025)
- PSAC Individual Champion (2025)
- PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2025)
- All-PSAC Second Team (2024)
2025: Her sophomore season was historic and arguably the best season a Gannon women's cross country runner has ever had ... qualified for the NCAA National Championships with a runner up finish at the D2 Atlantic Regional ... became the first ever Gannon female runner to do so ... placed 91st at NCAA Championships in Kenosha, WI ... Was the first female Gannon runner to claim the individual PSAC title, securing a time of 22:17.00 ... placed second at the YSU Meet out of 46 runners.
2024: Turned in a terrific freshman campaign ... Was 18th overall and first among Gannon runners at the PSAC Championships with a 23:17.1 ... Achieved a career best 6k time of 22:15.1 at the NCAA Atlantic Regional, finishing 33rd ... Was named to the 2024 All-PSAC Second Team ... Had several other top finishes, including a second place result at the Bethany Bison Invitational ... Had a career best time in the 5k (19:16.8) at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational ...Â
High School: Finished in the Top 5 at the NYSPHSAA Section VI Cross Country Championship (2020-2023) while competing for Silver Creek (N.Y.) High School … qualified for the NYSPHSAA Cross Country State Championships in 2023 … served as a captain for both the cross country (2022 and ’23) and track & field teams (2024) and was a CCAA First on Team Award recipient for Cross Country (2021-2023) and CCAA First on Team Award for Track (2024) … was a top 3 finalist at NYSPHAA Section VI Outdoor Track and Field Championship … set school record in the Girls Outdoor Track and Field 3000-meters in 2024 … earned Silver Creek Cross Country Black Knight Award (2022-2023) and was Silver Creek Central School Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame Inductee in 2024 … CCAA Sportsmanship Award recipient in 2024 … outstanding student who was the Silver Creek Central School Valedictorian … received NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Award (2020-2024) and All-WNY Scholar Athlete Award (2024) … member of National Honor Society (2022-2024) and received College Board National Rural and Small Town Academic Excellence Award, Business and Marketing Honor Society (2023-2024) other awards include NYS Comptroller Academic Achievement Award, NYS Academic Excellence Award, NYS Seal of Civic Readiness, NYS Seal of Biliteracy.
Personal: Majoring in Physical Therapy (3+3) … daughter of Marianne and Ronald Bowers … has two brothers (Joseph and Samuel) … cousin McKayla Polowy was a member of the swimming team at Fredonia State University.
Career Bests:
5k Place: 2nd, YSU Meet (2025)
5k Time: 18:36.5, YSU Meet (2025)
6k Place: 1st, PSAC Championships (2025)
6k Time: 21:22.5, NCAA DII Atlantic Regional (2025)
