Gannon University Athletics

Career Accolades

• 2023 All-Atlantic Region
• 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team
• 2023 All-PSAC Second Team
• 2022 All-PSAC Second Team
• 2021 All-PSAC Second Team
• 2020 All-PSAC First Team
• 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 2023-24 PSAC Scholar-Athlete 
• 2022-23 PSAC Scholar-Athlete 
• 2021-22 PSAC Scholar-Athlete
• 2020-21 PSAC Scholar-Athlete
• 2019-20 PSAC Scholar-Athlete
• 2020-21 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
• 2021-22 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award
• 2022-23 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award

TFRRS Profile
 
2023: Became Gannon’s first four-time All-PSAC performer thanks to an 18th-place showing at the PSAC Championships despite battling an injury, earning second team All-PSAC honors … covered the 6K course in a time of 24:07.0 … she is a three-time second-team honoree along with first team honors in 2020 … added All-Region accolades for the first time two weeks later thanks to a 24th-place finish in the NCAA Div. II Atlantic Regional … recorded a personal-best time for a 6K race with a time of 22:02.1 while moving up 20 spots from the 2022 race … competed in six races in all, finishing as one of Gannon’s top two runners in each race … was the individual champion in the Race at the Park with a time of 16:12.3 over the 4K course … was 17th while competing against a strong field in the  Live in Lou Cross Country Classic with a time of 19:27.3 (5K).

2022: Competed in all eight of Gannon’s races and came in either first or second for the Golden Knights in each one … earned second team honors thanks to a 21st-place showing, covering the 6K course in a time of 23:25.8 to become a three-time All-PSAC performer … followed that up with a 44^th-place showing in the NCAA Div. II Atlantic Regional with a time of 23:37.6 (6K) … opened the season with a second-place finish in the Fredonia State Invitational (16:02.98 – 4K) and was second in the Race in the Park (20:48.2 – 5K) … in both instances finished just behind teammate Cait O’Rourke … was Gannon’s top finisher in the Bill Lennox Invitational, placing seventh with a time of 23.25 (6K) ... was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) 2022-23 Academic All-District Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Team.

2021: Earned All-PSAC honors for the second straight season … finished 27th at the conference championships to earn second team honors following a time of 24:14.8 over the 6K course … one of three GU All-PSAC runners … two weeks later fell just shy of All-Region honors while making a huge improvement in her second time at the NCAA Atlantic Regional, finishing 35th … posted a season-best 6K time of 22:48.5, the second-best time among the Golden Knights … came in seventh at the Doug Watts Open (23:55), one of five races she competed in … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors for the third straight year and was a USTCCCCA All-Academic honoree for the first time.
 
2020: Competed in all three meets in an abbreviated season due to COVID-19 which took place in the spring of 2021 … earned first team All-PSAC honors thanks to a 13th-place showing with a time of 19:20.0 … the time is the best of her career for a 5K course … captured first place at the Gannon Invitational with a time of 21:01.2 (5K) … a PSAC Scholar-Athlete and also named a D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient.
 
2019: Ran in six meets … top showing came in the Gannon/Mercyhurst Invitational, finishing 26th with a time of 21:17.0 (5K) … placed 78th in first PSAC Championships (25:00.1 6K) and then followed with a 109th-place finish in the NCAA Atlantic Regional (24:23.0 6K) while knocking off over 30 seconds from PSAC meet … PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

High School: Attended Eden Christian Academy in Sewickley, Pa. … earned three varsity letters for coach Walburn and coach Gronbeck, and also a letter winner in track & field.
 
Personal:  Working on double major in Finance and Marketing with a minor in Digital Media … daughter of Nicole and Brian Steele … both parents competed in cross country and track & field at Robert Morris University … has two sisters (Alaina and Caitlin).
 
Top Performances:
Best 4K Finish: 1st (16:12.3) at the Race at the Park, 2023
Best 4K Time: 16:12.3 (1st) at the Race at the Park, 2023
Best 5k Finish: 1st (21:01.2) at the Gannon Invitational, 2020
Best 5k Time: 18:57.4 (11th) at the Harry F. Anderson Invitational, 2022
Best 6k Finish: 7th (23:55) at the Doug Watts Open, 2021 and at the Bill Lennox Invitational (23.25)
Best 6k Time: 22:02.1 (24th) at the NCAA Div. II Atlantic Regional, 2023