Hall of Fame
Arient is one of the top runners in the history of the Flyer women's cross country and track and field teams earning a total of 11 All-American honors and won a combined six national championships (five track and field and one cross country). She still holds the school record for the fastest time in the 5K at 16:31 which she set as a freshman and holds the second fastest time in the 6k at 21:06. As a freshman in 1996, she won the Great Lakes Valley Conference championship and was named the Women's Runner of the Year and Freshman of the Year covering the 5,000 meter course in a Championships-record time of 17:18 to lead the Flyers to a 24-point margin of victory over defending champion Wisconsin-Parkside.
Later that season at the NCAA Championships in Arcata, Calif., she led the Flyers to a third place finish at the meet finishing second in a time of 18:00.5. The following season she became the school's first national cross country champion when she won the NCAA II meet with a time of 17:31 as the Flyers went 1-2-3 in the race and finished second in the championships behind Adams State. She also won the GLVC Championship in 1998.
In track and field she was a nine-time All-American and won back-to-back national championships in the 5,000 meter and 10,000 meter runs at the 1997 and 1998 Outdoor NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. She also won the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in her freshman year. She still holds the school record in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 34:41.31. She holds the second fastest time in the indoor 3,000 meter run with a time of 9:47:47, the indoor 5,000 meter run with a time of 16:23.30 and the outdoor 5,000 meter run with a time of 16:25.48. In 2016, Arient was selected to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association's (USTFCCCA) and in 2017 she was selected to the Great Lakes Valley Conference's Hall of Fame.
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