Lewis University Athletics

2016-17 Highlights: Recipient of the Br. David Delahanty Award – given to Lewis student-athletes for academic excellence - and named to Academic All-GLVC Team... earned GLVC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week... competed in the NCAA Outdoor Championships (May 25-27) for the 800 meter run (18th, 2:11.99)... recorded a personal-best in the 600 meter (1:34.60)... recorded a personal-best in the outdoor 800 (2:08.98)... recorded a personal-best in the 1500 meter run (4:41.78)... ranked second in the GLVC for the indoor 800 meter run... ranked second in the outdoor 800 and fifth in the outdoor 1500 meter run... finished in the top three 16 times through eleven meets...recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award.

2015-16 Highlights: Recipient of the Br. David Delahanty Award - given to Lewis student-athletes for academic excellence…GLVC Track Athlete of the Week (April 13)…earned a first place finish in the 800-meter dash (27.23) at the Lewis Twilight (April 26)…captured the 400-meter dash title with a time of 56.32 at the Cougar Invitational (April 23)…recorded personal best time in the 800-meter run with a NCAA Provisional time of 2:11.70 at the Chicagoland Championships (April 9)…took home the 800-meter dash title with the NCAA Provisional time of 2:14.35 at the GLVC Championships…victorious in the 400-meter dash (57.50) at the Cardinal Classic (Feb. 19)…claimed 400-meter dash title with a personal-best mark of 59.38 at the NAIA vs. NCAA Challenge (Jan. 23)…first overall in the 600-meter run (1:38.43) at the Illiana Invitational (Jan. 15)…collected NCAA Provisional mark to lead team at the Dr. Keeler Invitational (May 12) after finishing fourth overall in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:11.40…runner-up in 800-meter run (2:13.95) at the Crusader Open (April 30).

2014-15 Highlights: Earned All-American status with a sixth-place showing in the 4x400 relay (3:43.65) at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships (May 23)…named GLVC Outdoor Freshman of the Year…dubbed to both the USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor All-Midwest Region Teams…placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a NCAA Provisional time of 2:12.87 at the Dr. Keeler Invitational (May 8)…won gold medals at the GLVC Outdoor Championships (May 2) in both the 800-meter run (2:12.23) and the 4x400 relay (3:48.32)…set a new school-record in the 4x400 relay with a NCAA Provisional time of 3:43.47 at the Hillsdale Track and Field Classic (May 7)…raced her way to first-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:13.78) at the Kansas Relays (Apr. 16)…ran a leg of the first-place distance medley relay (12:10.79) and the second-place 4x400 relay (3:58.1), as well as runner up in the 800-meter run (2:18.92)  at the GLVC Indoor Championships (March 1)…helped the distance medley relay to a school-record time of 11:38.62 at the Cardinal Classic (Feb. 20)...recipient of the Br. David Delahanty Award - given to Lewis student-athletes for academic excellence - and named to Academic All-GLVC Team.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field; and a three-year letterwinner in basketball for Princeton...three-time team MVP in cross country, two-time team MVP in track and field and team MVP in basketball as Princeton's leading scorer her senior year...ran a leg of Princeton's seventh-place 4x800 relay at the 2011 IHSA State Championships...member of both the Honor Roll and the All-Academic Three Rivers Conference Team...four-year member of student council and served as Vice President as a senior...daughter of Mark and Julia Mead...major is elementary and special education.

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