Lewis University Athletics

2006-07: Academic All-GLVC, recipient of Lewis[apos] Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... competed in seven indoor and six outdoor meets ... during the indoor season, garnered All-America honors by finishing eighth in the 800 (2:14.03) at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships ... was part of the distance medley relay team which won the GLVC title and broke a Lewis indoor record at the GLVC Indoor Championships (12:04.68) ... secured her NCAA provisional in the 800 with a second-place run at the Dick Pond Invitational (2:14.73) ... won the mile at Indiana Gladstein (5:10.24) and the Dick Pond Open (5:18.66) ... was second in the 800 at the Indiana Relays (2:16.85) ... took third in the 800 at the GLVC Indoor Championships (2:16.06) ... during the outdoor season, ran an NCAA provisional mark in the 1500 at the Missouri Relays (4:41.89) ... earned All-GLVC honors with a second-place finish in the 800 at the GLVC Outdoor Championships (2:14.83) ... won the 1500 (4:48.46) and took second in the 800 (2:19.90) at the Austin Peay Invitational ... finished second in the 1500 at Benedictine (4:46.30) ... was second in the 800 at North Central[apos]s Old Fashioned Meet (2:16.29). 2005-06: Academic All-GLVC and Delahanty Award recipient ... registered an NCAA indoor provisional qualifying time of 2:17.15 in the 800 at Wisconsin-Stevens Point[apos]s Pointer Qualifier ... second in the 800 and a member of the Flyers[apos] fourth-place distance medley relay team at Chicagoland indoor ... sixth in the mile at the indoor Division II Challenge ... won the 800 at the Lewis Invitational ... posted an NCAA outdoor provisional qualifying time of 4:42.74 in the 1500 at Indiana[apos]s Billy Hayes Invitational ... sixth in the 1500, eighth in the 800 and a member of the Flyers[apos] eighth-place 4x400 relay team at Chicagoland outdoor ... fifth in the 1500 at the outdoor Division II Challenge ... won the 800 at North Central[apos]s Old Fashion Meet ... was a member of the Flyers[apos] 4x400 relay team that ran a season-best 4:14.25 at the outdoor Division II Challenge ... was a member of the Flyers[apos] 10th-place sprint medley relay team at the Drake Relays. 2004-05: Academic All-GLVC, Delahanty Award recipient and a Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... fourth in the 800 at GLVC outdoor ... eighth in the 800 at Division II Challenge ... member of 4x800 relay team that finished 11th in a school-record 9:50.53 at Drake Relays ... member of sprint medley relay team that ran a Lewis season-best 4:09.88 at Drake Relays ... fourth in the 800 and fifth in the mile at GLVC indoor ... third in the 800 and fourth in the mile at Chicagoland indoor ... member of distance medley relay team that ran a Lewis season-best 13:04.58 at Iowa State. High School/Other: Lettered four years in track and field ... was a member of Williamsburg[apos]s 4x800-meter relay team that won four consecutive state titles, improving the school[apos]s state record for successive 4x800 crowns to eight, and anchored the team her junior and senior seasons ... the 4x800 squad ran a state-record 4:29 her junior year ... as a senior, was all-state, elite all-state, state runner-up in 1500 meters and distance medley relay, and team MVP ... distance medley team set school record of 4:12 that year ... as a junior, was all-state, elite all-state and team MVP ... ran a school-record 4:50 in the 1500 meters that season ... all-state, elite all-state and team[apos]s distance MVP as a sophomore ... set school record of 10:44 in 3000 meters that year ... all-state, elite all-state and team[apos]s distance MVP as a freshman ... earned four varsity letters in cross country ... helped team qualify for the state championship meet all four years ... as a senior, was all-state, all-conference and the team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner ... all-state, state runner-up, all-conference, team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner and a TV 9/Hardee[apos]s Athlete of the Week as a junior ... set school record of 15:01 for 2.5 miles ... as a sophomore, was all-state, all-conference and team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner ... all-conference and team[apos]s Most Valuable Runner as a freshman, when she set the school record for fastest state championship two-mile time (12:01) ... high honor roll student ... National Honor Society president ... student council vice president. Personal: Daughter of Terry and Peg Wertz ... finance major ... in 2005 cross country, earned all-conference honors with a sixth-place finish at the GLVC Championship and was the GLVC women[apos]s cross country Scholar Athlete of the Year.