Career Best
Shot put
Indoor 14.06 m, Southland Conference Championship, 2/23/17
Outdoor 14.30 m, Bobby Lane Invitational, 3/25/17
Discus Throw
Outdoor 48.98 m, LSU Alumni Gold, 4/21/18
Performance List
2020 Outdoor Season: Canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor Season: Competed in the shot put in six meets during the season ... threw her season-best mark of 43-11.25 at the Southland Conference Championship taking ninth overall at the meet ... finished in the top-10 three other times with a pair of seventh place finishes at the Texas A&M Invitational (42-5.25) and LSU Purple Tiger (41-8.75) ... threw for 43-3.25 and took eighth at the Houston G5-Super 22 Invitational.
2018 Outdoor Season: Competed in the shot put and discus events at eight total meets during the season…had five top-10 finishes in the shot put with a bronze position at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (43-9 ¾)…took fourth at the ULM Warhawk Invitational (42-4), sixth at the MSU Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes La. Challenge (39-10 ½), eighth at the SLC Outdoor Championships (45-0 ¼) and ninth at the LSU Alumni Gold (41-6 ½)…earned six top-10 finishes in the discus including three podium finishes and one event victory at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (153-1)…took the silver position in back-to-back meets at the ULM Warhawk Invitational (149-1) and LSU Alumni Gold (160-8) setting a new career best at the LSU meet…placed fourth at the McNeese Last Chance (145-8), sixth at the MSU Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes La. Challenge (136-8 ½), and eighth at the TCU Invitational (140-8)
2018 Indoor Season: Competed shot put at five meets during the season with one top-10 finish…took seventh at the TAMU Ted Nelson Invitational with a mark of 41-9 ¼ (12.73m)…best throw of the year came in the SLC Indoor Championships with a distance of 43-2 ½ placing 12
th overall
2017 Outdoor Season: Participated in six meets in the shot put and discus throw… won a gold medal at the SLC Outdoor Championships in the discus throw (153-11) for a team season-best and personal-record result and came up short in the shot with a foul… was selected for the 2017 LSWA’s All-Louisiana Track and Field Team in the discus… improved her personal record in the shot put (46-11) at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational where she placed fifth.
2017 Indoor Season: Competed in the SLC Indoor Championships in the shot put event and placed fifth (46-1 1/2) which started her collegiate personal record.
High School: Attended Langham Creek High School and graduated with a 3.45 GPA...as a sophomore, ran 25.6 in the 200, 56.8 in the 400, and ran in the 4x200 and the 4x400 relay, also was a regional qualifier for the shot put and discus...as a junior, qualified for regionals in the shot put and discus, ran 58.2 in the 400 and competed in the 4x400 relay...in senior year, qualified for regionals and qualified for the state championship in the shot put in discus...best marks in the shot put were 44' and 147' for the discus...
Personal: Daughter of Tony Runnels and Sonja...double majoring in hospitality management and tourism and business administration...life's ambition is to achieve her greatest potential as a person and to tap into all of her gifts.
