Bio

Personal Accolades

No. 1 fastest recorded Women’s Indoor Mile in Catawba T&F History – 5:06.79 (2-26-23), No. 4 – 5:14.13 (2-25-23)

No. 3 fastest recorded Women’s Indoor 3000m in Catawba T&F History – 10:10.26 (2-22-23), No. 4 – 10:32.50 (1-22-23)

No. 3 fastest recorded Women’s Outdoor 1500m in Catawba T&F History – 4:32.00 (5-13-23), No. 3 – 4:34.89 (5-4-23)

No. 3 Fastest recorded Women’s Outdoor 5000m in Catawba T&F History – 17:19.96 (4-7-23)

2023 All-Region (Indoor, DMR)

2023 All-Region (Outdoor, 800m and 1500m)

2023 First Team All-SAC (Indoor, DMR)

2023 Third Team All-SAC (Outdoor, 1500m)

2023-24 (Sophomore)

2022-23 (Freshman)

Competed in the 3000m, Mile, Distance Medley Relay, 1500m, and 800m…Appeared in 12 events across the indoor and outdoor seasons…Debuted at the COROS Collegiate Challenge on Jan. 22 and secured her first career win, taking the 3000m with a time of 10:32.50 while also placing seventh in the Mile with a 5:18.52 mark…Finished in the Top-10 13 times…Had an impressive showing at the DII Indoor Track & Field Pre-Nationals o Feb. 11-12, finishing fourth in the 3000m with a 10:10.26 effort and fifth in the Mile after a 5:18.00 time…Helped the DMR team to a time of 11:55.62 and second place ledger at the JDL DMR Invitational on Feb. 17-18…Put together an excellent performance at the South Atlantic Indoor T&F Championships on Feb. 25-26, with the highlight being part of the DMR team that took the win with a time of 12:21.77…Also placed fifth in the Mile and ninth in the 3000m with times of 5:06.79 and 10:24.78, respectively…Notched her best 800m performance at the Electric City Invitational on Apr. 14-15, placing fifth thanks to a 2:15.64 effort…Was strong again at the SAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 3-4, placing third in the 1500m and seventh in the 800m with times of 4:34.89 and 2:20.40, respectively…Finished the season with a fourth place effort in the 1500m at the Lee University Last Chance after a 4:32.00 mark

High School

Lettered four years in each of Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track…2022 NCHSAA 1600m State Champion…Named 2022 NCHSAA All-State in the 800m and 3200m…Named 2021 NCHSAA Cross Country All-State…Four-time Rocky River Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year…Three-time Stanly County Cross Country Champion

Personal

Daughter of Greg and Susan Almond…Born in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 19, 2004…Grew up in Locust, North Carolina