2012 (Track): Captured the bronze medal at WAC Outdoor Championship in the 1500-meters with a time of 4:35.19…finished fourth at WAC Indoor in the mile posting a personal best 4:57.34, which ranks second all-time in indoor history…posted a new personal best result of 2:56.49 in the 1000-meters at Sunset Meet #5, which ranks third in all-time outdoor school history and a new personal best result in 800-meter event at Stanford Invitational of 2:10.98, which ranks sixth all-time…named academic all-WAC.
2011 (Track): Won the silver medal in the 1500-meter run at the WAC Outdoor Championship…also finished seventh in the 800-meters with a time of 2:16.85…ran a seasonal-best time of 2:11.50 in the 800-meter prelims at WAC Outdoor…season-best 1500-meter time of 4:27.72 at the Mt. SAC Relays ranks third all-time in school history…captured the bronze medal in the 800-meters at WAC Indoor with a personal-best time of 2:12.97…also placed fifth in the 3000-meter run with a PR time of 9:57.08...named academic all-WAC.
2010 (Cross Country): Competed in six meets and was the top team finisher in all of them…posted the season’s top 4K time of 14:57.66 at the Big Wave Invitational which placed first overall…posted her personal best and the season’s top 5k time of 17:10.7 at the Santa Clara Invitational which placed her fifth overall…posted the season’s top 6K time of 22:23.22 at the NCAA West Regionals which placed 135th overall.
2010 (Track): Redshirted.
2009 (Cross Country): Competed in four of seven meets and was a top 5 team finisher in all of them…was the team’s top finisher and placed 44
th at the 5k Dellinger Invitational with a time of 17:53:10…posted the season’s top 5k time of 17:23 at the Santa Clara Invitational which placed her sixth overall…finished runner-up at the 4k Big Wave Invitational.
Prior To UH: Attended the University of Tulsa for two years…participated on the Golden Hurricane’s cross country and track and field teams…NCAA Midwest Regional qualifier in the 800-meter run…member of the distance medley team along that set a school-record with a time of 11:28.21 at the 2007 Tyson Invitational…finished fifth at the 2008 C-USA Outdoor Championships in the 800-meter run (2:14.30).
Prep: A 2006 graduate of Tavadale High School in Napier, New Zealand… established New Zealand secondary school’s 800-meter record with a time of 2:08.13, finishing first in the 2006 Senior Girls 800-meters...was a 2006 New Balance Award recipient for track...finished 11
th in Senior Girls cross country (4 km)...in 2007, finished second in the Senior Women’s 800-meter...posted a third-place finish in the Senior Girls 1,500 meters in 2005...set personal-record times of 2:08.13 in the 800-meters, 57.8 in 400-meters and 4:36.00 in the 1500-meters.
Personal: Born in Napier, New Zealand…intends to major in economics…has one brother and one sister…parents are Leigh and Deane Aitken of Napier, New Zealand.
