Support Staff

2021 ROSTER

Name

Emily Bryce Aubrie Custer

Height Class Hometown

5-7 fr. Paisley, ontario 5-5 fr. Elkview, W. Va.

Last School

Saugeen District Senior School Charleston Catholic High School Katherine Dowie 5-7 r-Jr. Carisbook, Victoria, Australia Ballarat Clarendon College Samantha Hatcher 5-2 r-Jr. Morgantown, W.Va. Morgantown Hayley Jackson 6-0 5th Lusby, Md. Patuxent Maria Kaylor 5-7 So. Cincinnati, ohio Princeton HS Jo-Lauren Keane 5-4 So. Corofin, Co. Clare, Ireland St. Flananns College Peyton Kukura 5-5 r-Jr. Morgantown, W.Va. university Mikaela Lucki 5-11 r-Jr. Toronto, Canada Bishop Allen Academy Ceili McCabe 5-4 Jr. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Little flower Academy Malina Mitchell 5-6 r-Jr. McDonald, ohio McDonald Petal Palmer 5-9 So. Scarborough, ontario, Canada St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Sylvia Russell 5-8 r-Sr. Ajax, ontario, Canada J Clark Richardson Colligate Kase Torchia 5-6 fr. oceanport, n.J. Red Bank Catholic High School Mikenna Vanderheyden 5-7 r-Jr. Mount Brydges, ontario, Canada Strathroy District Collegiate institute Bree Warren 5-7 5th Belgrave, Australia Monash university Megan Weaver 5-6 So. Morgantown, W. Va. Morgantown Cassandra Williamson 5-2 So. Ajax, ontario, Canada Dunbarton Charlotte Wood 5-7 Jr. Bracebridge, ontario, Canada Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School Zara Zervos 5-6 fr. Moundsville, W. Va. John Marshall HS

By State/Province

ireland 1 Canada 8 Australia 2 new Jersey 1 ohio 2 West Virginia 5 Maryland 1

By Class

fr. 4

So. Jr. r-Jr.

5 2 6 r-Sr. 1 fifth Year 2

Pronunciation Guide

Katherine Dowie Dow-ee

Peyton Kukura

Koo-kur-a Ceili McCabe Kay-lee Mikenna Vanderheyden Vander-hey-den Zara Zervos Zar-A Kase Torchia Case Tor-SHA

Hayley

6-0 • 5th Year • Lusby, Md.

2020 (Sr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Made her season debut at the Panther Open, tallying an eighth-place finish after crossing the line in 19:48.2 • Placed 27th overall at the FSU Winter XC Classic with a 5k time of 20:53.5 • Competed at the NCAA Championships finishing in a time of 22:12.4 to place 183rd overall

2019 (Jr.)

• All-Big 12 • All-Mid-Atlantic Region • Academic All-Big 12 First Team • Big 12 Women’s Runner of the Week (9-24-2019) • Was one of three Mountaineers to tally a top-25 finish at the NCAA Mid-

Atlantic Regional, placing 12th with a season-best 6k time of 20:38.1 • Earned second-consecutive top-15 finish at the Big 12 Championship (one of four

Mountaineers to do so in 2019) after posting a time of 20:55.8 and placing 10th • Posted a time of 21:03.3 at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin

Invitational to finish in 69th place • Finished 30th at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival, crossing the finish line in a 5k time of 17:27 • Made her season debut at the Lock Have Invitational, tallying a topfive finish after crossing the line in 20:42, good for second place

2018 (So.)

• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (10/29) • Finished eighth overall at the Big 12 Championship (22:25), earning All-Big 12 accolades • Took 57th place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, crossing the finish line in 20:42 (6k) • Made her season debut at the Penn State National Open, logging a 13th-place finish in 20:59 (6k)

2017 (Fr.)

• Earned a 25th-place finish at the Big 12 Championship in 21:07.1 (6k) • Crossed the finish line in 58th place at the NCAA Mid-

Atlantic Regional with a 6k time of 21:26.6 • Made her WVU debut at Greater Louisville Classic in an 80th-place 5k finish (17:46.45) • Competed at the Penn State National Open, finishing 49th in a 6k time of 21:28

High School

• Ran at Patuxent High for coach Kris Jost • Accumulated 14 total state championships in high school career • Won three 2A state cross country champions • Won three 2A track championships as a senior • Won Maryland state indoor track championships in the 800 meters and 1,600 meters as a senior • Recorded state-record time in indoor 1,600, the fastest time in the country in 2016-17 • Broke Maryland state outdoor record in two-mile run (10:14) as a senior • Finished eight at the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals as a senior

Personal

• Daughter of Leah Walker • Birthday is October 6 • Enrolled in multidisciplinary studies • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll