2018-2019 (Track): Qualified for the USA Track and Field Junior Team with a seventh-place finish at the USATF Cross County Championships (2/3) in Tallahassee, Florida.
2018 (Cross Country): Finished third in her first collegiate 5K with a time of 18:19.5 at the EIU Walt Crawford Open (8/31) … Cut this personal best by half a minute at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (9/28), with a time of 17:49.65 … Marked a personal best in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/9) with a time of 21:43.7.
High School: Two-time team captain and four-year letterwinner in cross country … Captain and four-year letterwinner in track … Three-time All-State, four-time All-Region honoree in cross country … Two-time All-State recipient in track … 2016 OAA Red Cross Country champion … Helped lead the Maples to back-to-back state cross country titles in 2014 and 2015 … Competed against current Wildcat Ashley Ko and fellow signee Sielle Kearney in high school … National Honor Society Vice President … National Merit Scholar … Academic All-State
Personal: Daughter of Teresa and Craig McCardell … Dad ran cross country at Wayne State University … Anticipated major is industrial engineering or economics.
2018 (Cross Country): Finished third in her first collegiate 5K with a time of 18:19.5 at the EIU Walt Crawford Open (8/31) … Cut this personal best by half a minute at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (9/28), with a time of 17:49.65 … Marked a personal best in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/9) with a time of 21:43.7.
High School: Two-time team captain and four-year letterwinner in cross country … Captain and four-year letterwinner in track … Three-time All-State, four-time All-Region honoree in cross country … Two-time All-State recipient in track … 2016 OAA Red Cross Country champion … Helped lead the Maples to back-to-back state cross country titles in 2014 and 2015 … Competed against current Wildcat Ashley Ko and fellow signee Sielle Kearney in high school … National Honor Society Vice President … National Merit Scholar … Academic All-State
Personal: Daughter of Teresa and Craig McCardell … Dad ran cross country at Wayne State University … Anticipated major is industrial engineering or economics.