Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Member of the Villanova distance group during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons ... Was a first team All-American indoors in 2019 as part of the Wildcats distance medley relay squad ... Two-time BIG EAST champion in the relays and a seven-time All-BIG EAST performer overall during her Villanova career ... Ranked in the top-10 in school history in the 1500 meters as of the end of the 2019 outdoor season ... Competed at the IAAF World U20 Championships and was a USATF Junior Outdoor Champion in the 1500 meters during the summer of 2018 after her freshman year with the Wildcats ... Elite talent who developed into an impact performer on the national scene during her two years on the team.
 

Competed at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland during the 2018 summer season ... Ran in the preliminary heats of the 1500 meters and came in 11th in her heat with a time of 4:28.72 ... Earlier in the summer won the title in the 1500 meters at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships in Bloomington, Ind. ... Registered a winning time of 4:25.70 and won by a margin of just over a quarter of a second in what was a final-only competition.

2018: Named the Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ... Was the individual champion at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional ... Earned first team All-BIG EAST honors with a runner-up finish at the conference championships ... One of the top three finishers for Villanova in each of her four races during the season; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Made her season debut at the Wisconsin meet and came in third in the Villanova lineup with a time of 20:22.0 over 6000 meters ... The time was good for 29th place overall in a field of more than 200 runners ... The meet featured 15 nationally-ranked teams, including seven of the top-10 ranked squads in the most recent national poll prior to the race; BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Individual runner-up to teammate Caroline Alcorta at the conference meet ... Her time of 20:16.5 on the 6000 meter course at Northview Church was a personal best for that length cross country race ... Part of a team effort which saw the Wildcats win their record 16th conference title by a historically dominant margin ... Villanova had six of the top eight runners in the race and tied a program record by having nine runners finish in the top 20; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/9): Won the individual title and helped lead Villanova to the team title at the regional meet ... Earned all-region honors for the second straight year and posted a winning time of 21:02.2 on the 6000 meter course at Penn State ... Had a six-second margin of victory ... Part of a dominant team performance by the Wildcats, who won their 15th regional title all-time and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships ... Villanova had six all-region performers and a spread of less than a minute between the seven runners in its lineup; NCAA Championships (11/17): Came in second on the team with a time of 21:13.9 at the national meet ... Placed 119th overall and moved up 85 spots from where she finished as a freshman one year earlier.

2017: Competed in six meets during the season and was one of the Wildcats scoring runners four times ... Earned Mid-Atlantic All-Region honors; Main Line Invitational (9/15): Came in fifth overall and third on the team in her collegiate debut ... Posted a time of 16:55.6 over three miles on the Haverford course; Paul Short Run (9/29): Was the fourth Villanova runner across the finish line and came in 24th overall in the gold race with a time of 20:31.1 over 6000 meters; Penn State National Open (10/13): Finished in 21st place and was the team's fifth scoring runner with a time of 20:57.3; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Placed 23rd at her first career conference meet and crossed the finish line in 21:15.0; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10): Had her best race of the season, finishing third in the Villanova lineup and 14th overall with a season-best time of 20:29.2 ... Earned all-region honors and helped the Wildcats finish second in the team standings to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships; NCAA Championships (11/18): Registered a time of 21:39.7 and placed 204th overall at the national meet.

2019: Earned her first career All-America honor as part of the Wildcats distance medley relay ... Was the BIG EAST individual champion in the Mile ... Recorded personal best times in the 1000 meters, the Mile and the 3000 meters ... Competed at six meets in all during the year; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Tallied a first place finish in the 1000 meters with a personal best time of 2:46.51 in the first meet of the season ... Also ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay for a squad that cmae in third with a itme of 11:59.27; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/25-1/26): Led off the distance medley relay on the first night of the meet and helped Villanova win the race with a time of 10:59.98 ... Opened the race with a split of 3:25.76 over 1200 meters, with the Wildcats winning time qualifying the team for the NCAA Championships later in the year ... On the second day of the meet raced in the invitational section of the Mile and placed 10th with a time of 4:49.18; Villanova Inivtational (2/2): Recorded a first place finish and a personal best time of 4:37.79 in the Mile at the Wildcats home meet ... Easily eclipsed her previous top time of 4:45.72 which had been set in high school; Husky Classic (2/8): Raced in the 3000 meters and came in 21st at the high-level meet with a personal best time of 9:19.10; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Won the BIG EAST title in the Mile with a winning time of 4:38.35 in the final ... Also led the field of competitors during the preliminary heats with a time of 4:58.14 ... Helped the Wildcats win their record 16th team title at the conference meet and their fourth BIG EAST crown in the last six years; NCAA Championships (3/8): Garnered first team All-America honors as part of Villanova's distance medley relay ... Ran the leadoff leg of the relay with a split 3:23.20 on the 1200 meter leg of the race, more than two seconds faster than her opening leg in January when the Wildcats qualified for the NCAA meet ... Villanova finished in fourth place with a time of 10:56.04 to notch its best NCAA finish in the DMR since a second place finish in 2013 ... It also marked the 14th time the Wildcats had been All-Americans in the distance medley relay.

2018: Was a BIG EAST champion as part of the team's 4x800 meter relay and also earned individual All-BIG EAST honors in the 800 meters ... Competed in five meets during the season and registered personal best times in the 600 meters, the 800 meters and the 3000 meters; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/2): Came in fifth in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:43.00 in the first meet of the indoor season; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Came in first in the 600 meters and her time of 1:31.68 ranked as the second-fastest in school history ... Also led off the 4x400 meter relay for a squad which came in fifth with a time of 3:49.97; Columbia Challenge (1/26-1/27): Came in 21st in the seeded section of the 800 meters in 2:07.75 ... Led off the distance medley relay and helped Villanova finish second with a time of 11:11.76 ... Posted a split of 3:25.25 over 1200 meters on the first leg of the relay; David Hemery Invite (2/9): Recorded a personal best time of 2:04.92 in the 800 meters and notched a fifth place finish ... Her time put her sixth on the Wildcats all-time indoor peformance list in the 800 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Anchored the 4x800 meter relay to a conference title and was the runner-up in the 800 meters individually ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in both events and helped Villanova win the team title at the conference meet ... Ran a split of 2:08.42 on the anchor leg of the 4x800 relay to lead the Wildcats to the BIG EAST crown in the relay ... Posted a time of 2:06.43 in the final of the 800 meters ... Came in second in both the final and in the preliminary heats, when she posted a time of 2:13.38.

2019: Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary in the 1500 meters for the second straight year ... Helped the Wildcats win a Championship of America title in the 4x1500 meter relay at the Penn Relays ... Individual runner-up in the 800 meters at the BIG EAST Championships ... During the season lowered her persona best in the 1500 meters to a mark that ranked 10th on the all-time Villanova performance list as of the end of the season ... Competed at six meets overall during the outdoor campaign; Florida Relays (3/29): Came in seventh in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:06.24 in her first race of the outdoor season; Sam Howell Invitational (4/6): Posted a time of 2:07.35 in the 800 meters and came in fourth in the seeded section of the event; Cardinal Classic (4/20): Runner-up in the invitational section of the 1500 meters at Stanford with a lifetime best mark of 4:14.91 ... Lowered her previous personal best in the event by more than five seconds, earning her qualification to the NCAA East Preliminary meet for a second straight year and moving into the top-10 in school history; Penn Relays (4/25-4/27): Ran a leg of all three of the distance relays over three days at the 125th edition of the world's oldest and largest track & field meet ... Was a part of the Wildcats Championship of America title in the 4x1500 meter relay, in which she ran the second leg of the race ... Had the team's fastest split in the race with a time of 4:18.4 for her leg of the relay ... Paced Villanova to a big lead and the team went on to record a winning time of 17:39.26 ... Also ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay and anchored the 4x800 meter relay ... Tallied splits of 2:06.42 during the DMR race and and 2:11.59 on the 4x800 relay ... Villanova came in third in the DMR in 11:05.67 and eighth in the 4x800 relay in 8:58.88; BIG EAST Championships (5/10-5/11): Runner-up in the 800 meters at the conference meet ... Ranked third overall in the preliminary heats with a time of 2:14.48, then lowered her time to 2:07.05 to finish second in the final ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors for her finish and helped the Wildcats complete their second straight BIG EAST "triple crown" with conference titles in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field; NCAA East Preliminary (5/23, 5/25): Advanced to the national quarterfinal round of the 1500 meters ... Came in fourth in her heat and ninth overall in the first round heats to automatically move on to the next round ... Posted times of 4:19.85 in the first round and 4:27.40 in the quarterfinals ... Came in eighth in her heat and 22nd overall in the quarterfinal round.  

2018: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet and advanced to the national quarterfinal round of the 1500 meters ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors both individually in the 800 meters and as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 4x400 meter relay ... Helped Villanova win Penn Relays titles in the distance medley relay and the 4x800 meter relay ... Competed at a total of six meets during the season; Penn Challenge (3/24): Runner-up in  the 1500 meters with a time of 4:23.53 in the first meet of the outdoor season; Florida Relays (3/30): Came in 19th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.17 and anchored the 4x400 meter relay squad which placed 15th in the preliminary heats with a time of 3:44.69; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Competed in the elite section of the 1500 meters and crossed the finish line in 4:22.13 to place sixth in the race; Penn Relays (4/26, 4/28): Ran the 800 meter leg of the distance medley relay and the second leg of the 4x800 meter relay, with the Wildcats winning Championship of America titles in both races ... The victories were part of a 'distance triple' for Villanova, which won titles in all three of the distance relays (4x800, DMR, 4x1500) which are contested at the meet ... Had a split of 2:08.30 on her leg of the DMR and a split of 2:05.78 on her 4x800 relay leg ... Villanova recorded winning times of 11:01.94 in the DMR and 8:19.98 in the 4x800, with the latter time ranking as the second-fastest in school history and the sixth-fastest all-time during collegiate competition; BIG EAST Championships (5/11-5/12): Tallied a third place finish in the 800 meters and also ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay which came in third ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in both events ... Posted a time of 2:11.86 in the preliminary heats of the 800 meters and was ranked third overall going into the final ... Maintained that position with a time of 2:10.13 in the final ... Villanova recorded a time of 3:46.45 in the 4x400 relay ... Her efforts helped the Wildcats win the team title at the BIG EAST meet and complete a conference 'triple crown' for the 2017-18 academic year with team titles in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field; NCAA East Preliminary (5/24, 5/26): Advanced to the national quarterfinal round of the 1500 meters ... Recorded a personal best time of 4:19.99 in the first round heats, placing fifth in her heat and 18th overall to automatically move on to the quarterfinal round ... Registered a time of 4:26.43 and placed 18th overall in the quarterfinal heats, with her heat being run in a torrential downpour.

Patriot High School: Earned a total of 12 varsity letters competing in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... Two-time national champion and seven-time state champion ... Gatorade Virginia Girls Track & Field Player of the Year in 2017 ... Holds the Virginia indoor state record in the 800 meters ... Two-time Nike nationals qualifier in cross country ... Anchored her school's distance medley relay team to a Penn Relays high school girls Championship of America title in 2015 ... Qualifier for the adidas Girls' Dream Mile ... Millrose Games qualifier ... Three-time "Saluting Our Stars" honoree as one of the top academic achievers in Prince William County ... Principal's Award recipient in 2017 ... Also was a CYA track club coach. 

Personal: Born 8/4/99 in Fairfax, Va. ... One of three daughters of Heath and Lisa McArthur ... Has two sisters, Kim and Emily ... Hobbies include hiking, biking and painting ... Came to Villanova for its academic reputation, for the chance to be a part of a highly successful track & field program and for its location ... Was enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during her time on the team.