2021 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
NIL Opportunities
2021
- Ran a season best 20:52.7 in the 6k at te Redbird Invite, placing sixth
- Placed 46th at NCAA Midwest Regionals with a time of 21:33.81
- Placed 56th at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 21:54.7
- Ran a 20:53.9 in the NCAA Pre-Nationals, third Illini to finish, 71st overall
2020-21
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- Placed 68th overall at the NCAA Championships in 21:15.9, the first Illini to finish
- Placed ninth overall at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 20:45.5
- Was the first Illini woman to finish at the Big Ten Championships for the fourth consecutive year
- Sits in seventh place in school history in the 6k
2019
- Earned NCAA Midwest All-Region Honors, placing 14th overall and crossing second for the Midwest Regional Champion Illini with a 6k finish time of 21:04.4
- Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week on Sept. 5 after winning the Illini Open on Aug. 30 with a 5k finish time of 16:58.1, which ranks eighth-fastest in Illinois program history
- First Big Ten Athlete of the Week for Illini women's cross country since Britten Petrey on October 23, 2015
- Ran the seventh-fastest 6k in program history at the Buckeye Preview, timing 20:37.3 to place third overall
- Led the Illini at Big Ten Championships, finishing 18th overall with a 6k time of 20:50.6
- Finished first for the Illini in five of the seven meets she contested
- Crossed third for the Illini at NCAA Championships
- USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Academic All-Big Ten
2018
- Led the Illini at Big Ten Championships, placing 43rd with a season-best 6K finish time of 21:18.9
- Crossed third for Illinois at the NCAA Midwest regional, recording a time of 21:26.9 to place 38th
- Clocked a 5k PR finish time of 17:30.35 at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational to place 19th
- Placed 15th at the Commodore Classic with a time of 17:51.8
- Competed in five meets for the Illini, finishing in the Illinois top-three at all five meets she contested
- Academic All-Big Ten
2017
- Led the Illini in every meet of her true freshman season
- Finished 40th at NCAA Midwest Regionals with a 6K PR of 21:07.5
- Placed 45th at Big Ten Championships, sixth best among all freshmen
- Has set a new 5K career-best in each of her first three meets
- Timed 17:36.93 at the Greater Louisville Classic to lead the Illini
- Placed 29th overall at the Battle in Beantown with a time of 17:53
- Made her collegiate debut at the EIU Walt Crawford Open
High School
- Ranked No. 4 nationally in the 1600m
- Two-time medalist at OHSAA State Championships
- 2017 OHSAA State Track and Field 1600m Runner-Up
- 2017 OHSAA State Track and Field 3200m third place
- 2014 OHSAA State Cross Country third place
- 2017 Track and Field Gazette MVP and Athlete of the Year
- Six-time All-Ohio between cross country and track
- Seven-time Northeast Ohio All-Conference
- Coached by Kerry Hunter
Personal
- Born April 16, 1999
- Daughter of Greg and Beth Craddock
- The second of four children: Sara, Emily and Hannah
- Chose Illinois for its unique campus and balance of city life, campus life and agriculture for running
- Summa Cum Laude 2013-2017
- National Honor Society Member
- Credits her dad for pushing her to be her best
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