2020

Outdoor

• Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
• Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

• Competed at all seven meets with the Illini
• Ran in the 800m at Big Ten Championships
• Clocked a personal-best finish time in the 800m of 2:11.74 to place 15th at the Alex Wilson Invitational
• Took second place in the 600m at the Illini Invitational, timing 1:37.64

2019

Outdoor

• Set an outdoor PR in the 800m at the War Eagle Invite, recording a finish time of 2:15.16 to place sixth
• Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

• Competed in the 800m at four meets
• Timed a personal-best in the 800m at the Iowa State Classic with a finish of 2:14.92
• Placed third in the 800m at the Illini Invitational, timing 2:15.19

2018

Cross Country

• Set a new 5K PR at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational with a finish time of 19:12.10
• Placed 25th overall at the Illini Open with a finish time of 19:20.1
• Academic All-Big Ten

Track & Field

• Academic All-Big Ten 

2017

Cross Country

• Made her Illini cross country debut at the Illini Open, finishing third on the team with a 5K time of 19:37.2

Indoor

• Contested the 800m at three meets, including a sixth place finish at the Illini Classic
• Timed a season-best 2:16.39 in the 800m at the Music City Challenge

High School

• Owns Lyons Township school record in the 800m
• Placed eighth at IHSA State Championships, timing 2:15.71.
• Ranked seventh in IHSA as a senior 
• Three-time All-State selection
• Lowered her personal-record time to 2:14.41, while placing eighth at the state meet in 2016 
• Placed in the top-50 at IHSA Championships in 2015

Personal

• Daughter of Tom and Christine Flaherty
• Born June 5, 1998
• Father, Tom, played football at Northwestern
• Has three siblings, Tara, Catherine and Thomees
• Hobbies include fashio ndesigning and sewing
• Inspired by Leah O'Conner
• Picked Illinois for its array of athletic and academic resources
• Plans to launch her own line of fashion 
• Cites her dad as her biggest influence and aims to make him proud by following in his footsteps 

Flaherty's Personal Bests

Indoor Track

600m - 1:37.64 - Illini Invitational (1/25/20)
800m - 2:11.74 - Alex Wilson Invitational (2/22/20) 

Outdoor Track

800m - 2:15.16 - War Eagle Invite (4/20/19)

Cross-Country
5K: 19:12.10 - Loyola Lakefront Invitational (9/29/18)

Updated July 2020