2020

Outdoor

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

Indoor

• Competed in the 3K at Big Ten Championships and at five additional meets for the Illini over the course of the season
• Set a 3K PR at the Music City Challenge, recording a finish time of 9:56.33
• Recorded a PR in the Mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational, timing 4:58.67

2019

Cross Country

• Scored for the Illini at Big Ten Championships, clocking a 6K personal-best finish time of 17:49.3 to place 50th overall
• Set a 5K PR at the John McNichols Invite, timing 17:49.3
• Competed with the Illini at the Midwest Regional and at NCAA Championships
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree
• Academic All-Big Ten

Outdoor

• Competed in the 3000m Steeplechase for the Illini at B1G Championships
• Ran the eighth-fastest Steeplechase in Illinois program history at the War Eagle Invite, clocking a time of 10:34.55 to place third
• Placed first in the 1500m at the SIU Spring Classic with a personal-best finish time of 4:36.85
• Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

• Competed in the 3K at Big Ten Championships, timing 10:10.74
• Placed first in the 3K at the Illini Invitational, clocking a personal-best finish time of 10:04.46
• Placed fifth in the Mile at the Illini open with a PR finish time of 5:05.02

2018

Cross Country

• Crossed third for Illinois at Big Ten Championships, recording a 6K finish time of 21:58.1 to place 65th overall
• Set 6K personal-best at the Bradley Pink Classic, timing 21:46.4
• Clocked a new 5K PR at the Loyola Lakefron Invitational with finish time of 17:57.68
• Competed at five meets for the Orange and Blue, finishing in the Illini top-five at four of the five meets
• Academic All-Big Ten

Outdoor

• Timed 4:46.25 in the 1500m at Big Ten Championships
• Placed third in the 1500m at the Illinois Twilight with a time of 4:39.90

Indoor

• Contested the mile in her Illini debut, timing 5:18.90 at the Illinois Open
• Set 3K PR at Orange and Blue Open, timing 10:18.54

2017

Cross Country

• Set a new 6K personal record at the Midwest Regional, timing 22:11.1
• Second Illini through the chute at Big Tens, placing 85th with a time of 22:34.7
• Finished second on the team at the Ed Nuttycombe Invite, timing 22:35.4 in the 6K
• Lowered her 5K PR to 18:46.30 at the Greater Louisville Classic 
• Placed fourth on the team at the Battle in Beantown with a 5K mark of 18:50
• Made her collegiate debut at the EIU Walt Crawford Open, finishing 21st in the 5K with a time of 19:02.28

High School

• Three-time IHSA State Qualifier in the 800m
• Three-time IHSA Cross Country State Qualifier
• 2015 IHSA Class 3A 800m 6^th Place
• 2017 Meta Valley Athlete of the Year
• Coached by James Bruan and Alyssa Schneider
• Also lettered in basketball (two years) and diving (four years). 

Personal

• Born February 5, 1999
• Daughter of Keith and Christine Cast
• Has four siblings: Kendall, Connor, Carly and Christian
• Majoring in biology with plans to attend medical or dental school
• Magma Cum Laude of her graduating class
• Her sister, Kendall, is a senior on the University of Nebraska track and cross country team
• Enjoys helping with the Special Olympics program
• Favorite athlete is Serena Williams. 

Career-Bests

Outdoor
1500m: 4:36.85 - SIU Spring Classic (3/23/19)
3K Steeplechase: 10:34.55 - War Eagle Invite (4/19/19)

Indoor
Mile: 4:58.67 - Alex Wilson Invitational (2/22/20)
1000m: 2:56.62 - Wieczorek Invitational (1/18/20) 
3K: 9:56.33 - Music City Challenge (2/15/20)

Cross Country
5K: 17:49.3 - John McNichols Invite (9/21/19)
6K: 21:21.4 - Big Ten Championships (11/3/19)

Updated March 2021