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2019 Outdoor: Finished third in the 5000m (18:01.37) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/3/19)... placed 30th in the 5000m (17.56.35) at the Big Ten Championships (5/10/19)

2019 Indoor: Competed in the 2019 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and finished in 24th place with a time of 5:15.12 (2/1-2).

2018 Cross Country: Opened the cross country season with a 26th place performance (21:16.5) at the Paul Short Gold (9/29/18)... finished 19th (21:49.1) at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational (10/12/18)... finished 53rd (21:37.0) at the Big Ten Championships (10/28/18)... finished 14th (21:33.5) at the NCAA Regional Cross Country Championships (11/9/18)... finished 227th (22:18.5) at the NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/17/19)

2018 Outdoor: Began her season at the Maryland Invitational (3/17) placing 2^nd in the 5000 (17:31.62).

2018 Indoor: Began her season running the mile (4:59.24) at the Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13)…placed 1^st at the Terrapin Invitational (1/20) in the 3000m (9:54.54)…placed 1^st at Penn State National (1/26-27) in the mile (4:55.87)…ran a season best in the 1000m (2:59.12) at Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/2-3)…ran a seasons best in the 800m (2:17.64) at the Spire NCAA D-1 Indoor Track & Field Classic (2/9-10)…finished her season at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-24) placing 5^th in the Distance Medley Relay (11:25.37) and running a personal best in the mile (4:54.38).

2017 Cross Country: NCAA Mid-Atlantic Qualifier…Began her season placing 1^st in the Salty Dog Invitational (9/9) in the 6k (22:28.5)…competed in the Paul Short Gold (21:04.9)…placed 9^th in the Princeton XC Invitational (10/14) in a 6k (21:45.2)…competed in the Big Ten Cross Country Championships (10/29)…finished her season with a personal best 6k (20:53.3) at the NCAA Division 1 Mid-Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships (11/10).

2017 Outdoor: Competed at five events…placed 7th in the 800m (2:20.93) at the Maryland Invitational (3/18)…ran the 800m in 2:19.53 at the Colonial Relays (3/30-4/1)…had a top 15 finished in the 800m (2:18.21) at the Virginia Quad (4/8)…ran a career best 2:18.02 for 10th in the 800m during the Hopkins Invitational (4/14)…placed 11th in the 800m (2:18.61) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/5).

2017 Indoor: Competed at two events…ran the 800m in 2:23.76 at the Armory Track Invitational (2/3-4)…ran a season best 2:21.51 in the 800m at the SPIRE NCAA D1 Indoor Track Meet (2/10-11).

2016 Cross Country: Academic All-Big Ten…competed at the Salty Dog Invitational, finishing in 24:28.71 (9/10). 

2016 Track: Did not compete this season

Before Maryland: Ran for Freehold Township High School…earned All-American honors four times, three for the 4x800m and one time for the distance medley relay…won the 2014 New Balance Indoor Nationals for the 4x800m…finished second in the New Balance Outdoor Nationals…holds the New Jersey state record in the indoor and outdoor 4x800m…possesses the Monmouth County record for the outdoor 800m…holds multiple Freehold Regional high school records…won the 800m at the 2014 NJSIAA Sectionals Central Group IV…notched wins at the 2014 Indoor and Outdoor Monmouth County Championships…won the 2013 and 2014 Merli Invitational…participated in the Championship of America finals for 4x800m at the Penn Relays in 2013 and 2014…participated in the Milrose Games in 2014…lists personal bests of 1600m – 4:59.86, 800m – 2:11.21, 400m – 11:10.15, 5000m – 18:37.86.

Personal: Daughter of Douglas and Maureen Bracher…wrote for her school newspaper in high school…lists her sports hero as Steve Prefontaine.