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2022 Women's Cross Country

Lizzie Simon

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Peoria, Ariz.
  • High School Mountain Ridge
  • Major Forensic Biology

Biography

2021 (Junior):

  • Raced in seven events for Embry-Riddle, posting a pair of top-10 finishes
  • Finished third at the OUAZ Spirit XC Invitational with a time of 19:58.3
  • Placed ninth at the Cal Pac Championships, crossing the finish line at 19:59.7
  • Finished 16th at the Embry-Riddle (AZ) Invitational (23:01.0) and 17th at the George Kyte Classic (18:28.9)
  • Dean's List

2020-21 (Sophomore):

  • Competed in all four events for ERAU
  • Second team All-Cal Pac
  • Top time came at the Cal Pac Championships (3/22/21) where she clocked a 19:28.8, a career best, to finish seventh
  • Honor Roll
  • Dean's List

2019 (Freshman):

  • Ran in six events for the Eagles
  • Second team All-Cal Pac
  • Finished 9th at the Cal Pac Championships
  • Ran to 225th at the NAIA National Championships
ERAU Career Bests
EventMarkMeet
5,000 meters19:28.8Cal Pac Championships (3/22/21)
6,000 meters23:25.4Highlander Invitational (10/19/19)

High School:

  • Most Outstanding Cross Country Athlete 2016
  • Most Outstanding Athlete Track 2017
  • All district cross country team for four years
  • All region cross country team for three years
  • Certificate of Arizona Technical Skill Standards (Bioscience)
  • Completed the Project Lead The Way Biomedical Science Program
  • Presented in a Capstone project on the effect of running on mood and behavior
  • Member of HOSA 2016-2017

Personal:

  • Daughter of Shawn and Amanda
  • I chose to attend ERAU because: "I have wanted to attend Embry-Riddle ever since the forensic biology program started and the fact that ERAU also has an amazing cross country team was just icing on the cake."

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

  • 2021Junior

  • 2022Senior