2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

Don Wright
David Bracetty
Don Wright
Mike Schnelle
Don Wright
Emilee Andrews
Don Wright
Don Wright
Mike Schnelle
Don Wright
Julie Friend

Julie Friend

  • Year
    Redshirt Senior
  • Height
    5-5
  • Hometown
    Markleysburg, Pa.
  • High School
    Uniontown

Biography


TFRRS Performance List

2017 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
Earned NCAA All-America status … tabbed USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year … voted PSAC Athlete of the Year … named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team … received USTFCCCA all-region laurels … selected to All-PSAC First-Team … captured individual regional title … won individual title at league championships … named PSAC Athlete of the Week (Sept. 5) … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors … competed in all seven races … recorded five top-five finishes … earned four individual titles … posted a team-best finish in six events … won the Marty Uher Invitational by nearly three minutes with a time of 23:40.8 … placed second overall with a time of 23:33 at the Bethany Invitational … led team and finished in 24th place at the Stegemoller Classic with a time of 18:54.2 … captured the individual title with a time of 24:04.92 at the Eden Hall Invitational … won the individual crown at the PSAC Championships by nearly one minute with a time of 22:07.8 … claimed the individual title by over 40 seconds with a time of 20:36.7 at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships … led team and placed 22nd overall at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 21:29.8 … earned D2ADA Academic Achievement Award and PSAC Scholar-Athlete status (2017-18) ... member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)

2016 (SENIOR)
Redshirted … selected a CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American … voted to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team … received PSAC Scholar-Athlete laurels (2016-17) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2016, Spring 2017)

2015 (JUNIOR)
Earned USTFCCCA all-region honors … received All-PSAC First-Team laurels … garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic honors … ran in seven of eight events … posted team-best finish in seven races … registered six top-10 finishes with a pair of individual titles … claimed the individual victory with a time of 12:10 at the Marty Uher Invitational … placed second overall with a time of 18:56.4 at the Saint Vincent Invitational … recorded the individual title with a time of 22:26.79 at the Osprey Open … finished in second place with a time of 22:28.9 at the Mack Cooper Invitational … placed fourth overall with a time of 22:01.4 at the PSAC Championships … posted a time of 20:45.8 to finish in third place at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships … registered a time of 21:52.60 to place 67th overall at the NCAA National Championships … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete honors (2015-16) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)

2014 (SOPHOMORE)
Qualified as an individual for the NCAA National Championships … received USTFCCCA all-region status … earned All-PSAC First-Team honors … garnered USTFCCCA All-Academic laurels … named PSAC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 6) … ran in eight events … captured four individual titles … recorded team’s best finish at each race … finished first overall with a time of 18:51.03 at the Fordham Ed Joyce Memorial … ran a time 11:21.8 to win the Vulcan Invitational … claimed the individual title with a time of 21:27 at the Lehigh Paul Short Run … finished second overall with a time of 22:48.8 at the Slippery Rock Mack Cooper Invitational … won the individual title with a time of 21:47.74 at the Lock Haven Go Fast River Run … placed 13th overall with a time of 22:09.9 at the PSAC Championships … ran a time of 22:51.8 to finish in seventh place at the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championships … posted a time of 23:04 to finish 119th overall at the NCAA National Championships … earned PSAC Scholar-Athlete status (2014-15) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Spring 2015)

2013 (FRESHMAN)
Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic status … ran in four of six races … finished third overall with a time of 17:54.9 at the Ohio Valley Challenge … placed second on the team and fifth overall with a time of 22:42.0 at the Kutztown Division II Challenge … finished second on the team and 27th overall with a time of 21:52.0 at the NCAA Atlantic Regional … received PSAC Scholar-Athlete laurels (2013-14) … member of Cal U AD Honor Roll (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Uniontown … four-year letter winner, four-time county champion, three-year district medalist, district champion, three-year state medalist … Track & Field … FCA, National Honor Society, Science Olympiad

PERSONAL
Daughter of Douglas and Regina Friend … earned NCAA All-America status four times in track & field (steeplechase: 2014, 2016, 2018; 3K: 2018) … named the 2017 PSAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year … tabbed the 2016 PSAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year … selected the 2014 PSAC Outdoor Freshman of the Year … competed in 3K steeplechase at 2014 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships … holds the all-time PSAC record in the steeplechase … holds five individual school records (indoor: 3K, 5K; outdoor: 5K, 10K, steeplechase) … majoring in exercise science and health promotion (rehabilitation science) (master's) … completed undergraduate degree in biology (pre-medicine) with a minor in chemistry in spring 2017

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2014Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2015Junior

    5'5"
  • 2016Senior

    5'5"
  • 2017Redshirt Senior

    5'5"