Ames TFRRS
Personal Records
Indoor 600 meter - 1:39.75 (Meyo Invitational, 02/07/15)
Indoor 800 meter - 2:15.42 (Music City Challenge, 02/09/18)
Outdoor 800 meter - 2:16.53 (Hilltopper Relays, 04/06/18)
Outdoor 1500 meter - 4:29.27 (Conference USA Championships, 05/11/18)
Indoor mile - 5:13.17 (Vanderbilt Invite, 01/29/16)
Indoor 3000 meter - 10:21.77 (IU Relays, 01/26/18)
Outdoor 5000 meter - 17:45.50 (C-USA Championships, 05/12/18)
3000 meter steeplechase - 11:28.20 (Hilltopper Relays, 4/11/15)
2016-17 (Junior) - (Academic Honor's): C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
... WKU Deans List, Fall 2017 ... WKU President's List, Spring 2018.
(Indoor): Was a part of the distance medley relay team that took first at the Indiana Relays (12:37.62), while placing eigtht with a time of 5:18.83 in the mile... Placed 12th at the Gene Edmonds Open in the 3000m race, clocking a 10:59.64... Crossed the finish line in 10:46.98 in the 3000m race at the C-USA Championships in El Paso, Texas... Also was on the distance medley relay team that placed 10th, clocking a 12:35.83.
(Outdoor): Turned in a season-best finish (third) at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:52.29... Posted a 11:57.20 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Hilltopper Relays, placing sixth... At the C-USA Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, Ames tallied a 12:11.65 in the 3000m steeplechase (15th) and a 20:22.42 in the 5000m race (33rd).
2015-16 (Sophomore): (Indoor): Opened up the season at the Gene Edmonds Open running a 5:22.57 mile, placing sixth... Was also on the 4x400m relay team that earned eigtht with a time of 4:26.96... Clocked a 5:14.01 at the Commodore Invite in the mile to finish 26th.
(Outdoor): Competed at the Memphis Tiger Invitational in the 1500m race, tallying a time of 5:00.83 to place 25th... At the C-USA Championsips in Birmingham, Alabama, Ames crossed the finish line in 4:54.14 in the 1500m to finish 19th... Also ran in the 5000m race, placing 36th with a time of 19:07.11.
2014-15 (Freshman) - (CC): Ames was the lone rookie and one of four Lady Toppers to race in all six meets during the 2014 cross country season…She scored for the Lady Tops at the C-USA Cross Country Championships with a season-best 5K time of 18:39.14 that earned her 44th-place honors…Ames was also WKU's No. 5 finisher at the NCAA Southeast Regionals, where she posted a career-best 6K time of 23:19.87.
(Indoor): Ames raced in five meets during her first indoor season, which was highlighted by her running a leg on WKU's fifth-place distance medley relay at the C-USA Indoor Championships.
(Outdoor): Ames posted three Top 10 finishes in her five outdoor meets, included a fifth-place effort in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Kentucky Relays…She clocked her season-best steeplechase at the Hilltopper Relays in 11:28.70, which was good for seventh at the meet…Ames placed 12th in the steeplechase at the C-USA Outdoor Championships with a time of 12:27.68.
HIGH SCHOOL: Ames joins the Lady Toppers following a standout cross country and track career at Althoff Catholic High School. The distance specialist was a two-time Illinois State Cross Country Finals qualifier, finishing 11th in 2013 with a personal record clocking of 17:53. Ames also qualified for the Illinois State Finals on the track, finishing sixth in the mile run in 2013.
