Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010 ... Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete ... Carries a cumulative 4.00 GPA through three years at NAU ... Majoring in communication studies.

Personal Bests: 2:17.58@ 800m 4:56.71@ 1,500m  5:16.78 Mile 

2014 Track & Field: Competed at five meets in her final indoor season... Ran a career-best 1:38.33 in the 600m run at the NAU Invitational... Helped the women's DMR to a fifth place finish at the Don Kirby Elite, clocked at a time of 12:29.26... Competed in the 800m run at the Big Sky Indoor Championships... Finished up her NAU career in impressive fashion, running personal bests of in both the 800m (2:13.99) and 1500m (4:41.09) runs during the outdoor season... Competed at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 800m run to help the Lumberjack women to a team title...

2013 Track & Field: Only indoor competition was the NAU Tune-Up, where she ran the 800 meters in a time of 2:23.51@ ... Improved slightly with her outdoor opener in the 800m at the Willie Williams Classic (2:22.69), and clocked in at 4:53.04 in the 1,500m for a season best ... 800m season best came at the Beach Invitational (2:18.06).

2012 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2012 Track & Field: Had a respectable sophomore year both indoors and outdoors ... Was fifth on the team in the 800 meters after running a then personal-best time of 2:17.58@ at the NAU Open ... Season best mile finish indoors was 5:12.76@ at the Mountain T's Invite ... Again beat her PR in the 800m outdoors, running 2:16.55 at the Beach Invitational ... Best and only 1,500-meter time of 4:50.89 came at the ASU Invitational ... Finished her year at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, placing 17th in the prelims of the 800m.

2011 Cross Country: Only saw action in one race in an injury-shortened season ... Placed 29th at the George Kyte Classic, finishing in a time of 19:44.1.

2011 Track & Field: Saw action in six meets during her first year in uniform ... Competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 1,500-meter run during the outdoor season ... Best 1,500m time came at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite (4:56.71@) ... At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, scored first-career Big Sky point with an eighth-place finish in the mile run ... Was a member of the distance medley relay team that placed sixth overall.

2010 Cross Country: Placed 118 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships and turned in a 6K time of 23:34.2 in season finale … In a return to her home state, finished third on the women’s team, and 29th overall (16:58.9), at the Big Sky Championship from Cheney, Wash. … Turned in 64th-place finish in the ‘open’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals for a career-best 6K time of 23:16.8 … Ran to second-place finish at the Grand Canyon/ Southwestern Invite, crossing the finish line in a time of 19:18.2 … In first 6K of the season, finished 170th at the Stanford Invitational (24:43) … Opened collegiate career at the Aztec Invite, placing 52nd in a time of 19:59.1.

High School: Graduated from Enumclaw High School in 2010 … Ran cross country and track over her four years, serving as the captain her senior season … Was the SPSL 3A cross country girls athlete of the year for 2008 … Won the Towel Award for eight letter during high school career … Also claimed the Chuck Smith Outstanding Athlete award … Broke the Enumclaw freshman record in the 3,200m, running 11:47 … Her team was state qualifiers for four years, and SPSL 3A league champions twice.

Personal: Born to Paul and Judy Gwerder on April 29, 1992 … Has two brothers, Caleb and Jeremy, and one younger sister, Aleea … Also considered Portland, Pacific and Oregon State before choosing NAU.