Bio

2020-21 at Taylor:

Indoor: Posted a fifth-place finish in the high jump at the Crossroads League Championships clearing a height of 1.50-meters … Finished fifth in the 400-meters at the CL Championships and recorded a season-best mark of 1:00.62 … Claimed 11th place overall in the 200-meters at the league meet … Recorded a season-best 200-meter time of 27.15 at the IWU Midwest Classic … Grabbed a top-five finish in the 400-meters at the IWU Midwest Classic, ending fourth overall.

Outdoor: Competed in the 200-meters, 400-meters and 4x100-meter relay at the Crossroads League Championships … Clocked a season-best 400-meter time of 59.03 at the Indiana Tech Invite and claimed the seventh-fastest time in TU program history … Posted a season-best mark of 26.59 in the 200-meters at the league meet … Raced the 800-meters at the Huntington Invite and logged a time of 2:34.22 … Won the 4x400-meter relay at the George Glass Invite … Won the 4x100-meter relay at the Huntington Invite … Cleared a height of 1.49-meters in the high jump at the IWU Polar Bear Invite … Named NAIA Scholar-Athlete and awarded a spot on the Academic All-Crossroads League Team.

2019-20 at Taylor:

Indoor: Qualified with the distance-medley relay squad for the NAIA Indoor National meet … Finished All-Crossroads League in the distance-medley relay, notching third place … Set a 400-meter season-best mark of 1:00.58 at the GVSU Open … Claimed eighth place at the league meet in the 400-meters and 600-meters … Member of the 4x400-meter team that placed fifth at the CL Championships … Competed in the high jump at the Mastodon Invite, logging a mark of 1.43-meters … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

Outdoor: Outdoor season cancelled due to COVID-19.

Prep: Ran track and field under James Grounds and Conor Strain at Northview High … Four-time sectional champion in the 400-meters … Regional champion in the 400-meters in 2019 … Four-time Indiana State qualifier in the 400-meters … Four-time Western Indiana Conference champion in the 400-meters … Two-time Western Indiana Conference champion in the high jump … Conference champion in the 200-meters in 2017 … Holds the school record in the 400-meters and the 4x400-meter relay … Honor roll student … Class Salutatorian … President of the National Honors Society … Named Senior Class Vice President.

Personal: Daughter of Carrie and Dave Siples … Majoring in exercise science.