OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD FRESHMAN (2019) Opened up at the RCC Invitational and clocked a 400-meter hurdles time of 63.91, a personal-best mark good for first place overall ... Posted a personal-best time of 15.09 (+0.4 wind) in the 100-meter hurdles at the Baldy Castillo Invitational to take 12th place ... Ran the open 400 meters in 60.16 at the UCR Spring Track Classic.
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD FRESHMAN (2019) Clocked a personal-best time of 59.46 in the 400-meter spring at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational to take sixth place ... Ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.97 at the Colorado Invitational, good for a personal-best time ... Competed in the 400 meters (61.66) and 60-meter hurdles (9.18) at the MPSF Championships while also running a leg on the 4x400-meter relay team.
WHEATON ACADEMY Graduated in 2018 ... Holds 16 school records, won five individual conference championships, six sectional championships and four All-State honors ... Won the state championships in the 300-meter hurdles as a junior and earned a runner-up finish as a senior ... Won back-to-back USATF Youth National Championships in the 400-meter hurdles during junior and senior years ... Named Team MVP all four years.
PERSONAL Daughter of Steve Best and Marlisa Swaney ... Has one younger brother ... Has yet to declare a major but is considering psychology ... Volunteered her time to Feed My Starving Children.