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Senior (2016)
Kicked off her first senior 5K finishing sixth for Arkansas and ninth overall at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 1) … Assisted Arkansas placing seventh in Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) … Finished the SEC Championship placing 10th with a time of 21:28.90 (Oct. 28) … Competed as third-best performer and 11th best overall, earning her All-Region honors in the NCAA South Central Region 6K with a time of 20:50.20 (Nov. 11)… Ended the outdoor season at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship finishing third-best for Arkansas (Nov.19)
Junior (2015)
Posted a fourth place finish at the UC Riverside Invitational (Sept. 12) … Finished with the second best time for Arkansas at 20:40.30 ... Raced in the Chile Pepper Festival finishing sixth (Oct. 3) ... Crossed the line in a time of 16:39.98 placing fourth for Arkansas ... Competed in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (Oct. 16) ... Placed 78th overall with a time of 20:46.70 and fifth for the Razorbacks ... Set a personal record of 20:21.00 at the SEC Championships (Oct. 30) on her way to a 12th place finish ... The personal record also propelled her to a fifth place finish for Arkansas at the 6K meet in College Station, Texas ... Ward built upon the momentum at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 13) with a 10th place finish ... She ran a time of 20:21.20 finishing third amongst Arkansas runners ... Capped off her Junior season at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) finishing 103rd with a time of 20:50.40 ... Ward crossed the line third for the Razorbacks on the Louisville, Kentucky course.
Sophomore (2014)
Competed in seven of the eight races … Won the Hurricane Cross Country Festival (Aug. 30) … Placed inside Arkansas’ top five in three races … Set personal-best in the two-mile (11:13.00), 5-kilometer (16:39.60) and 6-kilometer (20:54.21) … Collected her first individual title in her first race of 2014 by winning the Hurricane Cross Country Festival (11:13; Two Mile) ... Placed sixth at the adidas/UCI Invtiational and ran 5K time of 17:46.1 ... Posted a 5K time of 17:12.22 to finish seventh at the Missouri Southern Stampede (Sept. 20) ... Placed seventh at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4) where she ran a personal-best 5K time of 16:39.60 ... Posted a 118th-place finish at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational with a 6K time of 21:28.00 … Earned a 28th-place finish at the SEC Championship (Oct. 31), where she ran a personal-best 6K time of 20:54.21 … Finished the year with a 181st-place finish at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 22) with a 6K time of 21:46.70.
Freshman (2013)
Competed in four meets … Earned a sixth-place finish at the Arkansas Duels in her collegiate debut race … Ran a season-best 5k time of 17:51.60 at the Chile Pepper Festival to finish 14th … Posted a 59th-place finish at the SEC Championships with a 6K time of 22:08.77.
High School
A nine-time state champion in cross country and track at Beggs High School ... Named to the Oklahoma All-State team four times ... Won three state championships in cross country ... Earned an Oklahoma state title in the 800m, 1,600m, and 3,200m ... Holds the Oklahoma state record time in the 3,200m at 10:38.38 ... Collected the USATF youth National Championship in the 4x800m relay (twice), 1,500m (twice) and the 3,000m ... Named a USATF All-American in the 800m (twice) and the 1,500m during her time with the Jenks America Track Club.
Personal
Born on May 13, 1994 ... Daughter of James and Julie Ward ... Has three siblings, Talor, Grant and Jayce ... Her father was selected as one of Oklahoma’s all-time greatest high school athletes since Oklahoma’s statehood ... Sister Talor plays basketball at Oklahoma Christian University ... Majoring in geology.
- 2015 All-Region
- 2015 Second Team All-SEC
Senior (2016)
Kicked off her first senior 5K finishing sixth for Arkansas and ninth overall at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 1) … Assisted Arkansas placing seventh in Pre-Nationals (Oct. 15) … Finished the SEC Championship placing 10th with a time of 21:28.90 (Oct. 28) … Competed as third-best performer and 11th best overall, earning her All-Region honors in the NCAA South Central Region 6K with a time of 20:50.20 (Nov. 11)… Ended the outdoor season at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship finishing third-best for Arkansas (Nov.19)
Junior (2015)
Posted a fourth place finish at the UC Riverside Invitational (Sept. 12) … Finished with the second best time for Arkansas at 20:40.30 ... Raced in the Chile Pepper Festival finishing sixth (Oct. 3) ... Crossed the line in a time of 16:39.98 placing fourth for Arkansas ... Competed in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (Oct. 16) ... Placed 78th overall with a time of 20:46.70 and fifth for the Razorbacks ... Set a personal record of 20:21.00 at the SEC Championships (Oct. 30) on her way to a 12th place finish ... The personal record also propelled her to a fifth place finish for Arkansas at the 6K meet in College Station, Texas ... Ward built upon the momentum at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 13) with a 10th place finish ... She ran a time of 20:21.20 finishing third amongst Arkansas runners ... Capped off her Junior season at the NCAA Championships (Nov. 21) finishing 103rd with a time of 20:50.40 ... Ward crossed the line third for the Razorbacks on the Louisville, Kentucky course.
Sophomore (2014)
Competed in seven of the eight races … Won the Hurricane Cross Country Festival (Aug. 30) … Placed inside Arkansas’ top five in three races … Set personal-best in the two-mile (11:13.00), 5-kilometer (16:39.60) and 6-kilometer (20:54.21) … Collected her first individual title in her first race of 2014 by winning the Hurricane Cross Country Festival (11:13; Two Mile) ... Placed sixth at the adidas/UCI Invtiational and ran 5K time of 17:46.1 ... Posted a 5K time of 17:12.22 to finish seventh at the Missouri Southern Stampede (Sept. 20) ... Placed seventh at the Chile Pepper Festival (Oct. 4) where she ran a personal-best 5K time of 16:39.60 ... Posted a 118th-place finish at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational with a 6K time of 21:28.00 … Earned a 28th-place finish at the SEC Championship (Oct. 31), where she ran a personal-best 6K time of 20:54.21 … Finished the year with a 181st-place finish at the NCAA Championship (Nov. 22) with a 6K time of 21:46.70.
Freshman (2013)
Competed in four meets … Earned a sixth-place finish at the Arkansas Duels in her collegiate debut race … Ran a season-best 5k time of 17:51.60 at the Chile Pepper Festival to finish 14th … Posted a 59th-place finish at the SEC Championships with a 6K time of 22:08.77.
High School
A nine-time state champion in cross country and track at Beggs High School ... Named to the Oklahoma All-State team four times ... Won three state championships in cross country ... Earned an Oklahoma state title in the 800m, 1,600m, and 3,200m ... Holds the Oklahoma state record time in the 3,200m at 10:38.38 ... Collected the USATF youth National Championship in the 4x800m relay (twice), 1,500m (twice) and the 3,000m ... Named a USATF All-American in the 800m (twice) and the 1,500m during her time with the Jenks America Track Club.
Personal
Born on May 13, 1994 ... Daughter of James and Julie Ward ... Has three siblings, Talor, Grant and Jayce ... Her father was selected as one of Oklahoma’s all-time greatest high school athletes since Oklahoma’s statehood ... Sister Talor plays basketball at Oklahoma Christian University ... Majoring in geology.