CAREER STATS
Carsyn Koch is one of the most accomplished athletes in Cedarville University athletics history.....returns for a fourth track & field season with the Lady Jackets.....did not participate in cross country during the 2017 season due to injury.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.
2016-17 - USTFCCCA Division II Midwest Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year.....repeated as NCAA Division II Indoor 800 meter champion in 2:05.65.....also earned All-America honors for third place distance medley relay unit that ran a school record 11:19.55.....USTFCCCA Division II Midwest Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year.....repeated as NCAA Division II Outdoor 800 meter champion in 2:05.21.....ran the fastest 800 (2:02.87) and 1,500 (4:12.19) of the Division II outdoor season.....qualified for the USATF Championships in the 1,500.....repeated as G-MAC Female Athlete of the Year as well as CU Female Athlete of the Year.....CoSIDA Academic All-America® First Team.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.....G-MAC Academic Team.....ran in five of the eight cross country meets.....CU’s #1 finisher at the NCAA II Championship in Saint Leo, Florida with a 21:54 performance over the 6K course.....placed ninth of 220 runners at the NCAA II Regional in Evansville, Indiana with a career-best 21:01 outing.....runner-up (22:56) at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Championship to earn G-MAC First Team honors.....produced a third-place showing of 172 participants at the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational with a time of 22:24 (6K).
2015-16 - Track season was second to none in Lady Jackets’ history.....U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in the 800 meters as school’s first undergraduate to ever qualify and placed 5th in her heat in Eugene, Ore......NCAA Division II National Champion in both the indoor 800 and outdoor 800.....ran the fastest outdoor 800 meters in Division II history with a mark of 2:02.39.....USTFCCCA Division II All-America First Team both indoors and outdoors.....NCCAA Indoor champion in the 400 and 800 and NCCAA Outdoor Champion in the 800 and 1,500.....repeated as NCCAA Outdoor Female Athlete of the Meet.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Region Team both indoors and outdoors.....G-MAC Indoor First Team with wins in the 400 and 800.....set school records indoors in the 400, 800, mile, and DMR as well as outdoors in the 400, 800, and 4 x 800.....the record-setting outdoor 4 x 800 meter relay of 8:59.84 at the Texas Relays also earned recognition as one of the 2016 Accusplit Relays of the Year.....tallied 44 individual indoor points and a team-high 84 individual outdoor points.....G-MAC Female Athlete of the Year and CU Female Athlete of the Year.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic.....G-MAC Academic Team.....ran in six of the seven cross country meets.....CU’s top finisher in five of the six meets.....finished third overall with a career 5K-best effort of 17:53 as Cedarville took the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) banner in Houghton, New York.....a career-best 21:46 in the 6K NCAA II Midwest Regional was good for a 25th-place finish among 224 competitors at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Michigan.....placed fifth in a pair of 5K meets - the Evansville Invitational (18:20) and CU’s Friendship Invitational (18:44).....NCCAA All-American.....USTFCCCA Divison II All-Region Team.
2014-15 - Produced a phenomenal campaign on the track.....Cedarville’s first female NCAA All-American in any sport as the national runner-up in the outdoor 800 meters.....USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-America First Team.....NCCAA Indoor Champion in the 800 and distance medley.....NCCAA Indoor All-American in four events (800, high jump, 4 x 400, DMR.....NCCAA Outdoor Running Co-Athlete of the Meet.....NCCAA Outdoor Champion in the 800 and 1,500 for All-America honors.....took four seconds off of the school and NCCAA outdoor 1,500 record with a time of 4:24.26.....set six school records - two indoors (500, DMR) and four outdoors (400, 800, 1500, 4 x 800).....posted the three fastest outdoor 800 marks in school history after breaking the 29-year old CU record.....G-MAC First Team both indoors and outdoors.....G-MAC Outdoor Freshman of the Year.....G-MAC Freshmen Team both indoors and outdoors.....USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region team in the 400, 800, and 1,500.....USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic in both track & field and cross country.....
competed in six cross country meets and was among the team’s top three finishers each time.....led CU in the G-MAC Championship by placing 4th with a 6K time of 22:29.....G-MAC First Team.....ran a season-low 22:23 at the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional to finish 48th of 211.....placed 3rd overall in the Friendship Invitational with a 5K best 19:07.....ended up 22nd of 413 at Wilmington in 19:10.....Jackets’ top finisher in the All-Ohio placing 39th of 503 in 23:12 for the 6K.
High School - Put together a decorated career at Washburn District High School.....all-state in track & field all four years.....garnered individual state titles in the 100, 800, 1600, 4 x 100, and high jump.....set the state record in the high jump (5-5.5).....four-time team MVP in both track and cross country.....invited to the New England Championships in track and cross country all four years of high school.....four-time Class C individual state cross country champion.....one of only three athletes in Maine to ever accomplish the feat.....helped lead school to 2012 Class C state championship as a junior.....picked up four letters in basketball.....member of four Class D state championship teams.....two-time all-state on the hardwood.....played in the McDonald’s Class C/D All-Star Game.....three letters in soccer.....part of Class D state title squad as a senior.....earned all-state recognition.....garnered a combination of 17 team and state championships during prep career.....valedictorian of graduating class.
Personal - Dean’s List student as a nursing major at Cedarville University.....born 1/5/96 in Denver, CO.....daughter of Peter and Liane Koch.....both parents were athletes at University of Maine at Presque Isle.....has an older sister and a younger sister.
