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Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Events Results

2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Andrew Lemesurier
Leah Beachy
Scott Huck, Cedarville University

Claire Smout

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown St. Louis, MO
  • High School Parkway West

Biography

CAREER STATS

2020-21 (Sophomore)
  • Ran in all four cross country meets during the season which was shortened due to the COVID pandemic
  • Top 6K effort was a 23:35.1 outing to finish as CU’s #6 runner at the G-MAC Championships held in Tiffin, Ohio
  • Finished as the #7 runner for the Lady Jackets with a 24:05 performance at the season-opening Hillsdale Invitational (6K)
  • Ran a season-best 5K at the Louisville Classic with a time of 19:20.3 as CU’s #7 runner
  • G-MAC Academic Team
  • Ran in the 3,000 meters and 5,000 meter events during the indoor track & field season
  • Placed fourth in the 3K with a time of 10:51.79 at the Ohio Wesleyan Duals
  • Season best 5K effort was 18:43.68 for a third-place finish at the Hillsdale Tune-Up
  • Outdoor season included a 5,000 meter race and a pair of 10,000 meter races    
  • Posted a time of 12:19.72 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the G-MAC Championships
  • G-MAC Academic Team

2019-20 (Freshman)
  • Participated in five of the eight varsity cross country meets on the 2019 docket
  • Best 5K effort of the year was a 19:27.7 at the Queens Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Registered a 5K outing of 19:28.3 as CU’s #6 runner at the Annual Friendship Invitational held on Cedarville’s Elvin R. King Cross Country Course
  • Produced a 24:24.4 at the 6K All-Ohio Championship and a 22:45.7 at the 6K Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championship
  • Earned NCCAA All-America honors with a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters (19:27.61) at the NCCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
  • Placed third in the 5,000 meters at the Cedarville Collegiate Indoor Invitational with a season-best time of 19:02.14
  • Produced a season-best time of 10:59.13 in the 3,000 meters at the G-MAC Indoor Championships
  • G-MAC Academic Team

High School
  • Four-year letter winner in cross country at Parkway West High School
  • Prep squad finished runner-up at the Class 4 state championship meet
  • Member of Class 4 District 2 and Sectional 1 championship teams
  • Earned all-conference honors as a junior and senior
  • All-Metro Second Team selection as a senior
  • Personal-best cross country 5K performance was 19:21.5
  • Three-year letter winner in track & field
  • Registered PR’s of 2:35 in the 800 meters, 5:42 in the 1600 meters and 11:46.3 in the 3200 meters
  • Also participated in swimming for two seasons

Personal
  • Dean’s List student as a mathematics / secondary math education double major at Cedarville University
  • Born August 10, 2000 in Clearwater, Florida
  • Daughter of Scott and Lisa Smout
  • Has a younger sister and a younger brother

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2020Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2021Junior

    5'8"