Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

CAREER STATS

Bethany Norman is in her fourth year at Cedarville University.....participated in four cross country meets this past fall season.....CU’s fifth runner at the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Championship with a 19:31 5K performance in Clinton, Mississippi.....top 6K effort of the season was a 24:05 at the season-opening Queen City Invitational.

2015-16 - Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Indoor Second Team as the runner-up in the 3,000 meters.....did not compete outdoors.....National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Scholar-Athlete.....G-MAC Academic Team.....participated in five of the seven cross country meets.....served as a team captain.....CU’s #4 runner at the G-MAC Championship in Elkins, West Virginia with a 6K time of 24:28.....produced a career-best 6K performance of 23:33 at the All-Ohio Championship at Cedarville’s Elvin R. King Cross Country Course.....a career-best 19:26 at the 5K Evansville Invitational garnered a 29th-place finish out of 108 runners.....G-MAC Second Team.....NCCAA Scholar-Athlete.

2014-15 - Ran the middle distance events during the track & field season.....G-MAC Academic Team....
appeared in five varsity cross country meets as a sophomore.....fastest 6K mark was 24:47 to place 27th at the G-MAC Championship.....ran a season-low 5K of 20:21 to finish 18th in the Cedarville Open.

2013-14 - Sat out her freshman cross country season with injuries.....competed in the 1,500 meters in five outdoor track & field meets.

High School - Produced an outstanding career at Xenia Christian High School.....four-year letter winner in both cross country and track & field for the Ambassadors.....three-time Metro Buckeye Conference track champion in both the 1,600 and 3,200.....garnered 1,600 meter district titles as a freshman, sophomore, and senior.....All-Ohio on the track as a freshman and senior.....two-time All-Ohio performer in cross country.....guided her team to four MBC titles.....four-time conference MVP.....posted a career-best 5K time of 18:34.....best finish in the state meet was 6th place as a sophomore.....won a total of 72 prep races - 26 in cross country and 46 on the track.....also earned three letters in swimming and was a member of the basketball team as a freshman.

Personal - Dean’s List student as a nursing major at Cedarville University.....born 8/4/95 in Morgantown, WV.....daughter of Timothy and Robin Norman.....father is a professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at the University.....mother was a distance runner at Purdue.....younger sister, Grace, who is a freshman member of the Cedarville track & field squad, won the gold medal in the triathlon at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio and the bronze medal in the 400 meters.....has another younger sister, Danielle.