2022 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER STATS
2021-22 (Graduate)
- Ran in five of the seven cross country meets on the fall schedule
- CU’s #1 runner at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in Saint Leo, Florida with a season-best 6K time of 21:42.2
- Top 5K effort of the season was a career-best 18:14.1 as Cedarville won the Queens Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina
- G-MAC First Team
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
2020-21 (Senior)
- Registered a team-leading 40 individual points during the indoor track season
- Won the mile run at the G-MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 5:03.03
- Also finished first in the mile at the season-opening Indiana Tech Invitational (5:08.23) and at the Ohio Wesleyan Dual (5:08.61)
- Placed ninth in the indoor 3,000 meters at the G-MAC Indoor Championships
- Produced a season-best 3,000 meter effort of 10:06.17 at the Hillsdale Tune-Up
- Won the 800 meters at the Ohio Wesleyan Dual with a time of 2:21.47
- Tallied a second-best 43 individual points during the outdoor track campaign
- Placed 13th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (10:56.24) at the NCAA II Outdoor Track & Field Championships
- Season-best 3,000 meter steeplechase effort was 10:37.33 for sixth-place at the Toledo Invitational
- Finished fifth in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 2:15.81 at the G-MAC Championships
- NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship Elite 90 Award
- NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship Qualifier (Steeplechase)
- USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor All-Region Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
- G-MAC Indoor First Team (Mile)
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
- G-MAC Academic Team
- Served as one of five captains during the 2020 COVID-abbreviated fall schedule
- Ran in three of the four meets
- Finished as CU’s #3 runner at the G-MAC Championships in Tiffin, Ohio with a 6K time of 22:56.3
- Top 5K effort was a sixth-place finisher as Cedarville’s #1 runner at the Louisville Classic with a career-best 18:16.7 effort
- NCCAA Scholar-Athlete
- G-MAC Academic Team
2019-20 (Junior)
- Earned 57 individual points during the indoor track & field campaign
- Won the 800 meters (2:22.79) as Cedarville claimed its third straight NCCAA Indoor Track & Field banner in CU’s Doden Field House
- Produced a runner-up finish in the mile (5:06.78) at the NCCAA Indoor Championships
- Earned NCCAA Indoor Track & Field All-America recognition in the 800 meters, mile run and the 4 x 400 meter relay
- Placed fifth in the 800 meters at the G-MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a season-best effort of 2:18.4
- Lone 3,000 meter race of the indoor season was a 10:46.07 to finish third at the Otterbein Invitational
- NCCAA Track & Field Scholar-Athlete
- G-MAC Academic Team
- Ran in seven of the eight cross country meets during the fall campaign
- Cedarville’s #2 finisher in six of the seven meets
- Top 5K performance was an 18:24.4 at the Queens Challenge in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Placed 14th to grab the final position on the G-MAC Second Team with a career-best 6K time of 21:40.3 in Pepper Pike, Ohio
- Runner-up at the NCCAA Championships in Point Lookout, Missouri with a 5K time of 19:04.5 to earn All-America recognition and help CU to their 12th national title
2018-19 (Sophomore)
- Earned USTFCCCA Division II Indoor All-America First Team honors on the track as a member of the Distance Medley Relay
- NCCAA Indoor All-American in the 800 and 3000 meters
- G-MAC Indoor Champion in the DMR
- One of five Lady Jackets to run in all six cross country meets during the season
- Recorded a career-best 6K effort of 23:10.3 at the All-Ohio Championships
- CU’s #2 runner and seventh overall at the G-MAC Championships in Canton, Ohio
- Top 5K effort of the season was 19:40.5 at the season-opening Queen City Invitational
- G-MAC First Team
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
- G-MAC All-Academic Team
2017-18 (Freshman)
- NCCAA Indoor Track & Field Champion in the 800 meters and as a member of the Distance Medley Relay (DMR)
- NCCAA Indoor All-American in the 800 meters, mile, 4 x 400 meter relay and
- G-MAC Indoor Third Team (DMR)
- Participated in all seven cross country meets during a successful rookie campaign
- Best 6K performance was a 23:13 at the All-Ohio Championships held at CU’s Elvin R. King Cross Country Course
- Cedarville’s #3 finisher at the NCCAA Championships in Jackson, Mississippi with a 5K time of 18:49
- Produced a 23:17 outing at the NCAA II Midwest Regional finishing as CU’s third-best runner
- USTFCCCA Division II All-Academic
High School
- Produced a four-sport prep career at Legacy Christian Academy
- Three-year letter winner in track
- Member of three conference championship teams and a district title squad in 2016
- Three-time all-league and all-district honors
- Two-time all-region selection
- Earned all-state honors
- Conference Runner of the Year in 2017
- Placed fourth in the 800 meters at the 2016 state championship meet
- Posted a personal-best 800 meter effort of 2:13 at the 2016 regional meet
- Three-time district champion and the 2016 regional champion in the 800 meters
- Three-year letter winner in cross country
- Member of two district championship teams and three conference championship squads
- Three-time all-region, all-district and all-conference first team selection
- Two-time Metro Buckeye Conference Runner of the Year
- Produced a personal-best 5K effort of 19:23 for a 25th-place finish at the 2015 state meet
- Earned four letters in basketball
- Four-time all-league and three-time all-district
- Scored over 1,000 career points
- Earned three letters in soccer
- Two-time all-conference and all-district honors
- Four-time Academic All-Ohio honoree
- Class valedictorian
Personal
- Dean’s List student as a pharmaceutical sciences major at Cedarville University
- Born November 16, 1998 in Columbus, Ohio
- Married former Yellow Jacket distance runner Luke Bredeson on July 24, 2021
- Daughter of Dr. Marc and Patti Sweeney
- Father ran cross country and track at Ohio Northern University
- Mother was a member of the soccer and softball programs at Ohio Northern
- Younger brother, Ben, is a sophomore student at Cedarville
- Also has a younger sister
Historical Player Information
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2018Freshman
Middle Distance
5'8"
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2019Sophomore
Middle Distance
5'8"
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2020Junior
Middle Distance
5'7"
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2021Senior
Middle Distance
5'7"
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2022Graduate Student
Middle Distance
5'7"
