Career Bests
2018-19
Cross Country
Earned all-Midwest Region honors from USTFCCCA … garnered all-Summit League first-team honors … helped South Dakota capture its fifth-straight Summit League Championship team title … completes her career as a four-time all-Summit League honoree with four Summit League team titles … placed fourth at the Summit League Championships for the second-consecutive season, clocking a personal best time of 21:08.45 … finished 22nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 21:10.4 … scored for the Coyotes in all six meets and finished as the top performer in five of them … broke the 22-minute barrier for 6,000 meters in all five races of that distance this season … captured the Augustana Twilight title with a time of 17:12.5 for 5,000 meters … earned Summit League Athlete of the Week (9/5) honors for the victory … finished 10th at both the Roy Griak Invitational and the Woody Greeno Invitational … received USTFCCCA All-Academic honors … voted to Academic All-Summit League team … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … also placed fourth in both the mile and 3,000 meters at the Summit meet … broke the South Dakota program record in the 5,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic by crossing the finish line in 16:30.19 … notched a personal best of 9:41.16 for 3,000 meters at the Summit meet, which ranks third on the Coyote Top-10 list … won the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up in 4:56.33 … posted a season-best mile time of 4:55.62 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational with a runner-up finish … clocked second-best time in distance medley relay on Coyote top-10 with time of 11:43.23 at the SDSU Indoor Classic … won the 3,000 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … totaled seven event wins and 12 top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal best 34:47.75 for 10,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays, notching the second-best time in program history for the event … took home a Drake Relays flag in the 10,000 meters, winning the race in 35:12.24 … clocked an outdoor best of 16:48.89 in the 5,000 meters at the Summit meet to move to fourth on the Coyote Top-10 list … also posted personal bests of 2:19.93 in the 800 meters and 4:33.60 in the 1,500 meters at the South Dakota Challenge … her time of 4:33.60 for the 1,500 meters ranks 10th on the Coyote Top-10 list … placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … totaled seven top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2017-18
Cross Country
Led South Dakota to its fourth-straight Summit League Championship … garnered all-Summit League first team honors as the team’s top finisher in fourth place … she clocked 21:17.37, just six seconds off her personal best, at the Summit League Championships … went on to record a new personal best two weeks later at the NCAA Midwest Regional, clocking 21:10.52 for 44th place … USD took fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regional, the highest finish by the Coyotes since the move to NCAA Division I … individually led South Dakota at five of six meets during the season … finished runner-up at the Augustana Twilight and Woody Greeno Invitational as the Coyotes took home a pair of team titles … garnered Summit League athlete of the week (9/19) honors after clocking 21:38.4 for second at the Woody Greeno … she also posted the fifth-fastest time by a Coyote, clocking 22:17 on the Les Bolstad Golf Course at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational … took fifth at the Bradley Pink Classic to lead the Coyotes to another team title … posted four top-five finishes on the season … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 5,000 meters with a clocking of 16:46.39 … the time ranks second in South Dakota program history … also placed fifth in the mile and fifth in the 3,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … clocked 4:56.86 for the mile … crossed the finish line in 9:43.37 for 3,000 meters, the fifth-fastest time in school history … clocked a personal best of 4:52.90 for the mile to place third at the Tyson Invitational … the mile time ranks fifth in USD program history … also finished runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Tyson Invitational in 16:50.77 … became the sixth-straight Coyote to win the 5,000 meters at the Jack Johnson Classic, clocking a then-personal best of 16:52.98 to grab the title … garnered Summit League Athlete of the Week honors for her efforts at the Jack Johnson Classic … also won the 3,000 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet in 9:55.19 … finished runner-up in the 3,000 meters in 9:48.21 at the Hawkeye Invitational … finished in the top-10 of all 11 events during the indoor season, winning three races … earned Academic All-Summit League honors.
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters … a Coyote has swept those events every year for five-straight years … captured the 10,000 meters in 36:26.86 … won the 5,000 meters in 17:08.16 … captured the 5,000 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays with an outdoor best of 16:57.55 … the time ranks fifth in USD program history for the 5,000 meters … broke the Lillibridge Track Complex record in the 5,000 meters with a clocking of 17:03.68 to win the South Dakota Invitational … recorded a season best of 35:22.08 for 10,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays … placed third in the 10,000 meters at the Drake Relays in 35:37.84 … took ninth in the 5,000 meters at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 16:58.97 … tallied seven top-10 finishes, including four event wins, throughout the season … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2016-17
Cross Country
Helped the Coyotes to the program’s third consecutive Summit League Championship title … earned second-team all-Summit League honors for the second consecutive season after taking ninth place in 22:01.7 … clocked a personal best 21:41.0 at the NCAA Midwest Regional to take 78th place … third Coyote across the line as the team finished 11th … also clocked 21:48.1 for seventh at Iowa’s NCAA Regional Preview … was the Coyotes’ top finisher at the Augustana Twilight and Woody Greeno Invitational while guiding the team to a pair of meet victories … finished runner-up at the Augustana Twilight and took fourth at the Woody Greeno Invitational in 22:18.5 … had four top-10 finishes during the fall … made the Summit League honor roll.
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors for 5,000 meters with a clocking of 17:06.37 for third place … also placed fifth in the 3,000 meters in 9:49.52 at the Summit League Championships … notched a personal best of 17:03.76 at the Jack Johnson Classic to move to fourth in the 5,000 meters on USD’s all-time charts … her personal best time of 9:49.52 for 3,000 meters from the Summit meet ranks sixth in program history … finished runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet and the 5,000 meters at the Jack Johnson Classic … tallied a top-10 finish in all 10 races during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters … placed third in both races with a time of 17:34.04 for 5,000 meters and 36:16.66 for 10,000 meters … dropped a minute-thirty off her best 10,000-meter time between freshman and sophomore campaigns to move to fourth on USD’s all-time charts with a time of 35:02.16 … placed third at the Drake Relays 10,000 meters with the time … notched an outdoor best of 17:06.14 at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays to rank fifth in the 5,000 meters on USD’s all-time charts … victorious in the 5,000 meters at the Sioux City Relays in 17:25.40 … also won the 1,500 meters at the USD Twilight in 4:52.46 … clocked a personal best of 4:40.59 for 1,500 meters at the Beach Invitational … placed fourth in her 10,000-meter section at the Mt. SAC Relays … tallied 11 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
2015-16
Cross Country
Earned second-team all-league honors with a 13th-place finish at the Summit League Championship in 22:41.1 … helped South Dakota defend its Summit League title … impressive freshman campaign included scoring at all six meets during the season for the Coyotes … posted an eighth-place finish at the NDSU Bison Open and 13th-place finish at the SDSU Classic … ran a season-best 22:04.9 at the Bradley Pink Classic for 91st place … finished 135th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 22:35.9 … made the Summit League honor roll.
Indoor Track & Field
Finished seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships in a season best 17:36.27 … moved to 10th in the program record books in the 5,000 meters … took fourth in the 3,000 meters and 10th in the mile at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … finished eighth in the 3,000 meters in 10:28.89 at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the 10,000 meters in 37:35.46 at the Summit League Championships … clocked a season best 36:30.32 for 10,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays which ranked seventh in program history … placed third in the 3,000 meters at the Husker Spring Invitational … took fourth in the 1,500 meters in a season best 4:46.43 at the USD Twilight … posted five top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
Prep
Capped off high school cross country career with a third-place finish at the Nebraska Class B Cross Country Championships in 2014 ... finished runner-up in the 1,600 meters (5:10.99) and 3,200 meters (10:56.10) at the 2015 Nebraska Class B Championships ... led the Vikings to a Class B track and field championship title in 2014 with runner-up finishes in the 3,200-meters and 3,200-meter relay, and a third-place finish in the 1,600-meters.
Personal
Daughter of Kevin and Shelly Billington ... kinesiology and sport management major with an emphasis in exercise science.
