Women's Cross Country/Track
Athlete Biographies

Elizabeth Smothers

Senior/Senior
Brentwood, Tenn.
(CPA)

Cross Country Career: 2007-08: First Team All-Atlantic Sun ... Three Top-25 finishes in five race starts ... Ninth at Atlantic Sun Championships, part of another team championship ... 21st at Belmont Opener ... 24th at Vanderbilt Invitational ... Ran at NCAA South Region meet ... A-Sun All-Academic. 2006-07: Earned first team All-Atlantic Sun honors ... Received A-Sun Runner of the Week nod ... Took the top spot in the 5K Evansville Invitational with a personal best time of 17:55.83 ... Recorded three top-20 finishes over the course of the season ... Earned A-Sun Academic honors ... 2005-06: Earned second team All-Atlantic Sun honors ... Posted three top-25 finishes ... Placed eighth at the A-Sun Championships with a time of 18:06 ... Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors ... 2004-05: Earned All-Atlantic Sun second team honors ... Also named to the A-Sun All Freshman team ... Had three top-20 finishes ... Finished fourth at the Tennessee Tech Invitational (19:48) and eighth at the A-Sun Championships (19:06.33) ... Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors.

Track and Field Career: 2007-08: Four Top-10s in indoor season ... Sixth in Mile Run, ninth in 3000m an ninth in 5000m at S-Sun Indoor Championships ... 10th in 800m at MTSU Invitational ... Also won 3000m at early season Austin Peay event. 2006-07: Posted three top-five finishes during the outdoor season and two top-10 finishes during the indoor season ... Placed fourth in the 5,000m at the Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships with a time of 18:11.77 ... Placed sixth in the 5,000m (18:41.34) at the A-Sun Indoor Championships ... Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors ... 2005-06: Posted four top-10 finishes during outdoor and three during indoor ... Placed fourth in the 1,500m (4:47.02) and eighth in the 5,000m (18:46.35) at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships ... Earned A-Sun All-Academic honors ... 2004-05: Posted five top-10 finishes during the outdoor season ... Placed third in the 1,200m (3:47) at the Lipscomb Quadrangular and fifth in the 800m (2:21.23) at the Austin Peay Governors Invitational.

Prior to Belmont: Prepped at Christ Presbyterian Academy ... Posted two top-10 finishes at the Class A-AA State Championship, including a sixth place finish as a junior ... Finished in the top-five her junior and senior years in the 800m at the Class A-AA State Meet.

Personal: Majoring in Chemistry ... Has one sister, Emily ... Daughter of Don and Julie Smothers ... Born April 2, 1985 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Personal Records