Mae Elizabeth Gimre

Bio

2017-18 at Taylor:

Indoor: Named as the Crossroads League Track Athlete of the Week during the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4 … Finished ninth in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 10:13.60 at the NAIA National Championships … Ran a season-best in the mile at the Crossroads League Championships and finished in 5:15.43 … All-CL in both the mile and 3,000 … Selected to the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District II list.

Outdoor: Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:12.74) at the Crossroads League Championships after finishing in 11:12.74 … Finished sixth in the steeplechase at the NAIA National Championships to garner All-American honors … Competed in the 1,500 and 5,000-meter events … Named to the Academic All-Crossroads League, CoSIDa Google Cloud Academic All-District II and USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams … Earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.

2016-17 at Taylor:

Indoor: Competed at the NAIA Indoor National Championships, helping the distance-medley relay team finish 13th with a time of 12:36.61 … Finished second in the Crossroads League Meet in the mile run with a season-best time of 5:16.58 … Posted a season-best time of 10:39.56 in the 3,000-meters at the Taylor Invitational … Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors.

Outdoor: Posted a season-best time of 18:57.61 in her final race of the season in the 5,000-meters at the NCC Dr. Keeler Track Invitational … Finished in tenth place in the 5,000-meters at the Crossroads League Championships with a time of 19:21.41 … CoSIDA Academic All-District.

2015-16 at Taylor:

Indoor: Helped the TU 4x800-meter relay team to victories at the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational, Taylor Invitational and the DePauw Classic … Competed with the TU 4x800-meter relay team at the NAIA Indoor National Championships, finishing 10th … Won the mile run at the DePauw Classic with a season-best time of 5:17.94.

Outdoor: Finished 15th at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships in the steeplechase with a season-best time of 11:14.37 … Won the 1,500-meters at the Manchester Invitational with a time of 4:53.56 … Earned All-Crossroads League honors in the steeplechase with a third-place finish at a time of 11:36.35.

Prep: Competed for Bob Maxson during time at West Chicago Community High … Raced to All-Upstate Eight Conference accolades … Qualified for sectional championships … Selected as Most Valuable Player for the Bobcats … Named WCCH’s Female Athlete of the Year … Earned Academic All-UEC recognition … Graduated with Highest Distinction honors.

Personal: Daughter of Kevin and Tami Gimre … Majoring in elementary education … Minoring in Spanish … Prep teammate of TU cross country and track senior, Michelle Franch.