Mae Elizabeth Gimre

Bio

2017 at Taylor: Returned for another impressive year as a top runner for the strong TU squad … Raced in all seven meets … Improved on the time of her previous race in each of her last five competitions … Grabbed the second and 11th-best times of the season for the Trojans … Recorded her two best times of the season at the Crossroads League Championship and NAIA Nationals finishing with blazing marks of 18:32.1 and 18:12.0 respectively … Posted a second-consecutive second-place finish at the CL Championship, landing her on the All-Crossroads League Team once again … Took 34th at NAIA Nationals … Earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Crossroads League and USTFCCCA All-Academic honors … Named to the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District Team.

2016 at Taylor: Blossomed into one of top competitors in the Crossroads League during second full season … Raced in all seven outings for the Purple and Gold … Set new personal-best time of 18:10.6 at Great Lake Invite for the fourth-fastest individual time in program history … Posted a sub-19:00 time in all seven races … Ran final four races in under 18:30 … Was TU’s fastest competitor in each of final six meets and never finished outside of team’s top-three … Turned in a top-five overall finish in all but one regular season race … Finished 12th-or-higher in all six regular season races … Posted the five-fastest individual times of the season for the Trojans … Was a four-time Crossroads League Runner of the Week … Raced to All-Crossroads League honors with second-place showing at league meet … Finished 57th at NAIA National Championships.

2015 at Taylor: Took the course in all seven races as a freshman … Ran season-best time of 18:42.5 at NAIA National Championships … Also cracked 19:00 mark in first collegiate race … Turned in four additional sub-19:45 times … Scored for Trojans at Indiana Wesleyan Invite and NAIA Nationals … Recorded season-best finish of fourth place at IWU to begin career … Finished with trio of top-20 finishes and crossed among top-45 in all six regular season showings … Posted two of TU’s 15-best individual times of the season … Ran Taylor’s second-best time at NAIA National Championships and finished 59th overall.

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 senior, Michelle Franch.