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Amy Ruiz

Amy Ruiz - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Hometown Milton, Ga.
Last School Milton
Year Senior
Event Distance
Amy Ruiz - Women's Track & Field - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Awards and Honors:
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

2019 Track:
Indoor: Set a new PR and finished 5th in the 3K by turning in a time of 9:43.10 at the Vanderbilt Invitational… set a PR with a mile time of 4:45.38 at the ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Outdoor: Won the 800m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a PR time of 2:12.05… set a new PR and finished second in the 1500m (4:22.65) at the Joe Walker Classic.

2018 Track:
Indoor: ran a 1:43.80 in her lone 600m event at the Orange & Purple Invitational … ran a personal-best indoor 800 time of 2:14.84 at the Bob Pollock Invitational … set a PR in the mile with a time of 4:47.61 (second) at the Music City Challenge … posted a PR in the 3K, finishing fourth with a 9:58.07 at the Commodore Invitational … helped the DMR group to a first-place finish at the Charlie Thomas Invitational (11:35.76). Outdoor: Helped break the 23-year-old 4x1500m relay school record by finishing seventh with a time of 18:15.33 – 11 seconds faster than the previous time … Set a PR in the 800m by turning in a 2:12.38 to finish sixth at the Georgia Tech Invite … also PR-ed in the 1500m, where she ran a 4:24.00 to finish third at the Tiger Track Classic.

2017 Cross Country:
Set a new 6K PR at the Paul Short Invitational, running a 20:40.0 … went on to run a 21:44.5 at the ACC Championships before a 20:49.2 time at South Regionals … also turned in a 14:20.5 time at Jacksonville State Opener’s 4K.

2017 Track:
Indoor: Competed in five meets during the indoor season, primarily racing the mile … Registered a career-best time in the mile at the ACC Championships of 4:53.20. Outdoor: Finished third in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational … Took ninth in the 5000m at the Florida State Relays … Posted a career-best time in the 800m at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Won the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Clocked a career-best time in the 1500m prelims at the ACC Championships of 4:25.69, advancing to the finals.

2016 Cross Country:
Led the Yellow Jackets in four of the five meets she competed in … Recorded a career-best 5k time at the UGA Invitational with a time of 18.35.0 … Raced a career best in the 6k at the ACC Championships with a time of 21:17.8, finishing 45th … Finished 59th out of 212 finishers at the NCAA South Regionals to finish first among the Yellow Jackets.

2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 28th in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 2:16.88 … Along with Samantha Kiblinger, Haley Anderson and Charlotte Stephens, finished third in the 4×800 relay at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet with a time of 9:16.26. Outdoor: Finished 13th in the 1500m at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:32.25 … Along With Haley Anderson, Samantha Kiblinger and Caroline Kissel, finished ninth in the 4×800 relay with a time of 9:02.21 at the Penn Relays.

2015 Cross Country: Did not compete.

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