2017 Track:
Indoor: Finished fourth in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a time of 17:47.36 … Competed in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Championships in South Bend, Ind., posting a time of 10:16.17 to finish 32nd. Outdoor: Competed in four meets during the outdoor season … Raced primarily in the 5000m … Took 12th in the 5000m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 17:55.90.
2016 Cross Country:
Raced in one meet … Finished 17th in the head-to-head meet with Kennesaw State with a 5k time of 19:36.9.
2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished fourth in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a time of 17:47.36 … Finished 32nd in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 10:16.17 … Finished 24th in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge with a personal-best time of 10:05.96. Outdoor: Finished 23rd in the 1500m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a personal-best time of 4:50.33.
2015 Cross Country:
Competed in five events during the 2015 season … Finished fifth at the JSU/Struts Invitational with a 4k time of 14:43.0 … Finished 91st at the ACC Championships with a 6k time of 22:26.2.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Finished third in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:49.42 at the Orange & Purple Classic … Posted a career-best time of 10:32.51 in the 3,000 meters at the Auburn Invitational. Outdoor: Ran a season-best time of 17:46.22 in the 5,000 meters at the Florida Relays … Logged her best 1,500-meter time of 4:56.99 at the Yellow Jacket Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Had her best performance of the season at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational with a 5K time of 18:58 … Finished 43rd out of 161 runners at the Upstate Invitational with a time of 19:08.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Ran a season-best 1,500 meters at the Georgia Invitational with a time of 4:59.10 … Logged a season-best mark of 18:24.64 in the 5,000 meters in her first collegiate race at the Alabama Relays.
2013 Cross Country:
Competed in the Furman Classic and Berry Invitational 6K races; recording a career-best time of 22:25 at Furman.
High School:
Earned four letters in both track and cross country under coach Jerry Meitin … Member of her high school team which won region championship in cross country all four years of high school and was state runner-up in 2009 … Selected as team MVP for cross country in 2011 and 2012 … Also won the region championship in track twice … Was a member of National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society, and graduated in the top five percent of her class.
Personal:
Full name is Sarah Lynn Bowles … Born Aug. 3, 1995 in Martinez, Ga. … Parents are Ken, a mechanical engineer and former member of the University of Akron’s cross country team, and Connie Bowles … Chose to attend Tech because of the excellent academics, track and cross country program and location … Majoring in mechanical engineering.
