In 2010-11: Indoor: Earned 11th place in the 4000 distance medley relay at the ACC Indoor Championships (2/24) with a time of 12:19.07. Outdoor: Earned first place in the 4×8 relay at the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational (3/18) with a time of 9:21.43 and also third place in the 1500 meter (4:37.81) and eighth place in the 4×4 (4:14.95)…Took fourth place in the 1500 meter run at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational (3/25) with a time of 4:42.71 and 12th place in the 800 meter run (2:26.81)…Crossed the line fourth in 4:37.76 minutes in the 1500 meter run at the Auburn Tiger Invitational (4/1)…Finished sixth at the FSU Seminole Invitational (4/8) in the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:42.10…Finished 11th in the Penn Relays (4/28) in the 4×8 with a time of 9:24.70 and 13th in the 4000 distance medley relay (12:22.78) …Earned fifth place in the 1500 meter run at the UNF Osprey Invitational (5/13) with a time of 4:43.40.
In 2009-10: Indoor: Finished in fourth place in the 4×800 meter relay at the Roaring Tiger Invitational (12/4) with a time of 10:17.91 … Came across in fourth place in the distance medley at the Clemson Invitational (1/8-9) with a time of 13:24.50 … Finished in 31st place in the 800 meters at the Kentucky Invitational (1/15-16) with a time of 2:34.63 … Ran the 1000 meters in a time of 3:13.03 for 12th place at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/12-13)Outdoor: Took seventh in the 800 meter run (2:28.72) at the Georgia Dual Meet (3/19) … At the Yellow Jacket Invitational, (3/26) placed 18th in the 800 meter run (2:31.88) … Took 26th place in the 1500 meter run at the ACC Championships (4/15) coming across in 4:59.81 … Finished seventh in the 1500 meter run at the GT/Clemson/KSU Double Dual Meet (5/1) with a time of 5:07.32.
In 2008-09: Ran in four events on the indoor season, competing in the 800m at each event … posted best time at Clemson Invitational to finish 14th overall in 2:27.15 … Outdoor: Posted best mark of the season in the 800m at the Hurricane Invitational with a time of 2:18.43 to finish seventh overall in the finals of the event … next closest time was in 2:22.36 at the Georgia Tech-Georgia Dual.
In 2007-08: Ran an indoor season-best time of 2:27.15 in the 800m run at the Clemson Invitational (1/18).
High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Bayside high school … Named cross country team captain for four seasons … Track captain for two seasons … Named MVP in cross country from 2004-07 … Was 800-meter District champ in 2005 and Regional champ in 2007 … Earned all-district honors in cross country (2006) and track & field (2004-07) … Holds high school records in the Indoor 800m, 1000m and 1600m and Outdoors in the 800m … Lettered two seasons in volleyball and swimming & diving … Valedictorian … Medical Honor Society … Principal[apos]s List (2004-07).
Personal: Born Mary Elizabeth Kownack on January 9, 1989 in Virginia Beach, Va. … Daughter of John and Carole Kownack … Has three siblings, Bobby, Annie and Josie … Majoring in nuclear and radiological engineering.