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Austin Peay State University Athletics

2017 Women's Cross Country Roster

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Sarah Carpenter

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Collierville HS
  • Hometown Collierville, Tenn.

Biography

Honors

  • Dean’s List: F14, S16, S17, F17
  • Athletics Director’s Honor Roll: S15, F15, F16
  • OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll: 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17

APSU Career Bests

  • 5k: 19:54.3 at OVC Championships (Oct. 29, 2016)
  • Two-mile: 13:03.94 at Powerade Invitational (Sept. 11, 2015)

2017 Cross Country

  • Injuries limited her to just one race

2016 Cross Country

  • Lowered her 5k time in every race she ran in
  • Ran a personal best 19:54.3 at the OVC Championships 5k, Oct. 29, placing first on the team
  • Finished in the Top 4 in each race for the Govs

2015 Cross Country

  • Nearly broke the 13-minute barrier in the two-mile event at the Powerade Invitational, finishing 31st overall with a 13:03.94
  • Finishes as a counting scorer for Austin Peay at the Cross-Country Only National Championships 5k, finishing 26th overall (20:29.80)

2014 Cross Country

  • Recorded a top-20 finish at the APSU Invitational 5k (16th, 21:35.00)
  • Earned consecutive top-30 finishes at the JSU Foothills Invitational (30th, 20:54.80) and the UE Cross Country Invitational (23rd, 21:07.7)
  • Recorded a 70th place finish at the OVC Championships 5k with a time of 20:19.28

Prep

  • Competed for Collierville High School as a distance runner, excelling in cross country
  • Her 2014 cross country squad was regional champion
  • Personal-best 5K mark of 20:25

Personal 

  • Daugther of Allen and Julia Carpenter
  • Has two brothers, Joseph and Kevin
  • Father played collegiate tennis
  • Born June 2

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2016Junior

    5'6"
  • 2017Senior

    5'6"