Ashley Smith Season 2021

2021: Delivered a PR of 21:16.0 over 6k at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Posted a time of 21:23.0 at the ACC Championships ... Ran a five-mile lifetime best of 17:14.0 at the Joe Piane Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 4k with a time of 14:31.5 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2020: Ran the 6K course at the ACC Championships in a time of 22:31.5 … Finished 21st at the Panorama Farms Invitational (5K) with a time of 18:15.2 … Ran the 6K course at the Virginia Tech Invitational in a time of 22:56.5.

At North Carolina: Finished 122^nd at the 2019 ACC Cross Country Championships as a senior … Was 82^nd at the ACC Championships as a junior … In track and field, competed in four meets as a junior … Holds personal bests in the following: outdoor 800 (2:22.17); indoor 800 (2:19.86); mile (5:05.99); 1,500 (4:41.54); outdoor 3,000 (10:26.44); indoor 3,000 (9:55.43); outdoor 5,000 (18:18.15) and indoor 5,000 (17:34.68).
 
High School: A four-time state qualifier for cross country … A three-time state qualifier for track and field … A three-time state qualifier for swimming … Served as a captain of the cross country and track and field team during her junior and senior seasons … Competed at the New Balance Nationals in 2013 and 2014.
 
Personal: Born Sept. 7, 1998 … Daughter of Lindsey and Clare Smith … Graduated with honors from high school with a 4.0 unweighted GPA … Was a National AP Scholar … Was president of the Math Honor Society … Earned Academic All-America honors as a member of her high school’s swim team … Has one younger sister, Kelly … Coaches a swim team in the summer … Major is computer engineering.