Hokie Club2022 Outdoor: Competed in the 1500m at the ACC Championships, posting a time of 4:42.85 to finish in 22nd ... Ran a lifetime best in the 1500m going 4:38.16 at the Virginia Challenge ... Opened the outdoor season with a 1500m performance of 4:38.92 at the Raleigh Relays.
2022 Indoor: Registered a career best in the 3000m with a time of 9:45.02 at the ACC Championships ... Ran a career best in the 1000m with a time of 2:48.18 to finish fifth at the Virginia Tech Invitational … Placed fifth at the 2022 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational with a personal best time of 16:58.62 in the 5000m … Competed in the Hokie Invitational running the mile with a personal best time of 4:50.10.
2021 Outdoor: Delivered a time of 11:20.07 in the 3,000m steeplechase to finish 12th at the Virginia Grand Prix ... Posted a PR time of 4:38.53 in the 1,500m at the Raleigh Relays.
2021 Indoor: Finished 10th as part of the DMR team that ran 11:38.49 at the ACC Championships ... Won the 3,000m with a time of 9:54.87 at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Also took second in the mile with a PR time of 5:00.32 at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Finished first in the 5,000m at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a time of 18:00.00 ... Took ninth at the Hokie Invitational with a PR of 9:54.23 in the 3,000m ... Won the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 5:00.41.
At North Carolina: Finished 122nd at the 2019 ACC Cross Country Championships as a senior … Was 82nd 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.
Smith's Virginia Tech Track and Field Bests
IndoorOutdoor
1000m – 2:49.18, Virginia Tech Invitational (2022)
Mile — 4:50.10, Hokie Invitational (2022)
3000m — 9:545.02, ACC Championships (2022)
5000m – 16:58.62, Darius Dixon Memorial (2022)
1500m —4:38.16, Virginia Challenge (2022)
3000m steeplechase — 11:20.07, Virginia Grand Prix (2021)