Hokie Club2021 Outdoor: At the NCAA East Prelims finished one place off of a qualifying spot to Eugene with a time of 4:17.70 in the finals of the 1500m ... Set a lifetime best in the 1500m with a time of 4:13.27 to finish sixth at the ACC Championships ... Finished fifth in the 800m with a PR of 2:06.01 at the Virginia Challenge ... Delivered a PR of 16:02.37 in the 5,000m to finish 13th at the Raleigh Relays.
2021 Indoor: Did not compete.
2020 Indoor: Won gold in the mile with a time of 4:37.11 and won silver as a member of the distance medley team that earned a time of 11:08.41 at the ACC Championships … Was a member of the distance medley team that finished second with a time of 11:10.18 at the JDL DMR Invitational … Placed second in the 3,000 at the Iowa State Classic, finishing with a time of 9:15.07 … Ran in the mile race and finished fourth with a time of 4:36.99 at the Camel City Invitational … Won the 1000 with a personal best time of 2:44.68 at the Hokie Invitational … Ran in the 1000-meter dash and finished third with a time of 2:49.25 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.
2019 Outdoor: Earned second-team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships … Came in 16th overall with a personal-best time of 4:18.04 … Qualified for the NCAA meet by finishing third in her heat and third overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds with a time of 4:18.54 … Brought home the silver medal in the 1,500-meter run at the ACC Championships, running the event in a personal-best time of 4:18.91 … Earned first-team All-ACC honors … Also competed in the 5,000 at the ACC Championships, running the distance in a time of 16:55.70 … Was part of the distance medley relay team that came in sixth at the Penn Relays with a school-record time of 11:11 … Was part of the 4x800 relay team that finished second at the Penn Relays with a time of 8:34.38 — the second-fastest time in program history … Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase event at the Duke Invitational with a time of 10:24.47 … Was 18th in the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 4:34.58.
2019 Indoor: Earned first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Finished sixth in the mile at the NCAA indoor meet with a time of 4:38.68 … Won two gold medals at the ACC Indoor Championships … Took first place in the mile with a time of 4:41.56, becoming the first Tech female ever to win the mile at the ACC Championships … Also was the leadoff for the distance medley relay team that won the gold medal with a time of 11:08.02 … Was part of the DMR team that came in second at the JDL DMR Invitational with a time of 11:07.08 — the third-fastest time in school history … Ran the 3,000 at the Iowa State Classic in a time of 9:33.53 … Was third in the elite mile race at the Camel City Invitational with a time of 4:36.49 … Finished third in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 2:52.62 … Came in third in the 1,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 2:52.90.
2018 Outdoor: Ran a time of 11:28.54 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Placed 10th in the 1,500-meter run at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:24.78 ... Also placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:08.14 ... Set a new personal best in the 1,500-meter run at the National Relay Championships with a time of 4:22.80, placing second … Was also a member of the 4x800-meter relay team that claimed first with an overall time of 8:25.24 … Finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:12.89 at the Duke Invitational … Competed in the 1,500-meter run at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 4:23.54, finishing fifth … Also competed on the DMR team that finished second with a time of 11:22.93 … In her first event of the season, set a new personal best in the 5,000-meter run at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 16:34.33.
2018 Indoor: Competed on the DMR team that finished third with a time of 10:53.62 at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships … Set a new career best in the 3,000-meter run at the ACC Championships, finishing with a time of 9:18.99 and clinching second … Also competed on the DMR team that took first at the ACC Championships with a time of 10:57.60 … Completed a leg of the distance medley run at the Roanoke Tune Up to capture second behind a time of 11:25.51 … Set a new personal best in the mile at the Music City Challenge with a time of 4:42.31, finishing third … Also finished seventh in the 4x400-meter relay, completing a leg to turn in a time of 3:47.13 … Posted a new personal best in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:20.46 at the Camel City Invitational, finishing ninth ... Crossed the finish line of the 1,000-meter run of the Liberty Kickoff 2018 with a time of 2:45.45 to place second … Began the year by setting a new personal-best time of 4:46.81 in the mile at the Keydet Invitational.
2017 Outdoor: Took home gold at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:14.67 ... Came in 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Championships (10:12.45), earning second-team All-America honors for the first time in her career ... Notched a school-record time of 9:52.89 in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Boasted the second-fastest time in the event, earning her first NCAA Championship berth ... Won gold in the steeplechase at the ACC Championships, finishing with a time of 10:05.58 seconds ... Was awarded first-team All-ACC honors for her efforts ... Competed in the 800 at the Hokie Twilight meet, placing third overall ... Ran the steeplechase at the Virginia Grand Prix, placing second with a time of 10:38.57 ... Recorded personal bests in both the 800- (2:10.77) and 1,500- (4:26.81) meter events at the Virginia Challenge ... Also was a member of the school-record breaking 4x800-meter relay team at the Tennessee Relays, placing second overall with a time of 8:47.24 ... Made her outdoor debut at High Point's VertKlasse Meeting, placing third in the 5,000 with a career-best time of 17:35.30.
2017 Indoor: Recorded personal bests in the 800 (2:11.17) and 3,000 (9:43.03) at the ACC Championships … Placed third in the 1,000 meters with a career-best time of 2:52.73 at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Competed in the 800 at the Music City Challenge … Also was a member of the distance medley relay team at the Music City Challenge, finishing the race in 11:40.14 for third place … Placed fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.41 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet ... Came in 10th in the mile at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 4:59.30 … Was fifth in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a personal-best time of 4:59.05.
High school: Eight-time letterwinner in three disciplines (cross country, indoor and outdoor track) for coach Peter Lacasse … Won two state titles and was named an All-American following her senior season … Was the Milford Daily News Female Athlete of the Year following her senior year … Won the Division II state championship in cross country with a time of 18:12.58 … Placed second at the state meet in the 1,000-meter run during the indoor track season (2:47.61) … Won a state title in the 800 during the spring of her senior season … Finished fifth in the mile at the 2016 New Balance National Scholastic Indoor Championship in the spring of her senior year, running the event in 2:07.82 … Won the state title in the mile at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Division IV Championships as a junior with a meet-record time of 4:58.74, breaking her own mark of 5:02 … Finished second in the 800 with a time of 2:14.22 at that same meet … Was the Tri-Valley MVP in outdoor track as a sophomore and in cross country as a junior … Holds four school records in outdoor track, three in indoor track and one in cross country … Also was a part of four school relay records … Finished eighth in the 800-meter race at the 2015 New Balance Outdoor Nationals with a time of 2:09.47.
Personal: Born July 7, 1998 … Daughter of Rockwood and Peggy Edwards … Has two siblings, Megan and Sean … Majoring in interior design and plans on owning an architecture firm.
Edwards' Track and Field Career Bests
IndoorOutdoor
800m - 2:11.17, ACC Championships (prelim, 2017)
1,000m - 2:44.68, Hokie Invitational (2020)
Mile - 4:36.49, Camel City Invitational (2019)
3,000m - 9:15.07, Iowa State Classic (2020)
800m - 2:06.01, Virginia Challenge (2021)
1,500m - 4:13.27, ACC Championships (2021)
5,000m - 16:02.37, Raleigh Relays (2021)
3,000m steeplechase - 9:52.89, NCAA East Regionals (2017)