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2017-18 Track & Field Roster

Sydney Billingsley

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Biography

2017-18

Indoor: Competed in three meets during junior campaign...at the EIU Early Bird, captured an indoor personal-best 800-meter time of 2:25.31 and a season-best mile time of 5:14.42, finishing third in both events...recorded season-best 3,000-meter time at the Illini Classic, crossing the finish line fourth in 10:21.92.

2016-17

Indoor: Placed fourth in the 800-meter run with a season-best time of 2:26.88 at the Top Times Titan Open...recorded a season-best in the mile run (5:03.81) at the GVSU Big Meet Invite...placed 11th in the 3,000-meter run at MVC Championships with a season-best time of 10:07.88.

Outdoor: Posted a personal-record in the 800-meter run (2:11.94) at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic...placed seventh and captured a personal-best in the 1,500-meter run (4:33.43) at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational...scored points at MVC Championships with a seventh place finish in the 1,500-meter run.

2015-16

Indoor: Redshirt season.

Outdoor: Redshirt season.

2014-15

Indoor: Started her season competing in the mile run at Double Dual where she placed second with a time of 5:15.58…earned her personal-best in the mile at the GVSU Big Meet with a time of 4:58.23…at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship placed 13th with a time of 5:03.87…also competed in the 3,000 meter...at the Meyo Invitational she posted a time of 10:08.75…at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships earned a time of 10:05.01 and earned tenth place.

Outdoor: Started the season at the Lenny Lyles Invite in the 1,500-meter earning sixth place with a time of 4:42.34…at the Big Blue Classic earned a time of 4:40.70…at the Redbird Invite earned fifth place with a time of 4:38.67…at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships captured a time of 4:39.52 placing 14th overall…competed in the 800-meter dash at the Wisconsin Open where she earned fifth place with a time of 2:19.12…at the Big Blue Classic captured a time of 2:23.05..competed in the 5,000-meter at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships with a time of 19:30.70.

PRIOR TO ISU

University High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country … 2014 Class 2A Illinois state champion in the 1,600-meter race, followed by a third-place finish in the 3,200m, also holding the 3,200m school record at 10:46 … helped her team to a second-place 2A state finish … cross country captain as a senior and named WJBC athlete of the week in 2014 … as a junior, was named the team MVP, honored with the leadership award and claimed WJBC athlete of the week honors during the cross country season … helped her high school squad to a runner-up finish at the 2012 cross country state championships … holds a three-mile record of 17:21 … as a sophomore, third-place in the 1,600m race at the 2A state championships with a school-record time of 4:509.1 … two top-ten finishes at state as a freshman … National Army Reserve Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Born 4/15/1996 … daughter of Curt and Trina Billingsley … sibling is Zack Billingsley … plans to major in dietetics to become a sports dietitian. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Junior