PRIOR TO ISU

Olivet Nazarene: Finished 10th at the 2011 NCCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 1,500-meter run with a personal-best time of 5:02.10 ... finished ninth in the 3,000-meter run at the 2011 NCCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, finishing with a time of 10:56.12 ... holds personal-best times of 10:47.38 and 18:55.71 in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs, respectively ... finished 14th at the NAIA Chicago Collegiate AC XC Championship in 2010 with a personal-best 5K time of 19:03.23 to help pace team to a first-place finish overall ... holds a personal-best 6K time of 23:36.66.

Personal: Born 11/01/1990 ... daughter of Scott and Martina Castel ... siblings are Mitchel and Michael ... plans to major in accounting.