Career Stats on TFRRS
2021-22:
Outdoor (SENIOR): One of first two female All-Americans in outdoor track & field in program history ... finished 17th at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 10k (33:49.23) to earn honorable mention All-America ... was 12th at NCAA Preliminary in 10k (34:00.23) and 23rd in 5k (16:35.25) ... finished second behind teammate Everlyn Kemboi in 10k at WAC Championships (33:48.74) ... had third place finishes at Aggie Open (1,500m), Hayward Premiere (5k), Bryan Clay (10k) ... finished fourth at Payton Jordan Invitational (5k) and Aggie Open (3k) ... Academic All-WAC.
Indoor (Junior): Took third at WAC Indoor Championships in 3k and was fourth in 5k (16:52.89) ... took first at Weber State Indoor (5:02.88) ... also part of 4x400 team that placed third at Weber State ... second at Stacy Dragila Open in 3,000-meter race ... Academic All-WAC.
Cross Country (RS-Junior): Helped team to third WAC Championship in program history ... placed 10th at WAC Championships (20:46.4) ... first-team All-WAC to become four-time All-WAC ... Academic All-WAC.
2020-21:
Outdoor (Junior): First place in the 5,000 at the UVU Collegiate and in the 10k at the OSU High Performance Meet ... second at Utah Spring Classic 1,500 ... Academic All-WAC.
Indoor (COVID): Placed eighth in the 3,000 at the BYU Cougar Indoor.
Cross Country (COVID): Earned Second Team All-WAC honors ... posted a 12th-place finish at the WAC Cross Country Championship en route to earning the third All-WAC cross country honors of her career ... was one of UVU's top runners all season long by recording a trio of top-16 finishes and competing in all three XC meets during the COVID-shortened season ... placed eighth at the Silver State Collegiate Challenge on Feb. 1 with a season-best 6k time of 21:30.6 ... also finished 16th at the season-opening Dixie State Invite on Jan. 23 with a 6k time of 21:39.8 ... earned Academic All-WAC accolades.
2019-20:
Outdoor Season Canceled
Indoor (Junior): WAC Champion in 5,000 and third place in 3,000 ... first place in the 3,000 at the Mountain States Games ... Academic All-WAC.
Cross Country (Redshirted)
2018-19:
Outdoor (Sophomore): WAC Champion in both the 5,000m and 10,000m ... also had first-place finishes at UVU Collegiate (3,000m), UC Riverside Spring Classic (5,000m), and UNLV Invite (5,000) ... Academic All-WAC.
Indoor (Sophomore): WAC Champion in 3,000 and was second in 5,000 ... third-place finishes in the 3,000 at both the Jacksons Invitational and Weber State Winter Open.
Cross Country (Sophomore): Earned First Team All-WAC honors ... was a top-5 runner for UVU at the season opener by coming in second overall (18:03) … led the UVU women’s team at the UCR invitational and coming in 12th … named WAC Athlete of the Week at the end of September … posted a sixth-place finish at the WAC Championship to lead the Wolverines at the conference championship meet with a 6k time of 21:00.20 ... was named one of UVU’s 2018 Academic All-WAC honoree.
2017-18:
Outdoor (Freshman): Named WAC Freshman of the Year… became a WAC individual champion in the 5000-meter race (17:31.64) at the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships… All-WAC first team in the 5000-meter run… picked up All-WAC second team honors in the 10,000-meter race… logged the second fastest 5000-meter time in program history at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic… moved into second on the school’s all-time record chart in the 3K (9:51.42) at the UVU Collegiate Invitational… added UVU’s all-time fourth best time (35:00.90) in the 10,000-meter race at the Mt. SAC Relays… took second in the 3000-meter at the Wolverines’ lone home meet... placed third in the 3K (10:06.98) and 5K in UVU outdoor debut at UC Irvine… finished fourth in the 10K at the WAC Championships (36:41.01).
Indoor (Freshman): WAC Freshman of the Year… received All-WAC second team recognition in the 5000-meter and 3000-meter runs… placed fourth in the 5K (17:30.24) and fifth(10:17.69) in the 3K at the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships… moved into fifth on the UVU all-time list in the 5K… tallied the ninth fastest 3000-meter time in program history (10:08.60) at BYU’s December meet… notched a top-10 finish in each of her eight races across six indoor meets… placed third in the 3000-meter race at the BYU December Invite.
Cross Country (Freshman): Earned WAC Freshman of the Year and All-WAC second team accolades…. capped her rookie campaign with an eighth-place finish at the 2018 WAC Cross Country Championships…. ended the season among the top-10 finishers in four races… recorded a season-best second-place finish at the Southern Utah Invitational… finished third in the 5K at UNLV with a time of 17:53.1 to help lead UVU to first-place team finish… clocked a season-best time of 21:03.9 in the 6K at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational… placed seventh in the three-mile race (19:18.3) in UVU debut in the squad’s UVU Invitational… tabbed Female Newcomer of the Year at the Wolverine Club Athletic Awards.
Before Utah Valley…
Prepped at Corner Canyon High School … finished 13th with a three-mile personal record (18:38.8) at Utah Class 4A Region 7 Championships to qualify for state championship meet as a senior … led the Chargers to their first-ever team appearance at the state championship in 2016 … also qualified for the Utah Class 4A State Cross Country Championship meet as a junior … earned a qualifying spot for the UHSAA 4A State Track and Field Championships as a senior.
Personal…
Daughter of Jason and Laura Branch ... has one sister, Karli, and one brother, Isaac … Karli runs at the University of Utah ... past volunteer activities include mentoring refugees through “Real Life” program and serving as a Peer Leadership Team Council Member to teach about peer pressure situation skills.
