COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 800m - 2:19.60, 1500m - 4:33.89, Mile – 4:53.19, 3000m – 9:37.18, 5000m – 16:37.12 Steeplechase – 10:15.97, 4K (XC) – 13:56.4, 6K (XC) – 20:12.6
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
RECORDS:
No. 9 all-time in 3000m steeplechase
AWARDS:
1x USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ('25)
3x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (’24, '25, '26)
6x Academic All-Big Ten (Fall ’23, Spring ‘24, Fall '24, Spring '25, Fall '25, Spring '26)
Outdoor 2026
Season: Recorded a career-best performance in the 1500m and qualified for the NCAA Division I East First Rounds in the steeplechase. Earned a seventh-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
Raleigh Relays (3/26-28): Opened the outdoor season with a personal-best 3,000m steeplechase time of 10:37.92...Bison Outdoor Classic (4/11-13): Competed in the 1,500m, running 4:34.71, and competed in the 5,000m...Virginia Challenge (4/17-18): Improved her steeplechase personal best to 10:38.51, placing sixth...Penn Relays (4/23-25): Recorded a personal-best 5,000m time of 17:04.61...Larry Ellis Invitational (5/1-2): posted a personal-best 1,500m time of 4:33.89...Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/15-17): Finished seventh in the 3,000m steeplechase with a 10:16.61 and ran 18:01.37 in the 5,000m...NCAA Division I East First Rounds (5/27-30): Concluded the season by placing 32nd in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:24.36...
Indoor 2026
Season: Competed in the mile and 3,000m during the indoor season.
PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/7): Finished fourth in the 3,000m with a personal-best time of 9:47.24 and was part of a 4x400 relay...BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/13-14): Improved her 3,000m personal best to 9:37.54...Penn State Tune-Up (2/20): Recorded a season-best mile time of 5:00.99.
Cross Country 2025
Season: Competed at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships after advancing through the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional and Big Ten Championships.
Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/12): Opened her racing season with a 33rd-place finish in the 6K (21:59.4)...Paul Short Run (10/3): Finished 42nd in the 6K with a time of 20:42.2...Princeton Fall Classic (10/17): Placed 33rd in the 6K with a time of 20:52.4...Big Ten Championships (10/31): Finished 35th in the 6K with a time of 20:52.6...NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships (11/14): Placed 26th in the 6K with a time of 20:12.6...NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (11/22): Finished 156th in the 6K with a time of 20:17.4...
Outdoor 2025
Season: Competed in four races during the 2025 cross country season, highlighted by a personal-best 6K performance at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships and a berth at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.
Paul Short Run (10/3): Made her season debut, running a 20:42.2 in the women’s 6K. Big Ten Championships (10/31): Finished just outside the top five Nittany Lions in the women’s 6K, with a time of 20:52.6. NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/14): Secured a PR in the women’s 6K with a time of 20:12.6. NCAA Cross Country Championships (11/22): Ran a 20:17.4 in the women’s 6K.
Indoor 2025
Season: Competed in the 800m, mile, 3,000m, and 5,000m during the indoor season, recording career-best performances in the 800m, mile, and 3,000m.
Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/7): Competed in the 5,000m...Penn State National Open (1/31-2/1): Recorded a personal-best 3000m time of 9:37.18...PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Ran a personal-best mile time of 4:53.19, placing seventh...Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14-15): Posted a personal-best 5,000m time of 17:21.89...Penn State Tune-Up (2/21): Recorded a personal-best 800m time of 2:19.60, placing fourth, and finished fifth in the mile with a time of 5:04.43...
Cross Country 2024
Dolan Duals (9/6): Secured a third place finish in the women’s 4K with a time of 13:56.4.
Outdoor 2024
Season: Finished 11th in the steeplechase at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…Achieved PRs in the 5K and steeplechase.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12-14): Ran a 16:37.12 PR to take sixth place in the 5K. Penn Relays (4/25-27): Ran an outstanding 10:28.21 steeplechase PR at the Penn Relays, solidifying her spot on the Big Ten roster. Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12): Placed 11th in the steeplechase at her first career Big Ten championship meet with an 11:01.45 mark.
2024 Indoor
Season: Ran in five meets for the Nittany Lions in her first indoor season.
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Posted a 4:57.08 PR in the mile, good for sixth overall. Simmons-Harvey Invitational (1/20): Recorded a 9:51.31 3K PR.
Cross Country 2023
Season: Did not compete.
Outdoor 2023
Season: Competed in her first collegiate event at the Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16).
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/14-16): Ran a 17:16.32 in the 5K in her first collegiate competition.
Indoor 2023
Season: Did not compete.
Cross Country 2022
Season: Did not compete.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
High School PRs: XC 5k - 18:46.30, 1600m - 5:12.09, 3200m - 11:19.78
Four-year letterwinner for Tomball High School cross country and track and field 2018-22...Chosen team captain 2020 and 2022...Named THSCA Academic All-State for cross country and track and field senior year 2022...Three-time cross country regional qualifier 2019-21...Track area qualifier in 2022...Lettered in two seasons in basketball freshman and sophomore year 2018-20.
PERSONAL
Parents are Chrissy and Jack Dougherty...Mother Chrissy ran cross country at Brown University...Has two sisters: Carrie and KC...Majoring in biomedical engineering...Born in Texas.