UNCP Athletics

AS A SENIOR (2011)
Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team, PBC All-Conference Team, PBC All-Academic Team, and PBC Runner of the Week for three-consecutive weeks (Sept. 6, Sept. 12, Oct. 3) … A member of the PBC Presidential Honor Roll as a Gold Scholar ... Named PBC Runner of the Year with her highest finish at the Peach Belt Conference Championships (3rd) with a time of 23:49.85 to post the 3rd fastest 6K time in school history and lead the Braves to a fourth place finish in the PBC …  Set the school record in the 6K at the NCAA Division II Southeast Region Championships with a time of 23:24.4 for an overall 30th place finish … Finished the Charlotte Invitational with the third fastest 5K time in school history (19:05.79) to claim a 93rd place finish and her best time this season … Opened the season by winning the Gamecock Invitational with a time of 19:58.06 to register the 21st fastest 5K time in school history and to make UNCP team champion at the race … Finished 16th overall at the College of Charleston Invitational with a time of 19:30 in the 5K to post the ninth fastest time in school history and to help UNCP finish the meet in fourth place … Took home a 27th place finish at the Walt Disney World Cross Country Classic with a time of 19:39.40 to send the time into the record books as the 15th fastest time in school history and lead UNCP to a ninth place finish as she was the first Lady Brave to cross the finish line.

AS A JUNIOR (2010)
Garnered USTFCCCA all-academic honors and was named to the PBC all-conference second team as well as earning a spot on the Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll as a Silver Scholar … Shattered the school record in the 5K with a time of 18:59.4 at the Augusta State Tri-Meet (Oct.23, 2010) where she placed third to help the team grab second place honors … Holds two top-20 finishes in the 5K including the time recorded at the Royals Cross Country Invitational where she finished 75th overall and first for the Lady Braves with a time of 19:30.7 … Led the women’s cross country team at the PBC Championships with a time of 25:31.3 in the 6K finishing 13th overall before setting a personal best at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships where she was the lead runner for the Black and Gold recording a time of 23:55.8 for a 30th place finish … Finished fifth at the Braves Cross Country Invitational with a time of 24:53.49 to help the Black and Gold take the top standing as a team … Opened her season as a Lady Brave at the UNCW/Adidas Seahawk Invitational with a time of 16:27.71 in the 4K finishing 32nd overall … Competed at the Great American Cross Country Invitational where she finished 35th overall and second for the team with a time of 20:16.5 in the 5K.

BEFORE UNCP (Clackamas Community College  and Highline Community College)
Attended Clackamas Community College from 2009-10 and was a member of the track and field team … Attended Highline Community College from 2008-09 and was a member of the cross country team … While at Highline she ran her personal best in the 5K with a time of 20:57.

HIGH SCHOOL
A two year letterman in cross country, three year letterman in track, and one year letterman in gymnastics her freshman year … Coached by Gary Osborne and Chris Susee … Ran a 21:26 5K for a personal best at the sub districts … Captain of her cross country team in 2006-07 … Second team for the SPSL League and a scholar athlete.

PERSONAL
The daughter of Michelle and Tim Mahaffie … Born in Tacoma, Wash. on November 8, 1989 … Has two brothers, John and Cooper … Member of the honor roll, DECA and an ALYVE board representative in high school at Emerald Ridge … An elementary education major at UNCP.

PERSONAL BESTS
5K – 18:59.4 at Augusta State Tri-Meet – Oct. 23, 2010 (SCHOOL RECORD)
6K – 22:36.83 at Peach Belt Conference Championships - Oct. 20, 2012 (SCHOOL RECORD)