COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: Mile – 4:53.19, 3000m – 9:37.18, 5000m – 16:37.12 Steeplechase – 10:15.97, 4K (XC) – 13:56.4, 6K (XC) – 20:34.0
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
1x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (’24)
2x Academic All-Big Ten (F ’23, Sp. ‘24)
2025 Outdoor
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.
2024 Outdoor
Dolan Duals (9/6): Secured a third place finish in the women’s 4K with a time of 13:56.4.
2024 Outdoor
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.
2023 Cross Country
Season: Did not compete.
2023 Outdoor
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.
2023 Indoor
Season: Did not compete.
2022 Cross Country
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.