COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 600m - 1:34.51, 800m 2:13.74, 4K (XC) - 15:02.6
CAREER RECORDS, AWARDS, AND NOTES
AWARDS:
3x Academic All-Big Ten (Fall '24, Spring '25, Spring '26)
2025-26 Season: Did not compete.
Indoor 2025
Season: Competed primarily in the 600m and 800m events, recording personal season-best performances in both while contributing to Penn State’s 4x400-meter relay squad...
Nittany Lion Challenge (1/18): Opened the indoor season with a sixth-place finish in the 600m (1:36.77) and competed in the 1,000m...Penn State National Open (1/31–2/1): Ran a season-best 2:13.74 in the 800m, competed in the 600m (1:35.88), and helped Penn State’s 4x400-meter relay to an eighth-place finish (3:52.52)...PSU Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Earned a runner-up finish in the 600m with a season-best 1:34.51...Tiger Paw Invitational (2/14–15): Placed sixth in the 600 meters (1:36.37) and competed in the 800 meters (2:15.39)...
Outdoor 2025
Season: Competed in the 800 meters during the outdoor campaign...
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/12–14): Finished the 800m in 2:16.82...Larry Ellis Invitational (5/2–3): Closed the outdoor season with a 2:15.33 performance in the 800m...
Cross Country 2024
Season: Opened the cross country season with a strong performance at the Dolan Duals before competing at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational.
Dolan Duals (9/6): Finished 11th overall in the 4K with a time of 15:02.6...Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/13): Competed in the 6K race...
Outdoor 2024
Season: Did not compete.
Indoor 2024
Season: Did not compete.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 800m – 2:13.30, Mile – 5:02
Went to Cumberland Valley High School where she was a State Champion in the indoor 4x400m…Was the 2023 PIAA District 3 AAA 800m champion…Owns the Cumberland Valley school record in the indoor 800 with a 2:13.3…Harrisburg elite mile champion with a 5:02.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Chad and Jennifer Pines…Father, Chad, wrestled at Pitt…Mother, Jennifer, graduated from Penn State’s Smeal College of Business…Enjoys spending time with family and friends, working out, and baking in her free time…Enrolled in the division of undergraduate studies at Penn State…Chose Penn State because “I felt happy in my heart when I first stepped on campus and I knew Penn State was the school for me.”