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2023 Women's Cross Country Roster

Conference Carolinas
Bob Stoner

Deanna Betzer

Deanna Betzer

  • Height:
    5-1
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    New Columbia, Pa.
  • High School:
    Milton Area
  • Major:
    Wildlife Biology

Summary

Biography

2022 Season (Senior) - 

  • Holds the three fastest times in school history with a school record 18:34.50 at Johnson & Wales Wildcat Classic on Oct. 21
  • Finished second at the Conference Carolinas Cross Country Championships (All-Conference Carolinas First Team)
  • Collected 10th place at the NCAA Division Southeast Regional (Best in program history since 2011)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors, Conference Carolinas Fall Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and USTFCCCA All-Southeast Region Honors
  • Finished as the top Lees-McRae runner in all six races during her senior season
  • Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll


2021 Season (Junior) - 

  • Finished as the top Lees-McRae runner in all six races during her junior season
  • Opened the season with a pair of meets in Boone, finishing the first 5k race with a time of 21:22.73 and the second 5k with a mark of 19:53.40
  • Ran the third-fastest 5k in program history (19:18.22) at the Queen City Invite on Sept. 24
  • Posted the 17th-fastest 5k in program history (19:58.3) at the Royals XC Challenge on Oct. 8
  • Finished 13th in the 100-runner field at the Conference Carolinas Championships to garner All-Conference Carolinas Second Team honors
  • Crossed 45th in the 155-runner field at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regionals on Nov. 6


2020 Season (Sophomore) - 

  • Ran in only the Conference Carolinas Championship race due to a shortened season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Placed 15th in the 57-runner field to garner All-Conference Carolinas Third Team
  • Crossed with a time of 21:43.5 in the 5K


2019 Season (Freshman) -

  • Ran in six races during her freshman campaign in 2019
  • Made her collegiate debut at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational where she placed eighth
  • Her fastest 5k time was at the Royals Challenge in mid-October with a time of 19:54.9, which marked the 14th-fastest time in the history of LMC women's cross country
  • Finishing 12th at the Conference Carolinas Championship with a time of 24:40.3, her12th place finish, landed her a spot on the All-Conference Carolinas Third Team
  • Wrapped up her freshman season by trimming nearly seven seconds off her time from conference race to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Meet. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2021Junior

    5'2"
  • 2022Senior

    5'1"
  • 2023Fifth Year

    5'1"

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