California Irvine Athletics

2014 (Junior)
• Big West qualifier in the 5000m and 3000m steeplechase
• Registered a 5K personal-record 15:24.51
• Notched a career-best 9:09.35 to come in seventh in the steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays
• Took ninth at the Oxy Invitational

2013 (Sophomore)
• Competed in the 1500m at the Big West Championships
• Established season-bests of 1:56.39 in the 800m and 3:56.14 in the 1500m at the Big West Challenge
• Came in 16th out of 145 in the 1500m at the Occidental Distance Carnival

2012 (Freshman)
• Ran the 1500m and 3000m steeplechae at the Big West Championships
• Had a lifetime-best 3:51.44 in the 1500m at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational
• Added an 800m career-best 1:53.86 at the Oxy Invitational
• Posted top-five finishes in the steeplechase at the Big West Challenge (4th) and in the 1500m at the Cal-Nevada Championships (9th)

2011 (Redshirt)
• Did not compete

High School
• Graduated from Laguna Beach High School in 2010
• Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track
• Four-time state qualifier and all-league performer in cross country
• Earned All-CIF honors after placing fifth at the state championships as a senior
• Also a CIF finalist on the track
• Two-time league runner-up in the 800m and 1600m

Personal
• Majoring in sociology
• Parents are Lynne Newton and Thomas Neal
• Has one sister, Maggie

TOP MARKS AT UCI
800m = 1:53.86 (2012 Oxy Invitational)
1500m = 3:51.44 (2012 adidas/Steve Scott Invitational)
Mile = 4:22.21 (2012 Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers Meet)
5000m = 15:24.51 (2014 Big West Championships)
Steeplechase = 9:09.35 (2014 Mt. Sac Relays)