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Ava Weems
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- Hoover HS
- Hometown:
- Hoover, Ala.
2021 Outdoor Season
At the Bulldog Relays, she finished in 12th in the 1500m at 4:42.71 (3/27) ... Competed in the 5000m at the Crimson Tide Invitational, finishing in 17th in 18:28.01 (4/10).ย
2021 Indoor Season
Competed at the Carolina Challenge in the 3000m, finishing in sixth overall (1/23) ... Finished in 27th in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge (2/12).ย
2020ย Cross Country Season
Finished the SEC Preview (9/19) 5K in 18:34.6 ... Completed the UAB Blazer Classic (10/16) 6K in 22:24.95 ... Concluded the season at the SEC Championship (10/30), covering the 6K course in 22:02.1.ย
2020ย Outdoor Season
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.ย
2020 Indoor Season
Placed fourth in the mile run at the Blazer Invitational (1/11) with a 5:11.02 โฆ Placed ninth in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18) โฆ Ran in the 3000m at the Power 5 Invitational (1/31) ... Recorded a new personal best at 10:18.89 in the 3000mย at the Music City Challenge (2/15).
2019 Cross Country Season
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2019 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.ย
2019 Indoor Season
Did not compete.ย
2018 Cross Country Season
Made her MSU debut at the Memphis Twilight Classic (9/1), running 19:16.02 in the 5K โฆ Placed 39th in the 5K at the Falcon Classic (9/15), finishing in 20:15.57 โฆ Ran a personal-best 19:00.6 in the 5K at the Greater Louisville Classic (9/29).ย
Academics / Service
Named to the SEC Honor Roll three times (fall 2019, spring 2020, fall 2020) ... A five-time President's Scholar (Fall 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021) ... Named to the Bulldog Honor Roll six times and named a Top Dawg honoree five times.ย
Before the Bulldogs
Lettered four years at Hoover High School where she competed with fellow Bulldog signee Sydney Steely โฆ Part of the school-record and freshman-record 4x800m relay team โฆ Broke the freshman record in the 3200m and later set the school record โฆ Competed along with Steely and her sister, Presley, in the 4x800m relay at the 2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals with a time of 9:19.57, which was 20 seconds faster than any other relay in the state that year โฆ Won the state championship, both indoors and outdoors, in the 4x800m relay every year from 2016 to 2018 โฆ Won team state championships all four years of her career โฆ Won the 2017 Oak Mountain Cross Country Invitational โฆย Hooverโs second-highest finisher at the 2017 state cross country championships, placing 16th behind Steely to earn all-state honors โฆ Also played basketball.ย
Personal
Born Ava Hayes Weems on April 26, 2000 to Lance and Ami Weems โฆ Father played basketball at Auburn โฆ Has a sister, Presley, who runs track at Auburn โฆ The only member of her family to not attend Auburn โฆ Majoring in health and dietetics.ย
Collegiate Bests:
Cross Country
5K โ 18:16.7ย (Louisville Classic โ 10/5/2019)6Kย โ 21:38.36 (UAB Blazerย Classicย โ 10/18/2019)
Indoor
Mile โ 5:11.02ย (UAB Blazer Invitationalย โ 1/10/2020)3000m โ 10:18.89 (Music City Challengeย โ 2/15/2020)
5000m โ 17:46.62ย (Vanderbilt Invitationalย โ 1/17/2020)
Outdoor
1500m โ 4:42.71 (Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays - 3/27/2021)5000m โ 18:28.01 (Crimson Tide Invitational โ 4/10/2021)
Monday, August 08
Tuesday, September 18
Friday, September 01
