University of South Carolina Upstate

2013:  Competed in all six meets…Earned her first career postseason honor after receiving Second Team All-Atlantic Sun recognition following her 12^th-place performance at the A-Sun Championships…Ran a personal-best time in the 5K of 18:35.00 at the A-Sun Championships…Added a fifth-place finish at the Eye Opener Invitational…Posted a personal-best time in the 6K of 22:29.30 at the UNC Charlotte Invitational.

2012:  Ran in all six events…Earned her first career victory at the Upstate Invite after running the 5K in a time of 19:06.25…Finished 18^th in her first career event at Upstate in the Eye Opener Invitational…Added a 24^th-place finish at the A-Sun Championships…Had a best time in the 6K of 22:54 at the Paul Short Invitational.

2011:  Posted personal best 5K time of 19:20.80 to be the fourth Upstate finisher at the A-Sun Championships Oct. 29, helping the Spartans to a fourth-place team finish and tallying the best score in program history with 91 points…Registered a 6K time of 23:23.9 at the NCAA Southeast Regionals, helping Upstate finish 17^th of 35 teams in the Regional Championship.

High School:  Lettered in track and cross country at Stratford High School…Named Stratford Female Athlete of Year in 2010 and 2011…Three-time All-Region selection in both track and cross country…Three-time All-State in track and two-time All-State in cross country…Named Runner of the Year in 2010…South Carolina State Cross Country Champion in 2009 and 2010…Finished third in the 20009 state championship in the 800-meter and second in the 1,600-meter.

Personal:  Born June 4, 1993…Parents are William and Michelle Polite…Has a younger brother, Brandon (14), and a younger sister, Sydney (11)…Is majoring in communications with a concentration in public relations and minoring in criminal justice…Claims spaghetti is her favorite food…Her favorite movie is “Silver Linings Playbook”…Names Sandra Bullock as her favorite actor…Says Ed Sheeran is her favorite singer…Fall is her favorite season…Her favorite quote is, “After a while crocodile”…Dream job is to be a director of public relations or a publicist.