2020-21 Cross Country Roster
Barnes, Ashley
Ashley Barnes
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bartlesville, Okla.
- High School:
- Bartlesville HS
Bio
TULSA: An 11-time letterwinner … a three-time all-conference cross country selection and a two-time outdoor track honoree.
2020-21
OUTDOOR: Ran in five meets … was an American Athletic Conference all-conference honoree in 3,000m steeplechase … raced a season-best time of 17:31.27 in the 5,000m run at The American Championship … also at The American Championship, turned in a personal-best time of 10:16.77 in the 3,000m steeplechase for third place … ran the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA West Regional.
INDOOR: Ran in both meets … at the Wichita State Invite, clocked a time of 5:04.22 in the mile run for first place … recorded a personal-best time of 5:01.24 in the mile run at the Division I Challenge.
CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete.
2019-20
OUTDOOR: Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Ran in four meets … clocked a time of 9:47.56 in the 3,000-meter run for 12th and 17:08.22 in the 5,000-meter run for seventh at The American Indoor Track and Field Championships … at the Arkansas Invitational, clocked a time of 5:07.71 in the mile run … earned bronze in the 3,000m run at the Black & Gold Invite in a time of 9:58.48.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all seven meets … earned all-conference honors … was on Tulsa’s second-place Midwest Region team, where she placed 34th overall … placed 152nd at the NCAA Championships in helping Tulsa post a school-best 25th place finish … had three top-5 performances … finished 5th at the Rhodes College Invitational, 6th at the Hurricane Preview and 7th at the AAC Championship.
2018-19
OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
INDOOR: Ran in four meets… finished with a time of 17:52.00 for 16th place in the 5,000-meter run at The American Indoor Track and Field Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in two meets … placed 12th at the AAC Championships … had a 34th place performance at the NCAA Midwest Regional … earned all-conference honors.
2017-18
OUTDOOR: Raced in seven meets … earned first-place at the American Outdoor Championships, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:27.10 to earn her bid to the NCAA West Preliminary Round … represented Tulsa at the NCAA West Prelims, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a season-best 10:24.60 … notched four season-best marks in the outdoor season – 1,500 meters (4:40.39), 3,000 meters (10:02.36), 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:24.60) and 5,000 meters (17:07.11).
INDOOR: Ran in five meets … competed in two events at the American Indoor Championships, finishing 14th in the 3,000 meters with a season-best 9:57.18 and 11th in the 5,000 meters in 17:20.47 … in the 5K at the Iowa State Classic, posted a time of 17:09.62 for 18th overall … took second in the mile at the Bob Timmons Challenge in 5:10.28.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all six meets … was an all-conference selection … was Tulsa’s top finisher in four of six meets … placed among the top-10 three times, including fifth place at the Southern Stampede, ninth at the Cowboy Preview and ninth at the AAC Championship … had a 19th place performance at the NCAA Midwest Regional … was an all-region selection.
2016-17
OUTDOOR: Raced in five meets … finished second at the John Jacobs Invitational in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:48.57 … placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:18.17 at the Baylor Invitational … set a season-best at The American Outdoor Championships with a time of 10:46.07 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … placed 13th at The American Outdoor Championships in the 5,000-meters with a time of 17:21.94 … recorded a season-best mark of 10:15.84 in the 3,000-meters at the Arkansas Spring meet.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in four of five meets … best finish was 19th place at the Cowboy Duels … finished in 28th place at the AAC Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: Placed third in both the 3,200-meters with a time of 11:38.18 and in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:05.18 at the OSSAA 6A State Championships as a senior … part of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished second at the state meet … helped the Bruins to a third-place finish at the 2016 Oklahoma State Class 6A Championships … posted a season-best time of 11:19.10 in the 3,200-meters at the Jenks Invitational … finished fourth at the state meet in both the 1,600-meters and 3,200-meters as a junior … finished runner-up at the 2015 USATF Junior Olympics in the 3,000-meters … qualified for the state championships in the 3,200-meters her sophomore season … also ran cross country, finishing seventh at the 2014 Oklahoma Cross Country State meet.
PERSONAL: Born Ashley Leigh Barnes April 24, 1998, in Bartlesville, Okla. … daughter of Mike and Anita Barnes … has four siblings … started running track at the age of 14 … majoring in exercise and sports science.
2020-21
OUTDOOR: Ran in five meets … was an American Athletic Conference all-conference honoree in 3,000m steeplechase … raced a season-best time of 17:31.27 in the 5,000m run at The American Championship … also at The American Championship, turned in a personal-best time of 10:16.77 in the 3,000m steeplechase for third place … ran the 3,000m steeplechase at the NCAA West Regional.
INDOOR: Ran in both meets … at the Wichita State Invite, clocked a time of 5:04.22 in the mile run for first place … recorded a personal-best time of 5:01.24 in the mile run at the Division I Challenge.
CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete.
2019-20
OUTDOOR: Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Ran in four meets … clocked a time of 9:47.56 in the 3,000-meter run for 12th and 17:08.22 in the 5,000-meter run for seventh at The American Indoor Track and Field Championships … at the Arkansas Invitational, clocked a time of 5:07.71 in the mile run … earned bronze in the 3,000m run at the Black & Gold Invite in a time of 9:58.48.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all seven meets … earned all-conference honors … was on Tulsa’s second-place Midwest Region team, where she placed 34th overall … placed 152nd at the NCAA Championships in helping Tulsa post a school-best 25th place finish … had three top-5 performances … finished 5th at the Rhodes College Invitational, 6th at the Hurricane Preview and 7th at the AAC Championship.
2018-19
OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
INDOOR: Ran in four meets… finished with a time of 17:52.00 for 16th place in the 5,000-meter run at The American Indoor Track and Field Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in two meets … placed 12th at the AAC Championships … had a 34th place performance at the NCAA Midwest Regional … earned all-conference honors.
2017-18
OUTDOOR: Raced in seven meets … earned first-place at the American Outdoor Championships, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:27.10 to earn her bid to the NCAA West Preliminary Round … represented Tulsa at the NCAA West Prelims, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a season-best 10:24.60 … notched four season-best marks in the outdoor season – 1,500 meters (4:40.39), 3,000 meters (10:02.36), 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:24.60) and 5,000 meters (17:07.11).
INDOOR: Ran in five meets … competed in two events at the American Indoor Championships, finishing 14th in the 3,000 meters with a season-best 9:57.18 and 11th in the 5,000 meters in 17:20.47 … in the 5K at the Iowa State Classic, posted a time of 17:09.62 for 18th overall … took second in the mile at the Bob Timmons Challenge in 5:10.28.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all six meets … was an all-conference selection … was Tulsa’s top finisher in four of six meets … placed among the top-10 three times, including fifth place at the Southern Stampede, ninth at the Cowboy Preview and ninth at the AAC Championship … had a 19th place performance at the NCAA Midwest Regional … was an all-region selection.
2016-17
OUTDOOR: Raced in five meets … finished second at the John Jacobs Invitational in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:48.57 … placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:18.17 at the Baylor Invitational … set a season-best at The American Outdoor Championships with a time of 10:46.07 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase … placed 13th at The American Outdoor Championships in the 5,000-meters with a time of 17:21.94 … recorded a season-best mark of 10:15.84 in the 3,000-meters at the Arkansas Spring meet.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in four of five meets … best finish was 19th place at the Cowboy Duels … finished in 28th place at the AAC Championship.
HIGH SCHOOL: Placed third in both the 3,200-meters with a time of 11:38.18 and in the 1,600-meters with a time of 5:05.18 at the OSSAA 6A State Championships as a senior … part of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished second at the state meet … helped the Bruins to a third-place finish at the 2016 Oklahoma State Class 6A Championships … posted a season-best time of 11:19.10 in the 3,200-meters at the Jenks Invitational … finished fourth at the state meet in both the 1,600-meters and 3,200-meters as a junior … finished runner-up at the 2015 USATF Junior Olympics in the 3,000-meters … qualified for the state championships in the 3,200-meters her sophomore season … also ran cross country, finishing seventh at the 2014 Oklahoma Cross Country State meet.
PERSONAL: Born Ashley Leigh Barnes April 24, 1998, in Bartlesville, Okla. … daughter of Mike and Anita Barnes … has four siblings … started running track at the age of 14 … majoring in exercise and sports science.
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