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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2017 Cross Country Roster

Reggie Beehner

Haley Yost

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Tripoli, Pa.
  • High School Northwestern Lehigh
  • Prev School Northwestern Lehigh

Biography

Personal Bests:
800m - 2:08.1
1500m - 4:23.0
Mile - 4:49.17
3000m - 9:59.18
5K (XC) - 17:36.2

National/Regional Honors:
Cross Country - NCAA Championship Participant (2017); All-OVC, First Team (2017); All-OVC, Second Team (2016)
Outdoor Track - Regional Qualifier, 800 meters (2017) and 1,500 meters (2018, 2017)

OVC Individual Championships:
Indoor Track – Mile (2017)
Outdoor Track – 800 meters (2017); 1,500 meters (2017)

2017-18
Cross Country – was a key member of the first EKU women’s team ever to qualify for the NCAA Championships … earned first team All-OVC honors after finishing fifth at the OVC Championships with a 5K time of 17:27.0 … finished 54th out of 257 competitors at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships with a 6K time of 21:51.6 … finished fifth on the team and 191st overall at the NCAA Championships with a 6K time of 21:27.3.
Track and Field – Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 1,500 meters with a personal-best time of 4:20.03, which she ran at the Kentucky Relays on May 5 … that time ranks her No. 3 all-time at EKU … advanced to the finals of 1,500 meters with a time of 4:20.6 at the NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville, Florida and eventually finished 17th overall, just missing on a trip to the NCAA Championships … took bronze in the 1,500 meters at the OVC Outdoor Championships … also finished fifth in the 800 meters … was a member of EKU’s gold medal winning distance medley relay team at the OVC Indoor Championships in February … also won silver in the 800 meters and bronze in the mile at the indoor championships.

2016-17:
Cross CountryNamed second team All-OVC after finishing eighth at the conference championships with a season-best 5K time of 17:36.2 … her performance helped EKU win its 10th conference crown in the last 11 years … finished fourth on the team and 63rd overall at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships with a 6K time of 22:00.0.
 Track and FieldBecame the first EKU woman since 1998 to win OVC gold in both the 800 meters and 1,500 meters … ran personal-best times in both the 800 meters (2:08.1) and 1,500 meters (4:23.0) at the OVC Outdoor Championships … both times qualified her for the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries … finished 30th in the 1,500 meters (4:25.7) and 38th in the half mile (2:10.9) at the regional meet in Lexington … her 1,500 meters time of 4:23.0 is the fourth-fastest in school history … scored 24 points at the OVC Indoor Championships in February … won gold in the mile with a time of 4:53.6 … took bronze in the 800 meters in 2:15.8 … was a member of EKU’s silver medal winning distance medley relay team, which clocked a time of 11:51.5 … ran a PR of 4:49.1 in the mile at the Iowa State Classic on February 10 … that is the fifth-fastest mile in school history … also ran a personal-best time of 9:59.1 in the 3,000 meters at the Kentucky Invitational in January.

2015-16:
Cross CountryRan a season-best 5K time of 18:44.46 at the Greater Louisville Classic on Oct. 3.
Track and Field – Emerged as a threat during the track season … scored points with a sixth-place finish in the 1,500 meters (4:36.09) and a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters (2:16.63) at the OVC Outdoor Championships … ran a personal-best 2:11.73 in the preliminaries of the 800 meters at the outdoor championships … also ran a personal-best 4:30.70 for 1,500 meters at the Virginia Challenge on April 22 … was a member of EKU’s bronze medal-winning distance medley relay team at the OVC Indoor Championships (11:59.93) … also scored points with a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters (2:14.07) and a fifth-place finish in the mile (4:57.84) at the indoor championships … ran PRs of 4:55.64 in the mile and 10:18.7 in the 3,000 meters during the indoor season.

2014-15:
Cross Country – Finished 31st at the OVC Championships with a 5K time of 18:34.70 … recorded a season-best 5K time of 18:33.80 at the Bluegrass Invitational on Sept. 13.
Track and Field – Did not compete during the track and field season.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior