Chelsea Clark

Chelsea Clark

YR. Sr.
HOMETOWN Fairmont, W. Va.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL Fairmont Senior HS

2013-14 Track & Field: Competed in five indoor meets ... tallied four top-five finishes including a season-high runner-up placement in the mile run at the Niswonger Invitational with a time of 5:10.18 ... at the A-Sun Indoor Championships, Clark earned a pair of third-place finishes in both the mile run and the distance medley relay with times of 5:02.46 and 12:11.54, respectively.

2013 Cross Country: Competed in six meets ... Placed among the top 10 in two competitions ... finished 94th overall at the NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships.

2012-13 Track & Field: Competed in five indoor meets and five outdoor meets. Competing in distance events, Clark totaled three collegiate bests including taking fourth overall at the A-Sun Indoor Championships with a time of 4:57.96 in the mile run, finishing second at the Hilton Garden Innvitational with a 9:52.07 time in the 3000M and placing fifth at the UAB Blazer Invitational with a time of 18:16.61 in the 5000M. Additionally, Clark took the top spot in the mile run at the Tiger Paw Invitational with a time of 5:00.32. In the outdoor season, Clark notched a personal best in the 3000M steeplechase with a seventh place time of 10:57.16. In addition, Clark placed first in the 1500M at the Lenny Lyles - Clark Wood Invitational with a time of 4:42.99.

2012 Cross Country: Competed in five meets ... placed among the top-30 in four meets including a season-high finish of 15th-place at the Blue Ridge Open ... recorded a personal-best time of 18:22.3 which was good for 19th-place at the Atlantic Sun Championships ... finished 60th at the NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships.

2011-12 Track & Field: Set new personal bests in the 800m (2:23.89), 1500m (4:46.61), 3000m (10:21.43), 5000m (18:20.74) and 3000m steeplechase (11:09.76), while also competing in her first collegiate 2000m steeplechase (7:18.16)... began the indoor season by taking fourth in the 3000m and third in the mile at teh Appalachian Invitational Indoor (Dec. 2-3)... top 10 in the 3000m at the VT Invitational (Jan. 13-14)... top 10 in the 5000m at the 34th annual Niswonger Invitational (Jan. 27-28)... began the outdoor season by taking fourth in the 3000m steeplechase at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 15-17)... finished top 10 of a 20-athlete field in her first ever 2000m steeplechase, taking eighth at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold (March 23-24)... top five in the 3000m steeplechase with her personal-best time at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships (April 20-21).

2011 Cross Country: Led the Bucs at the A-Sun Championships with a 23rd-place finish and a time of 18:43.50 … was ETSU’s first or second runner in all five meets … grabbed season-bests 18th-place finishes at the Covered Bridge Open and at the Mountaineer Open.

2010-11 Track & Field: Established collegiate bests in the 800m (2:25.35), 1500m (4:56.62), mile run (5:17.56), 3000m (10:53.13), 5000m (19:34.84) and 3000m steeplechase (11:40.06)... made her Buccaneer debut at the Appalachian Invitational Indoor (Dec. 3-4), completing the mile in eighth place... earned her first top five at the very next meet, taking fifth in the mile at the Mountaineer Indoor Open (Jan. 21-22)... helped her 4x800m relay team take third at the Liberty Open (Jan. 28-29)... finished eighth in the mile at the 33rd annual Niswonger Invitational (Feb. 4-5)... was top 10 in the 1500m at the Liberty Quad (Feb. 11)... helped her DMR team take fourth at the A-Sun Indoor Championships (Feb. 18-19)... began the outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 3000m at the Charlotte 49er Classic (March 17-19)... took bronze in her first collegiate 3000m steeplechase at the South Carolina Weems Baskin Relays (March 26)... top 10 in the 1500m at the Liberty Collegiate Invite (April 1-2)... ended the year with her best time in the 3000m steeplechase, taking fourth at the Charlotte Invitational (April 23).

2010 Cross Country: Raced in two meets for the Bucs in her first cross country season at ETSU … ran at the Charlotte Invitational and at the A-Sun Championships in Spartanburg, S.C.

Prior to ETSU: Lettered for four years and was captain of her cross country, track & field and swimming teams at Fairmont Senior High School in Fairmont, W.V.... selected all-state in cross country in 2006 and  2009... regional champion and state runner-up in 2009... all-state in swimming in 2007, '08, '09 and '10... state champion in swimming... selected all-state in track & field in the 4x400m relay in 2009... part of the National Honor Society, Honor Roll and Science Honorary Club... had done community service for Habitat for Humanity.

Personal: Born April 22, 1992... daughter of Dwaine and Jamie Clark... majoring in exercise science.