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2024 Women's Cross Country

Cheyenne Young

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major IO Psychology
  • Highschool Cape Coral
  • Hometown Cape Coral, Fla.
  • Prev School University of Florida

Biography

CAREER RESULTS


Career Accolades
All-Sunshine State Conference Second Team (2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2023-24)
2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023, 2024)
2x D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2023-24, 2024-25)
2x Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Fall Honor Roll (2023^, 2024^) (^Perfect 4.00 GPA)

 
AS A SECOND-YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT (2024)
Competed in all five FSC events … opened the season with a 4.2K at the Holloway Collegiate XC Opener … took 16th with a time of 15:44.28 … lone 5K race of the season was the Southern Showcase … earned 159th after crossing the line in 18:52.11 … top 6K performance came at the UAH Chargers Invitational with a mark of 22:25.6 to place 65th … took 13th overall at the Sunshine State Conference Championship … crossed the line in 23:00.7 … came across 40th at the NCAA South Region Championship … stopped the clock at 23:35.78.

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2023)
Competed in six of Florida Southern’s eight races on the season … top individual finish came at the Falcon Classic with a fourth-place showing … top 5K time of the year also came at the Falcon Classic at 18:34.1 … top 6K performance came at the NCAA South Region Championship in 22:04.3 while placing 30th … took 18th at the SSC Championship in 23:11.8.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA SOUTHERN
Spent three years at the University of Florida … competed on the women’s cross country and track & field teams for two seasons … named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2021 for XC … earned spots on the 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as well as the 2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll for track … competed in five total cross country meets over the two seasons … took eighth at the 2021 UCF Invitational … turned in a personal best time of 22:06 in the 6K and 10:24 in the 3K … named to the President’s Honor Roll in the Fall of 2020 … five-time Dean’s List honoree (Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Cape Coral High School in Cape Coral, Fla. … member of the cross country, track and soccer teams at CCHS … won the conference championship as a senior … placed in the top-15 at the State Championships … took seventh in the 3,200m at the Florida Track & Field State Championships … named the 2019 News-Press Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year … selected to the 2019 News-Press All-Area First Team in track & field … two-time News-Press All-Area First Team selection in cross country (2017, 2018) … three-time recipient of the CCHS Coaches Award in cross country … selected as the Most Valuable Player in cross country in 2015 and in soccer in 2016 … named to the Academic Principal’s Nest (2019) … received the Al Oerter Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence (2018) … recipient of the 2019 News-Press Academic Achievement Award … ran a personal best of 18:28 in the 5K to break the DDD Sommer Invitational meet record.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Shannon Stapleton ... has three siblings, Dakota, Colby and Brogan … favorite professional team is Team Boss … favorite professional athletes are Emma Coburn and Corey McGee … enjoys cooking, baking, traveling, camping and reading when not out running.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Graduate Student

    5'6"
  • 2024Graduate Student

    5'6"

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