2012-13... Finished 38th at the Montana St. Invitational in 18:40.00 ... earned 25th place at the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 23:13.00 ... achieved 16th place at the Highlander Invitational in 14:22.90 ... placed 43rd at the Mountain West Championship in 23:04.70 ... competed in the NCAA Mountain Regional in 23:18.20.
2011-12... Achieved eighth place at the Wyoming Invitational in 15:09.7 ... also finished in eighth place at the Woody Greeno Invite with a time of 21:48.2 ... finished in 21:44 for eighth place at the Rocky Mountain Shootout ... competed at Pre-Nationals for a 68th-place finish in 22:09 ... came in 17th place at the MW Championship in 22:04.6 ... ran a 22:12.8 for 34th place at the NCAA Mountain Regional.
2010-11... Earned her second letter as a sophomore ... competed in all six of the team's events throughout the season, including the two postseason races at the Mountain West Championship and the NCAA Mountain Regional ... finished 37th out of 210 runners at the Woody Greeno Invite, and was 42nd at the Rocky Mountain Shootout ... placed 54th at the MW Championship ... one of the team leaders on a young squad ... was the track team's top 3,000-meter steeplechase performer in outdoor track (11:56.98).
2009-10... Best finish of the year came at the Rocky Mountain Shootout in Boulder, Colo., where she crossed the finish line in 28th with a 5.8k mark of 23:08 ... finished 39th at the MW Championship with a time of 23:30 in the 6K ... during the track season, set the top time for the Cowgirls with a time of 11:11.10 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
High School... A four-year letterwinner in basketball, cross country and track and field ... in cross country, was selected all-conference and all-state all four years ... in track, was the one- and two-mile state champion her senior year, as well as being named to the all-conference and all-state team all four years ... on the honor roll her entire high school career and was a member of the National Honor Society for three years.
Personal... Born in Sidney, Neb., to parents Kirk and Linda Hughes ... majoring in kinesiology.
Hughes' Bests:
800m - 2:27
3000m - 10:19.78
1 mile - 5:25
3000m steeplechase - 11:11.10
2 Mile - 11:44
5000m - 18:58
1500m - 4:49.40
