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2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Karley Piers

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Falmouth, Maine

Biography

Top Times 
3000m:
10:10.27
5000m:17:00.39
5K: 17:15.2
6K: 22.28

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7887361/Florida_Gulf_Coast/Karley_Piers.html

Spring 2024

Delivered a personal best performance at UF in the 5000m with a 17:00.39 showing.

Grabbed 19th spot at the Flames Invitational in the 5000m with a 17:32.28 showing. Produced a fifth place finish in the 3000m with a 10:17.53 time at the Tampa Spartans Open. Secured fifth place at the USF Bulls Alumni Invitational  as she stopped the clock at 17:34.25. Placed second at the South Florida Invitational 5000m's with a 17:16.54 time.

As a Junior Fall 2023
Piers placed third at the FAU Invite with a time of 18:15.24 which was the 11th time best time in program history.

She paced all runners from the ASUN at the Mountain Dew Invitational crossing the line first from all the league schools with a time of 17:53.7 and 19th overall finish.

Piers placed 16th at the highly competitive FSU Invitational with a time of 18:08.5.

She led her team to an 11th place team finish at the 2023 Atlantic Sun Conference by finishing 28th with a time of 18:11.15

She Ran the third best 6k time in program history clocking 20:46.2.at the NCAA South Regionals on Nov. 10.
 
As a Sophomore Fall 2022
Won her first collegiate race in a time of 18.34.6 and led the team to a second-place finish.at the USF Invite Led the Eagles with a time of 17: 54.20 which was the sixth fastest 5K time in program history.at the ASUN Championship. This was a personal best as she placed 36th and helped the team to a 12th-place finish. Finish 58th with a time of 18:05.53.at the North Alabama Showcase. Led FGCU and finished 26th  with a time of 18:18.8 at the FSU Invite.

As a Freshman Fall 2021
 Top individual finisher for FGCU placing 110th overall with a time of 22:27.92 at the NCAA South Regional...Led the Eagles at the ASUN Championships with a time of 18:42.6 which was the fourth fastest 5K time for a FGCU freshman in program history. Placed 93rd overall in 22:42.5 seconds at the FSU Pre-National meet...Ran a time of 23:0.5 to place 76 at the FSU Open...Competed in her first collegiate race for the Green and Blue at the FAU Invite where she clocked a time of 18;39.1 seconds. That marked the second-fastest time for a freshman in program history for a 5K race.

High School
Southern Maine Cross Country All-Conference from 2017-19... Cross Country All-State in 2017, 2019, and 2020... Southern Maine All-Conference Track Team in 2018-19... Recorded a 5k time of 18:02.40 (XC)... In track, she produced times of 5:11.84 (1600), 11:06.07 (3200)...

Personal
Born on April 29, 2003... Daughter of Sheri and Wayne Piers, has four siblings, Ashton, Taylor, Conner, Noah, and Lexie... Plans to major in Nursing.

Updated 4/30/23

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2022Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2023Junior

    5'3"
  • 2024Senior

    5'3"