Penny Boswell

• McKissick Scholar
• 2012, 2013, 2014 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2010-11 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2014: Indoors – Entered the 5,000 meters twice, posting her best effort at the Hilton Garden Invitational, taking ninth with her time of 18:42.19…finished 32nd at SEC Indoors with a time of 18:45.76…Outdoors – Ran four times during the outdoor season…posted a win at the USC Outdoor Open (18:31.21) and was runner up at the Shamrock Invitational with a season best time of 18:00.87…in one 3,000 meter entry, ran a 10:41.80 to finish ninth at the Bill Carson Invitational.

2013 Cross Country (Senior): Raced seven times during her final cross country season … Posted a seventh-place finish, good for second on the team with a time of 19:08.19, in the season-opening Carolina Challenge … In her only other 5K outing, she posted her career-best time of 18:14.4 at the Royal XC Challenge, finishing 23rd and fifth on the team … Her top 6K of the year came in the Southeastern Conference Championship, where she finished fourth on the team and 89th overall in 23:03.76 … Brought home points as the fifth runner for the Gamecocks in the NCAA Southeast Regional hosted by Virginia, posting a time of 23:08.5 … Also ran the Mountain Dew and Roy Griak Invitationals and in the Indiana State Pre-National Invite White Division … Served as co-captain of the team for the second-consecutive year.

2013 Track & Field (Junior): Named to the 2013 Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll … Ran four times indoors, twice each in the 3K and 5K … Proved better in the longer distance, finishing fifth in the Hokie Invite (18:27.97) and 28th in the prestigious Armory Collegiate (18:17.41) … Stayed with the 5K outdoors, posting her best time at the Hurricane Invite (18:07.69) in her three races.

2012 Cross Country (Junior): Finished in third or fourth on the team in most outings, including third in the 6K NCAA Southeast Regional (22:16.22) and fourth in the 6K NCAA Preview (22:18.80) and the 5K Gamecock Invitational (18:46.50) … Finished 89th overall in the NCAA SE Regional with her best time at that distance … Ranked fifth on the squad in the SEC Championships (22:28.51) … Served as co-captain of the team.

2012 Track & Field (Sophomore): Earned placement on the 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Ran the 3000m indoors, posting a season-best 10:17.67 to rank 19th in the SEC Indoor Championships … Ran the third leg of the distance medley relay team that finished 12th at SEC Indoors … Outdoors, shifted to the longer distances, posting her top time of 17:33.05 in the Shamrock Invitational … Ranked second in the Spec Town Relays 5000m … Crossed the line in 36:53.83 during the 10,000m at the North Florida Invitational.

2011 Cross Country (Sophomore): Ranked in the top five in most of the meets, including coming in second on the team (68th overall) in the 2011 SEC Championships.

2011 Track & Field (Freshman): Named on the 2011 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Won the Gamecock Indoor Invitational 3000m with her 10:35.91 … Outdoors, she ran in the 1500m and 5000m, finishing 34th in the latter at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Her top 5000m time came in the Florida Relays, posting a 17:49.39.

2010 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in most of the team’s events as a true freshman … Ran her best 6K of the fall in the SEC Championships, posting a 23:20.81 time to rank 81st overall and seventh on the team … Ranked 194th in the NCAA Southeast Regional (23:49.0).

HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in cross country and track at Canal Winchester … two-time state qualifier and two-time All-Ohio … 3000m and 1500m Department of Defense Dependents Schools European Track & Field champion.

PERSONAL: The daughter of Robert and Julie Boswell, Penny has two older brothers, Jack & Joe … Both attended Virginia Military Institute … Majoring in exercise science.