2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Joseph Romans
Joseph Romans

Kara Nix

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Muscle Shoals
  • Hometown Muscle Shoals, Ala.

Biography

UNA 2019: Ran in all six meets for the Lions and was among the team’s top three finishers in every race...Earned second-team All-ASUN Conference honors with her 13th place finish in the ASUN Championships with a time of 17:52...Also earned ASUN Conference All-Academic honors and was named an ASUN Winner for Life for the 2019 Fall season...UNA 2018: Ran in all six meets for the Lions in their first season of Division I competition in 2018...Three Top 20 finishes - sixth at the UAH Invitational, 13th at the Belmont Opener and 18th at the JSU Foothills Invitational...UNA 2017: Ran in all six meets for UNA as a freshman...Top finish was 12th at the Watson Ford Invitational..25th at the Gulf South Conference Championships...HIGH SCHOOL: Ran cross country and track for Muscle Shoals under coach Lisa Schafer… Qualified as a team for the state championships from 2014-16 with two Top 10 finishes…Helped lead the team to Colbert County Champions from 2013-16… Became the Colbert County Cross Country Champion 2014-16… Named all-state in cross country in 2015-16, all-state in track 3200m in 2017… Selected from the Trojans for the Wendy’s High School Heisman and received the leadership award for cross country in  2015-16… Participated in National Honor Society… Became the Key Club President… Named 2017 Shoals Scholar Dollars Student of the Year, Bryant-Jordan Scholar Athlete Area Winner… Received AP Scholar with Distinction and Outstanding Student for AP Chemistry, AP Calculus, AP Government and AP History… Graduated Valedictorian with a GPA of 4.12 and a honors diploma...PERSONAL: Full name Kara Ann Nix… Born on June 21, 1999… Daughter of Craig and Angela Nix and has two brothers… Majoring in Industrial Hygiene and Chemistry.

2017 Meets
Stan Sims Invitational                                  30th    20:29
Rhodes Invitational                                      43rd    20:13
Greater Louisville Classic                            47th    19:47
MC Watson Ford Invitational                        12th    24:07
Gulf South Conference Championships       25th    19:15
NCAA Division II South Regional                 50th    23:57
2018 Meets
Belmont Opener                                        13th    19:52
UAH Invitational                                         6th    19:55
Chile Pepper Festival                                101st    19:10
JSU Foothills Invitational                            18th    19:29
UAB Blazer Classic                                    64th    23:27
ASUN Championships                               24th    19:22
2019 Meets
JSU Strut’s Season Opener                     8th    15:04
UNA Invitational                                       8th    18:58
John McNichols Invitational                    64th    19:10
FSU Invitational                                      42nd    18:50
UAB Blazer Classic                                 54th    22:05
ASUN Championships                            13th    17:52

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior