| Career Highlights |
| • 12-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier |
Personal: Daughter of Kathie and Earl Younkin ... Majoring in Early Childhood Education.
2025 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets primarily in the 100-meter hurdles … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, making the finals and tallying five points for SRU with a fourth-place finish at 14.78 seconds … Ran a season-best time of 14.57 seconds in the prelims at the PSAC Championships … Opened year by claiming wins in both the 100-meter hurdles (14.99) and 400-meter hurdles (1:09.33) at the Ed Fry Invitational … Also broke 15 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the SRU Last Chance Meet (second / 14.87) and the Dave Labor Invitational (fourth / 14.92) ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2025 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets primarily in the 60-meter hurdles … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing fifth to give The Rock five points after running the finals in 9.06 seconds … Posted a season-best time of 9.05 seconds in the prelims of the PSAC Championships … Ran the finals at the SPIRE Indoor Games in 9.20 seconds to place fifth … Hit 9.22 seconds in the finals at the Ashland Invitational for another fifth-place finish … Registered a win at the Wuske Invite (9.40).
2024 (Outdoor): Competed in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles at eight meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both events, placing fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.78 seconds) and 10th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:06.66) … Season-best times in both events came at the conference meet … Also broke the 15 second plateau in the 100-meter hurdles at the John Papa Invite (14.83 / second), Dave Labor Invite (14.93 / prelims) and the Westminster Invitational (14.98 / first) … Added additional top-10 400-meter hurdle finishes at the Carnegie Mellon Invite (1:08.36 / sixth), the Westminster Invitational (1:07.43 / sixth), the John Papa Invite (1:06.71 / seventh) and the Dave Labor Invite (1:08.75 / seventh) … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets, primarily in the 60-meter hurdles … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 60-meter hurdles … Ran a season-best 60-meter hurdle time of 9.22 seconds to place 17th at the SPIRE Indoor Games … Posted top-10 finishes in the 60-meter hurdles with 9.37 second showings at both the Mount Union Wuske Open (second) and the YSU Mid-Major Invite (seventh) … Also ran the 60-meters at three meets with top time of 8.36 seconds occurring at the YSU Icebreaker.
2023 (Outdoor): Competed at 10 meets primarily in hurdle events … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles … Just missed out on earning all-conference honors in the 100-meter hurdles after placing fourth at the PSAC Championships with a season-best time of 14.50 seconds … Also took 14th at the conference championships in the 400-meter hurdles following a 1:07.49 prelim race time … Best 400-meter hurdle time of season was 1:06.60 at the Bison Classic (28th) … Registered 100-meter hurdle wins at the SRU Last Chance Meet (14.72), the John Papa Invite (14.84) and the Westminster Invitational (14.88).
2023 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 60-meter hurdles, placing ninth after running prelim race in 9.39 seconds … Top hurdle time of the season was 9.12 seconds in the prelims at the Mount Union Tune-Up … Went on to win the 60-meter hurdles at Mount Union with a finals time of 9.23 seconds … Posted three other top-10 finishes in the 60-meter hurdles at the Jim Wuske Open (9.28 / second), the SPIRE Indoor Games (9.30 / seventh) and the YSU Mid-Major Invite (9.37 / sixth) ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
2022 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets primarily in the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in both events, placing eighth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.01 seconds) and eighth in the high jump (1.54 meters) … Posted a season-best high jump mark of 1.58 meters at the SFU Red Flash Open to finish sixth overall … Also went over 1.50 meters at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge, placing second at 1.53 meters … Top 100-meter hurdle time of year also came at Myrtle Beach in the form of a 15.62 second showing in the prelims … Took second in both events at the SRU Open, running the hurdles in 15.67 seconds and producing a 1.45 meter mark in the high jump ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.
2022 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets ... Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the 60-meter hurdles and high jump, placing ninth in both events … Recorded a season-best time of 9.41 in the 60-meter hurdles at the league championships while posting a mark of 1.54 meters in the high jump … Top high jump mark of the season came at the YSU Mid-Major Invite in the form of a 1.56-meter showing that was good enough for a third-place finish … Won the high jump at the Al Hall Freedom Games with a 1.55 meter mark … Opened season with 1.55 meters in the high jump at the YSU Icebreaker … Also turned in top-10 finishes in the 60-meter hurdles at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier (9.53 / sixth), the Edinboro Invite (9.55 / second) and the Al Hall Freedom Games (10.01 / sixth).
High School: Lettered four years in track and field, three years in cheerleading and two years in swimming at Marion. L Steele High School.
