2018: A two-year letterwinner ... will be one of the team''s top runners.
2017: Did not compete due to injury.
2016: Ran in five races in her second season ... qualified for the NCAA Championship for the second year in a row, becoming the fifth runner in program history to qualify for multiple NCAA National Championships and the third to do it in her first two years ... finished 132nd out of 280 competitors at the NCAA Championship (11/19) with a career-best time of 22:10.30 ... placed ninth at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional (11/12) to earn her spot at nationals and recieve all-region accolades ... garnered First Team All-ODAC laurels by taking second at the ODAC Championship (10/29) in 22:53.30 ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2015: Competed in seven races in her first season ... qualified for the NCAA Championship by finishing seventh (22:43.30) at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Championship (11/14) ... garnered all-region honors ... Yates and classmate Maggie Seybold became the fourth and fifth runners in program history to qualify for the NCAA Championship as first-years ... took 155th out of 280 competitors at the NCAA Championship (11/21) with a time of 22:42.20 ... named the ODAC Rookie of the Year and received First Team All-ODAC accolades by taking second at the ODAC Championship (10/31) in 22:30.10 ... finished first at the South/Southeast Regional Preview (10/17) with a time of 22:37.00 ... was first (20:15.90) at the James Madison Invitational (9/12) to notch the first collegiate individual victory of her career.
High School: Competed at St. Paul''s School during her prep career ... earned all-league honors in cross country three times ... garnered all-league honors in track and field her junior and senior seasons ... took first in the 1,500m and the 3,000m at the ISL track and field championship her senior season ... holds the St. Paul''s School records in the 800m, 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m.
Personal: A member of the Generals Leadership Academy ... volunteers at the Carillion Hospital ... did biomedical research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham over the summer ... a biochemistry major.
