Courtney Chapman Hometown: Fayetteville, N.Y. High School: Fayetteville-Manlius Position: Cross Country/Distnace Birthdate: 06/24/1993 Experience: So./So.

On Chapman: Very promising member of the Wildcats middle distance group who can make an impact on the team during both the cross country and the track seasons ... Has the potential to develop into a consistent BIG EAST scorer as she continues to develop ... Has a bright future within the team.

2012 Cross Country: Competed at all six scored meets during the season ... Was one of the counting runners for Villanova at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, where her time of 21:42 was a season best ... Finished 33rd overall and fourth on the team at that meet ... Registered times of 21:54 and 21:58.8 at the Paul Short Run and the Pre-NCAA Meet, respectively, posting individual finishes of 78th and 155th ... Placed sixth on the team at each of those meets as well as at the BIG EAST Championships, where she came in 42nd with a time of 22:46.85 ... Had a time of 22:04.5 at the NCAA Championships and was the seventh Villanova runner ... Opened the season with a three-mile time of 17:12.70 and finished in eighth place at the Main Line Invitational.

2012 Outdoor: Ran seven races in the 1500 meters during the season and had a top time of 4:26.30 in a ninth place finish at the Patriot Open Invitational ... Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships and advanced to the finals at the conference meet, where she eventually earned a 10th place finish ... Posted times of 4:26.79 (preliminaries) and 4:30.77 (finals) at the BIG EAST Championships ... Came in fifth out of 114 runners at the Danny Curran Invitational (4:37.79) ... Finished in 12th place at the season-opening Big Five Invite, came in 13th at the Colonial Relays and finished in 27th place at the Virginia Challenge ... Competed in the Championship section of the 3000 meters at the Penn Relays and came in eighth out of 24 entries with a time of 9:35.02.

2012 Indoor: Led off the distance medley relay at the BIG EAST Championships and helped Villanova capture All-BIG EAST honors with a second place finish ... Produced a split of 3:30.4 in the 1200 meter leg of the relay ... Individually placed seventh in the 3000 meters at the conference meet with a time of 9:48.09 ... Set a personal best time of 9:31.21 in the 3000 meters at the Penn State National, where she placed sixth in the invitational section of the event ... Ran the Mile three times during the season and registered a top time of 4:48.68 at the Columbia Last Chance Meet, where she finished in 16th place ... Also came in fifth at the Great Dane Classic (4:49.08) and second at the NYC Gotham Cup (5:02.64).

2011 Cross Country: Earned a spot in the team's lineup in every meet during the season ... Helped Villanova win a share of the team title at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional as the fifth runner for the Wildcats ... Finished in 28th place overall ... Placed 211th at the NCAA Championships ... Came in 44th at the BIG EAST Championships with a season-best 6K time of 21:38.8 ... Finished seventh on the team as the Wildcats won their fourth straight conference championship ... Made her collegiate debut at the Main Line Invitational, where she came in third out of 19 runners ... Was the fifth Villanova finisher at the Paul Short Run, where she had a 6K time of 21:25 in the Women's Gold race ... Came in 220th with a time of 22:01 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational.

Fayetteville-Manlius High School: Penn Relays champion in the distance medley relay as a senior ... Her team won five consecutive Mike Team/Cross national championships and she was a scorer all five years (2006-10) ... Won a pair of national championships in relays, including the 4x800 meter relay (2010) and the distance medley relay (2011), both at the Nike Indoor National meet ... Part of the NYS state meet champions in the 4x800 meter relay ... Finished second in the DMR at the outdoor New Balance Nationals with a time of 11:25 ... Came in third in the NYSPHSAA meet in the 1500 meters with a Section 3 record time of 4:23 ... Chosen as the Central New York Female Athlete of the Year as a senior and was previously the state Runner of the Year as a freshman and sophomore ... Recipient of the Cross Country and the Outdoor Track NYS Sportsmanship Award as a junior and a senior ... Section 3 NYS Scholar-Athlete Award as a junior and a senior ... Presented with the Walter and Cecile Borchert Academic Scholarship ... Achieved High Honor Roll status academically for four years.

Personal: Born 6/24/93 ... Younger of two daughters of Catherine and Jeffrey Chapman ... Has an older sister, Alexandra, who is on the cross country and track teams at Bucknell ... Has a dog, Mackenzie ... Has yet to declare a major.

PERSONAL BESTS

800 Meters                  2:11                 High School
1000 Meters                 2:54                 High School
1500 Meters                 4:23                 High School
Mile                        4:48.68              2012 Columbia Last Chance Meet
3000 Meters                 9:31.21              2012 Penn State National
5000 Meters                 17:24.47             2013 Widener Invitational
6000 Meters (XC)            21:25                2011 Paul Short Run

CAREER AWARDS (Indoor Track)

All-BIG EAST                                     2012 (Distance Medley Relay)

CAREER AWARDS (Academics)

BIG EAST Academic All-Star                       2011-12

BIG EAST TOP 8 FINISHES

Distance Medley Relay       2nd                 2012 Indoor
3000 Meters                 7th                 2012 Indoor