On Knowles: An experienced and hard-working performer in the sprint events ... Three-time BIG EAST scorer during her career, including once each in the 400 meters, the 500 meters and the 4x400 meter relay ... Top event is the 400 meters ... Capable of making continued progress during the coming year.
2017 Outdoor: Advanced to the final of the 400 meters at the BIG EAST Championships and tallied an eighth place finish with a time of 58.26 in the final ... Was also ranked eighth after recording a season-best time of 57.59 in the preliminary heats ... Tallied a first place finish in the 400 meters at the Haverford Invitational (57.95), and was the runner-up at the season-opening Penn Challenge (58.23) ... Registered times of 58.05 at the Sam Howell Invitational and 58.62 at the Larry Ellis Invitational.
2016-17 Indoor: Competed at six meets during the season ... Tallied a season-best time of 57.76 in the 400 meters at the FastTrack National Invitational, where she finished in eighth place ... Opened the season at the Jack Pyrah Invitational, where she was the runner-up in the 500 meters in 1:17.89 and led off on a 4x400 relay which finished third in 3:56.45 ... Finished sixth in the 400 meters in 58.71 and ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay which came in seventh in 4:00.58 at the Nittany Lion Challenge ... Ran the 400 meters at the Gotham Cup (58.63), the Villanova Invitational (58.80) and the Villanova Open (59.52) ... Anchored the 4x400 relay to a fifth place finish at the Villanova Invitational (3:52.86) and a sixth place showing at the Villanova Open (3:52.98).
2016 Outdoor: Ran the 200 meters and the 400 meters during the season, in addition to contributing to the team in the relays ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the BIG EAST Championships and helped Villanova finish fourth in the relay with a time of 3:51.15 ... Also competed in the preliminary heats of the 400 meters at the conference meet and finished 10th with a time of 57.16 ... Her top time of the season in the 400 meters was 56.73 at the Larry Ellis Invitational, where she also anchored the 4x400 relay squad which finished with a time of 3:51.48 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay at the Penn Relays as the Wildcats placed 32nd in the preliminaries with a time of 3:52.78 ... Opened the season by finishing third in the 400 meters (58.12) and eighth in the 200 meters with a personal best time of 26.31 at the Penn Challenge ... Registered a 14th place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 57.32 at the Colonial Relays, and ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay to help the Wildcats to a runner-up finish with a time of 11:52.12 ... Came in eighth in the 400 meters (56.91) and ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay (3:51.17) at the Princeton Outdoor Invite.
2015-16 Indoor: Scored a team point at the BIG EAST Championships with an eighth place finish in the 500 meters ... Tallied a personal best time of 1:15.58 and finished seventh overall in the preliminary heats at the conference meet, then came in eighth while posting a time of 1:16.27 in the final ... Competed at a total of seven meets during the season ... Made her collegiate debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational, where she was the runner-up in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:19.56 in addition to running the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay which finished in fourth place with a time of 4:17.01 ... Ran three races in the 400 meters and had a top time for the season of 58.14, which was good for a runner-up finish in the college section at the FastTrack National Invite ... Also posted times of 58.43 in a 14th place finish at the Villanova Invitational and 59.14 while placing eighth at the Villanova Open ... Led off the 4x400 relay at the Villanova Invitational and hleped her squad come in fourth with a time of 3:51.51 ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay at the Villanova Open and the Wildcats placed sixth in the relay in 4:00.33 ... Recorded a time of 1:17.17 in the 500 meters and ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay which finished with a time of 3:56.30 at the Great Dane Classic ... Ran on both the distance medley relay and the 4x400 relay at the Penn State National ... Took the 800 meter leg of the DMR which finished in fifth place with a time of 12:01.32 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay which ifnished 11th with a time of 3:56.64.
Shenendehowa High School: Earned a total of nine varsity letters during her scholastic career, including six combined for indoor and outdoor track & field, as well as two for volleyball and one in cross country ... Competed primarily in 400 meters and 800 meters in track ... Holds her school's indoor and outdoor records in the 400 meters, as well as indoors in the 300 meters and the 600 meters ... Also a school record holder as part of the 4x400 meter relay squad outdoors ... Won titles in the 400 meters at four consecutive sectional meets from 2013-15 ... Part of a distance medley relay squad which finished fifth at the outdoor national championships her senior year after posting a seventh place finish her junior season ... Runner-up in the 4x400 relay at the outdoor state meet as a senior ... As a junior finished second in the 600 meters at the public schools indoor state meet and was fourth at the state federation meet ... Also came in fifth outdoors in the 400 meters and sixth as part of the 4x800 meter relay ... Earned a medal at commencement ceremonies for having a cumulative grade-point average of 95 or higher all four years ... Four-time recipient of the Green Award for having a 95 or better GPA ... Presented with a Scholar-Athlete Award all four years ... Winner of the Presidents Award as a senior.
Personal: Born 4/14/97 in Clifton Park, N.Y. ... Younger of two daughters of Brian and Karen Knowles ... Has an older sister, Julia (23) ... Father played college soccer at Brown and mother was a collegiate 400 meters runner at Rhode Island ... Played volleyball for five years and maintains a connection to the sport as an assistant coach at a summer camp near her hometown ... Also enjoys reading, writing, movies and her dogs ... Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of the outstanding academic and athletic programs, as well as the university's values of volunteering and community service ... Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
PERSONAL BESTS
200 Meters 26.31 2016 Penn Challenge
300 Meters 41.0 High School
400 Meters 55.53 High School
500 Meters 1:15.58 2016 BIG EAST Championships
600 Meters 1:35.5 High School
800 Meters 2:19.56 2015 Jack Pyrah Invitational
CAREER AWARDS (Academics)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2015-16
BIG EAST TOP 8 FINISHES
4x400 Meter Relay 4th 2016 Outdoor
400 Meters 8th 2017 Outdoor
500 Meters 8th 2016 Indoor
