Calli Doan

Photo by: Howard Lao

Liberty Track & Field Media Day on September 26th, 2023. (Photo by Cassidy Paxton)

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Apex, N.C.
Prev School:
Apex High School

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NCAA Division I All-America Honors (3)
Fall 2021 Cross Country - 28th
2023 Outdoor Steeplechase - 11th (2nd Team)
2024 Outdoor Steeplechase - 10th (2nd Team)

CUSA Individual Titles (2)
2024 Outdoor Steeplechase
2024 Outdoor 5K

All-CUSA Honors (2)
2024 Outdoor Steeplechase - 1st
2024 Outdoor 5K - 1st

ASUN Individual Titles (9)
2019 Outdoor 1,500
2020 Indoor Mile
2021 Indoor Mile
2021 Outdoor Steeplechase
Fall 2021 Cross Country
2022 Cross Country
2023 Indoor 3K
2023 Indoor 5K
2023 Outdoor Steeplechase

All-ASUN Honors (18)
2018 Cross Country - 5th
2019 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st
2019 Outdoor 1,500 - 1st
2019 Cross Country - 2nd
2020 Indoor 800 - 3rd
2020 Indoor Mile - 1st
2020 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st
2021 Indoor Mile - 1st
2021 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st
Spring 2021 Cross Country - 2nd
2021 Outdoor 1,500 - 3rd
2021 Outdoor Steeplechase - 1st
Fall 2021 Cross Country - 1st
2022 Cross Country - 1st
2023 Indoor Mile - 2nd
2023 Indoor 3K - 1st
2023 Indoor 5K - 1st
2023 Outdoor Steeplechase - 1st

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Placed 11^th in the NCAA steeplechase final to earn second team All-America honors after clocking a program-record 9:52.15 in the prelims
• Successfully advanced through the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet in the steeplechase despite falling
• ASUN steeplechase champion and placed fourth in the 1,500
• Ran an ASUN all-time record 15:51.38 5K at the Wake Forest Invitational, six days after running a personal-best 4:15.34 1,500 at the Bryan Clay Invitational on the opposite coast. Both times rank No. 2 in program history.
• Two-time ASUN Women’s Track Athlete of the Week (March 29 and April 5)
• VaSID First Team All-State honoree (distance)
• Liberty’s first ASUN Female Student-Athlete of the Year (all sports)
• CSC Academic All-America Team (Second Team)
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• VaSID Academic All-State selection
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Named ASUN Most Valuable Female Performer and ASUN Women’s Most Outstanding Track Performer after scoring 28 points at the conference meet. She won the 3K and 5K while finishing second in the mile. Her 3K effort, which came in a Liberty and meet-record 9:24.67, helped clinch Liberty’s team title.
• Ran a 4:36.52 mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, cutting two seconds off the school record her coach (Heather Sagan Zealand) had held since winning the 2002 NCAA Division I mile national title
• Winning 800 time of 2:07.08 from the Liberty Open ranks No. 4 in program history
• VaSID Second Team All-State honoree (distance)
• ASUN All-Academic Team

2022 Cross Country (R-Sr.)
• Placed inside the top 10 at all six of her races, including the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship where her 10^th-place showing earned all-region honors
• ASUN Runner of the Year after successfully defending her ASUN individual title in a 5K meet-record 16:21.0. She became the first five-time All-ASUN women’s cross country runner in Liberty and ASUN Conference history.
• Placed seventh at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational 5K in a program-record 16:15.1
• Started her season with back-to-back individual victories at the Liberty Challenge and Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational
• ASUN Women’s Runner of the Week on Sept. 7
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year (third year in a row)
• ASUN All-Academic Team

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Did not compete in any races and was redshirted
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Team (Second Team)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• VaSID Academic All-State selection
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Named ASUN Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on Dec. 8 after winning the Liberty Kickoff 5K in an ASUN all-time record 16:12.91
• Won the Brant Tolsma Invitational mile in a meet-record 4:48.42 before her season was halted due to injury

Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Jr.)
• Became the Lady Flames’ second NCAA Division I cross country All-American with a 28^th-place national finish in a 6K program-record time of 19:50.6
• Qualified for the NCAA national meet and earned all-region honors by virtue of her fourth-place showing at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championship
• ASUN individual champion in a 5K program-record time of 16:57.4 which ranks No. 2 in meet history. It was Doan’s fourth consecutive top-five finish at the ASUN Championship.
• Recorded five straight top-10 finishes to begin the year, also including a runner-up at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational and seventh-place efforts at the Roy Griak Invitational and FSU XC Invite/Pre-Nationals
• ASUN Women’s Runner of the Week on Oct. 19
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Winner for Life

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Placed 21^st at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet while competing in just the fourth steeplechase of her career. She became the first Lady Flame ever to compete in the steeplechase at the meet.
• ASUN steeplechase champion and third-place finisher in the 1,500. Her 1,500 time of 4:20.54 at the ASUN meet was the fastest by a Lady Flame since 2002.
• Set school records during each of her first two attempts at the steeplechase, including 10:25.34 at the Virginia Challenge and her winning time of 10:10.23 at the Virginia Grand Prix
• VaSID Second Team All-State honoree (distance)
• ASUN Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on May 6
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• VaSID Academic All-State selection
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• For the second year in a row, swept the ASUN mile (personal-best 4:45.84) and distance medley relay (school-record 11:41.12) titles. She led the Lady Flames to a come-from-behind victory in the relay with a 1,600 time of 4:47.06 on the anchor leg.
• Broke her own meet record with her winning mile time of 4:51.24 at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
• VaSID Second Team All-State (mid-distance and DMR)
• ASUN All-Academic Team

Spring 2021 Cross Country (Jr.)
• Liberty’s No. 2 finisher at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, placing 85^th overall
• Finished a close second to teammate Adelyn Ackley at the ASUN Championship for the second consecutive season
• Individual champion at the season-opening CSU Buccaneer Invitational in a 5K season-best time of 17:18.1
• Clocked a 6K personal-best time of 20:38.9 for 13^th overall and first on the team at the FSU Winter XC Classic
• Two-time ASUN Women’s Runner of the Week (Jan. 26, Feb. 9)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• ASUN All-Academic Team

2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Won her first ASUN mile title (then facility-record and personal-best 4:51.26) and anchored the Lady Flames’ distance medley relay squad to victory for the second straight year. She also took third place in the 800 with a personal-best 2:10.53 clocking.
• Moved into Liberty’s all-time top five for both the 800 and mile
• Sophomore season also featured victories in the Liberty Kickoff 3K (personal-best 9:54.46) and Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational mile
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• ASUN Winner for Life
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Cross Country (So.)
• ASUN runner-up to teammate Adelyn Ackley with a 5K personal-best time of 17:10.72 (No. 3 in program history), earning first team All-ASUN honors for the second straight season
• Paced the Lady Flames with a 26^th-place NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships finish, becoming the fifth runner in program history to clock a sub-21:00 6K (20:57.5)
• Recorded impressive placements at the FGCU Invitational (second) and Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational (24^th of 149)
• Named to 2010-19 ASUN Women’s Cross Country All-Decade Team

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• ASUN 1,500 champion in a season-best time of 4:35.08
• Also placed sixth in the ASUN 5K final with her first sub-18:00 clocking (17:59.37) on the track
• Won the WildCat Invitational 800 and sped to a personal-best time of 2:12.73 in the Liberty Twilight Qualifier 800
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Clocked 4:54.26 for the 1,600-meter anchor leg of the Lady Flames’ ASUN champion and then school-record setting distance medley relay quartet which ran 11:42.29
• Also helped the Lady Flames finish third in the ECAC distance medley relay final in 11:46.76 with a 4:57.35 anchor carry
• Placed fourth in the ASUN mile as one of four freshmen who finished inside the race’s top five
• Moved into Liberty’s all-time top 10 with her 4:54.38 clocking in the ECAC mile prelims

2018 Cross Country (Fr.)
• Placed fifth at the ASUN meet, earning the ASUN Women’s Freshman of the Year trophy and a first team all-conference berth
• Finished 41^st at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships (season-best 6K time of 21:05.2), including second on the team and eighth among all freshmen in the race
• Fastest 5K of the season (17:48) was good for eighth place at the Queen City Invite
• Served as the Lady Flames’ No. 2 runner in each of her last five races of the season

Prep
• Graduated from Apex High School
• Qualified for the 2017 Nike Cross Nationals with her eighth-place finish and personal-best 5K time of 17:49.6 at the Southeast Regional Championships
• 2017 Raleigh News & Observer Cross Country Runner of the Year
• Earned a trio of North Carolina 4A state runner-up finishes as a senior, including cross country, the indoor 1,600 and the outdoor 1,600 (personal-best 5:02.61)
• Other fastest times included 2:18.48 (800), 3:05 (1,000) and 10:57.23 (3,200)

Personal
• Wife of former Liberty track & field/cross country runner Nick Doan
• Daughter of Reuben and Karen Parlier
• Birthday is Aug. 11
• Graduated in May 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science
• Graduated in May 2023 with a master’s degree in human performance
• Working toward a Ph.D. in health sciences