Mary Witmer

Class:
Senior
Position:
Hurdles/Sprints
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Lancaster, Pa.
Prev School:
Ephrata High School

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
400 - 57.87 (Indoor)
500 - 1:16.17 (Indoor)
600 - 1:36.98 (Indoor)
60H - 9.26 (Indoor)
100H - 15.05
400H - 59.84 (School Record)
TJ - 37-8 (11.48m) (Indoor)

All-Big South Honors (3)
2014 Indoor Distance Medley Relay - 1st
2017 Indoor 4 x 400 - 1st
2017 Outdoor 400 Hurdles - 2nd

Career
• At the time of her graduation, owned program records for the outdoor 400 hurdles (59.84), indoor distance medley relay (11:48.99) and outdoor 4 x 400 relay (3:40.32)
• Witmer also left Liberty ranked No. 3 in program history for the indoor 500 (1:16.17) and indoor 4 x 400 relay (3:42.79) and No. 10 for the indoor triple jump (37-8)

2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Broke her own school record during the Big South 400 hurdles final with a 59.84 clocking, good for a runner-up finish
• Ran the second leg of the Lady Flames' 4 x 400 relay which won the Penn Relays' ECAC final in a school-record time of 3:40.32. Liberty's record-breaking relay squad was collectively named Big South Women's Track Athlete of the Week.
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll member

2016-17 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Ran the 400-meter leg for the Lady Flames' seventh-place distance medley relay squad at the ECAC meet, which posted a Liberty and Big South-record time of 11:48.99
• At the Big South meet, won the 4 x 400, placed third in the distance medley relay, finished fifth in the triple jump (reaching 37-8 in just the second TJ competition of her collegiate career) and came in 10^th in the 400 prelims
• Won the Liberty Elite Invitational 500 on Feb. 11 in a personal-best 1:16.17, ranking No. 3 in program history

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Ran a season-best 400 hurdles time of 1:01.88 at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
• Won the 400 hurdles at the Coastal Carolina Invitational and Big South Triangular

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Won the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational 500 title in a season-best 1:17.96

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• At the Big South meet, placed fourth in the 400 hurdles, fifth in the 4 x 400 relay and 15^th in the 100 hurdles prelims
• Her 400 hurdles time of 59.92 in the Big South final broke the school record
• Toted the baton for the third leg of the Lady Flames' Big South 4 x 400 quartet which moved up to No. 2 in program history at 3:45.79

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Kept busy at the Big South meet, placing second in the 4 x 400, third in the distance medley relay, 10^th in the 60 hurdles and 18^th in the 400
• Competed in the 4 x 400 relay at the ECAC meet
• Ran the second leg of the Lady Flames' 4 x 400 relay squad which ran the third fastest time in Liberty annals (3:47.32) at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup
• Clocked a personal-best 400 time of 57.87 at the Samford Invitational

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Top event was the 400-meter hurdles, as she placed eighth at the Big South meet, 15th in the ECAC heats and 12th in the USATF Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships heats
• Fastest 400 hurdles time of the season (1:01.04) came at the ECAC meet
• Part of the Lady Flames' Big South runner-up 4 x 400 relay quartet and also ran the event at the ECAC championship
• Helped Liberty run the third fastest outdoor 4 x 400 time in program history (3:46.56) at the Texas Relays

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Ran the 400-meter leg for the Lady Flames' victorious distance medley relay team at the Big South meet
• Toted the baton for the second leg as Liberty ran a program-record 4 x 400 time of 3:46.28 for second place in the Big South final
• Opened her collegiate career with a 1:18.61 clocking in the 500 at the Liberty Kickoff
• Top 400-meter time of the season (58.37) placed her 13th in the Big South prelims

Prep
• Graduated from Ephrata High School
• Won the 2013 Pennsylvania AAA 300 hurdles state title, becoming her school's first female state track & field champion
• Clocked a personal-best 300 hurdles time of 42.11 seconds to win the District 3 crown as a senior
• Helped Ephrata win its first-ever Lancaster-Lebanon League championship in 2013 by finishing first in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, triple jump and 4 x 400 relay
• Personal-best marks included 14.68 in the 100 hurdles and 37-11.5 in the triple jump

Personal
• Daughter of Mark and Cindy Witmer
• Cousin Chas Alecxih plays for the NFL's Carolina Panthers
• Cousin Helen Doolittle played field hockey at Liberty
• Health promotion major
• Birthday is July 8