Naomi Armstrong

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Position:
Mid-distance/PV
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Hartly, Del.
Prev School:
Smyrna High School

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All-ASUN Honors (6)

2019 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st

2019 Indoor Pole Vault - 3rd

2020 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st

2021 Indoor 800 - 2nd

2021 Indoor Distance Medley - 1st

2021 Indoor Pole Vault - 3rd

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• Did not compete in any meets and was redshirted

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)

• Helped Liberty clinch the ASUN team title with a third-place 4 x 400 relay finish after placing fourth in the 800 (indoor personal-best 2:09.80) and tying for fifth in the pole vault (season-best 11-4.5)

• Won both of her 1,000-meter races on the season, headlined by a Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational triumph in the No. 2 time in program history (2:50.93)

• ASUN All-Academic Team

Fall 2021 Cross Country (R-Jr.)

• Ran one race, the season-opening Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational. She served as Liberty’s No. 7 runner, taking 14^th place overall in a 6K time of 23:16.8

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)

• At the ASUN meet, placed fourth in the 800 and 4 x 400 relay and fifth in the pole vault

• Set personal bests in both the 800 (2:09.62) and pole vault (12-0.75) at the Virginia Grand Prix

• Aggie Classic 800 runner-up

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)

• Posted a first (distance medley relay, program-record 11:41.12), second (800, indoor personal-best 2:10.53) and third-place finish (pole vault, 11-2.25) at the ASUN meet

• Ran the leadoff leg for the Lady Flames' ASUN-winning distance medley relay for the third straight year, clocking a personal-best 1,200 time of 3:34.62

• Performed well at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, clocking a mile personal best of 5:04.49 and pole vaulting a season-best 11-5.75

• First collegiate finisher (runner-up overall) in the Liberty Elite Invitational 800

• VaSID Second Team All-State (DMR)

• ASUN All-Academic Team

Spring 2021 Cross Country (Jr.)

• Did not run any races

2020 Outdoor Track & Field

• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (So.)

• Led off for the victorious ASUN distance medley relay squad for the second straight year

• Also became the only NCAA Division I woman to place top-four conference finishes in 2020 in both the 800 (fourth, season-best 2:11.81) and pole vault (fourth, season-best 11-8)

• Liberty Kickoff 800 champion

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Cross Country (So.)

• Ran a 5K personal-best time of 18:15.28 at the ASUN meet for 17^th place overall and sixth on the team

• Two weeks later, produced a 6K personal-best 22:24.0 for the 114^th spot at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Championships

• Began her sophomore campaign with top-10 efforts at the Liberty Challenge (seventh place) and FGCU Invitational (eighth place)

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Recorded ASUN fifth-place finishes in the 800 and pole vault

• Top marks of her freshman season included 2:12.52 for the 800 (April 20 Duke Invitational), 4:38.88 for the 1,500 (March 29 Raleigh Relays) and 10-9 for the pole vault (May 1 Liberty Twilight Qualifier)

• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2019 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)

• Kept busy at the ASUN meet, leading off for the victorious distance medley relay squad (then school-record 11:42.29), finishing third in the pole vault (season-best 10-8) and placing sixth in the 800 (season-best 2:14.38)

• Ran the 1,200-meter leadoff leg for the Lady Flames' third-place distance medley relay quartet at the ECAC Championship

• Won the women's 1,000 at both the Liberty Flames Invite and Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (personal-best 2:56.35)

2018 Cross Country (Fr.)

• Came in 29^th overall (No. 8 Lady Flame) at the ASUN meet

• Fastest 5K of the year (18:23) placed her 41^st of 412 runners at the Royals Challenge

• Closed the season with a fourth-place finish at the Hokie Open

Prep

• Graduated from Smyrna High School

• Delaware 1A indoor state 800 champion as a junior and took top honors in the outdoor Delaware Meet of Champions 1,600 that same year (personal-best 5:09.28)

• Kept busy at her final Delaware state outdoor track meet, placing second in the 4 x 800 relay and pole vault, third in the 1,600 and fifth in the 800

• Delaware Division 1 state cross country runner-up in 2016 and third-place finisher in 2017

• Top high school marks included 2:17.24 (800), 18:23 (cross country 5K) and 10-9 (pole vault)

Personal

• Wife of former Liberty football player Chandler Armstrong

• Daughter of Paul and Stephanie Bowser

• Birthday is Feb. 10

• Exercise science major