Bio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2011 CROSS COUNTRY: First IU East cross country runner to qualify for NAIA National Championships in consecutive seasons. ... Finished 295th at NAIA National Championships on Nov. 20 in Vancouver, Wash. ... Qualified for NAIA National Championships with season-best fourth-place finish at the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet Nov. 5. ... Established school record of 20:40 at the KIAC meet. ... Ran three of the top 10 times in school history during sophomore season. ... KIAC Runner of the Week for weeks of Sept. 19 and Oct. 10. ... IU East's No. 1 runner in every race. ... Posted three top-10 finishes in seven races. ... Earned medal with 14th-place finish at the Asbury University Chick-fil-A Invitational on Sept. 1.

2010 CROSS COUNTRY: Burst onto the scene with the best individual season in IU East women's cross country history. ... Finished 291st at the NAIA National Championships on Nov. 20 in Vancouver, Wash., the best national finish for an IU East women's cross country runner. ... Qualified for the NAIA National Championships with a fourth-place finish at the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference meet Nov. 6 in Wilmore, Ky. ... Named NAIA National Runner of the Week for the week of Nov. 3, along with men's cross country runner Justin Taylor becoming the first IU East athlete to earn an NAIA athlete of the week honor. ... Ran the top four times in school history - including school record of 20:45 established Oct. 15 at the Wilmington College Invitational - and seven of the top 10. ... Finished in top 10 in four of eight races. ... Earned a season-best second-place finish at the Kentucky Christian University Late Knights Run on Oct. 30. ... Named KIAC Runner of the Week for the weeks of Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 1 and Nov. 8, the most KIAC Runner of the Week honors in a single season for an IU East women's cross country runner.

HIGH SCHOOL: Concluded her athletics career at Eaton High School with an appearance in an Ohio Division II regional meet with Eaton's 3200-meter relay team. ... Finished 20th in an Ohio Division II cross country district meet in 2009. ... Placed sixth in her conference cross country meet in 2009. ... Received Eaton cross country's Most Consistent Runner award.

ALL ABOUT CARLIE

AREA OF STUDY: Exercise Science

WHY CARLIE CHOSE IU EAST: It was a great opportunity for me to stay at home and run

MOST MEMORABLE CROSS COUNTRY/DISTANCE RUNNING MOMENT: My very last race. I has a stress fracture in my hip. I crossed the finish line and my coach said, "It was my pleasure to have coached you." I'll never forget the look in his eyes to both me and my senior teammate.

PARENTS: Cathy and Charlie Rider

SIBLINGS: Cody and Carrie (triplets); older brother Casey

DID YOU KNOW: Carlie qualified to compete at the Montgomery County Science Day with a high score at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center Science Fair.