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Camryn Petit

Position:
Distance
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Braselton, Ga.
High School:
Mill Creek

Personal Records
XC 6k – 22:09.8 • XC 5k — 18:35 • Mile – 5:12.59 • 3,000m (I) – 10:10.34 • 5,000m (I) – 17:29.98

2019-20: Competed in four regular-season competitions, clocking personal-best times in three meets • Clocked a personal-best 5,000 meters (17:29.98) for second place at the Power 5 Invitational, a personal-best 3,000 meters (10:10.34) at the Virginia Tech Invitational and a personal-best mile (5:!2.59) at the Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge • Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic • Named to the 2019-20 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2019 XC: Finished 86th with a 6K time of 22:43.6 at the ACC Cross Country Championships • Competed in the Cavalier Classic and the Elon Opener during the regular season.

2018-19: Competed in three meets during the indoor regular season — in the mile at the JDL DMR Invitational and in the 3,000 meters at Clemson’s Bob Pollock Invitational and the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup • In outdoors, competed at the Battle of the Blues and ran a collegiate-best time (10:25.36) for sixth in the women’s 3,000 • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018 XC: Placed 131st in the women’s 6K (22:09.8) at the NCAA Southeast Regional • Finished 83rd in the 6K (22:12.4) at the ACC Championships • Opened her cross country season at the Battle in Beantown 5K (18:37.8).

Prep: Captain of the track team in 2018 and the cross country team in 2016 and 2017 • Led the women’s cross country team to its first ever Class 6-A State Championship title in 2015 • Holds the school record in the 4x1600, 4x800, and DMR • Also ranks second her high school’s history in cross country • 2015 Regional Champion and County Champion in the 3200 • 2015 Regional Champion and County Champion in cross country • Regional champion in the 1600 in both 2015 and 2016 • 2016 Regional champion in the 3200 • Earned top-ten finishes in each of her three cross country state meet appearances in 2014, 2015, and 2016 • Finished among the top ten 3200-meter competitors at the track state meet in 2015, 2016, and 2018 • Named to the first-region and first-county track teams • AP Scholar with Distinction • National Merit Commendation • National Honors Society and National Spanish Honors Society • President of BETA Club • Junior and Senior Class President • iLead Student Mentor • Graduated first in her class of 884.

Personal: Camryn Burton Petit is the daughter of Rex and Julie Petit • Born June 4 • Her twin sister, Marisa, is on the cross country and track & field teams at the University of Georgia and her older sister, Hannah, runs for Georgia Tech • Her father wrestled at Purdue University • Majoring in neuroscience

Eligibility: Cross Country (JR-3) • Indoor (JR-3) • Outdoor (SO-2)

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