Carly Spletzer

Position:
Distance
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lakota East
Hometown:
Liberty Township, Ohio

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Earned Academic All-MAC (cross country 2023).

2024 OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets ... ran a collegiate best time of 4:38.38 in the 1500-meter run at the USF Bulls Alumni Invitational (Mar. 16) ... ran a collegiate best 10,000-meter time of 35:53.98 at the Raleigh Relays (Mar. 29) ... finished fifth in the 1,500-meter run at the BSU We Fly Challenge (Apr. 13) with a time of 4:42.11 ... finished sixth in the 5,000-meter run at the Outdoor Music City Challenge (Apr. 27) with a time of 17:29.41.

2024 INDOOR: Competed in four meets ... finished second in the 3,000-meter run at the Bob Parks Memorial (Jan. 20) with a time of 10:02.60 ... finished fifth and ran a personal best time of 9:55.81 in the 3,000-meter run at the 2024 Meyo Invitational (Feb. 3) ... ran a personal best time of 17:27.65 at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 9) ... part of the sixth place distance medley relay team at the Mid-American Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 23).

2023 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets ... finished third at the We Fly 2023 Collegiate Cross Country Challenge (Sep. 1) with a 5k time of 18:48.6 ... finished 18th at the Sean Earl Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Sep. 29) with a 6k time of 21:41.6 ... led the Cardinals and finished 26th at the 2023 MAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28) with a 6k time of 21:34.7.

2023 OUTDOOR: Did not compete in any meets.

2023 INDOOR: Competed in six meets … won and ran a college best in the 3000m at the Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 20) with a time of 10:11.62 … ran a college best in the mile at the Indiana University Relays (Jan. 28) with a time of 5:11.43.

2022 CROSS COUNTRY: Did not compete in any meets.

2022 OUTDOOR: Competed in seven meets … helped 4x800-meter relay team to place second in 9:46.72 at the Blizzard Buster (March 18) … in the same meet, ran season-best 1,500-meter run time of 4:48.79 … won the 3,000-meter run at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (March 26) with a time of 10:27.06 … ran season-best time in the 5,000 meters of 17:44.97 at the Tennessee Relays (April 9) … placed third in. the 1,500-meter run in 4:49.77 at the We Fly Challenge (April 16) … finished second in the 5,000-meter run after crossing the line in 18:00.04 at the Jack Shaw Invite (April 30).

2022 INDOOR: Competed in five meets … helped distance medley relay team to place fourth with a time of 12:46.53 at the Jim Green Invitational (Jan. 15) … set season-best 3,000-meter time of 10:20.08 at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 22) … ran season-best time of 17:50.75 in the 5,000-meter run at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 5) … placed 16th at the MAC Indoor Championships in the 5,000-meter run after crossing the line in 17:51.99.

2021 CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets … in first collegiate meet, placed 20th and ran 5k time of 18:33.2 at the Butler Twilight (Sept. 3) … improved on that time at both the John McNichols Invite (Sept. 18) and Joe Piane Invite (Oct. 1) with times of 18:25.5 and 18:22.3, respectively … improved 6k time from 23:03.6 at the Bradley Pink Classic (Oct. 15) to 22:18.4 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 12) … ran 22:26.1 6k time at the MAC Championships (Oct. 30).

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track at Lakota East High School … competed for head coach Adam Thomas … was a two-time all-state selection … named the conference runner of the year in 2020 … labeled as a team captain during sophomore, junior and senior seasons … guided team to conference and district championship in addition to being the state runner-up … selected to the all-regional team in 2019 and 2020 … placed ninth at the state cross country meet in 2020 … placed fourth in the state in the 3,200-meter run in 2021.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Craig and Robin Spletzer … is an only child … father, Craig, ran cross country and track at Toledo … plans to major in speech language pathology … chose Ball State because it felt like home, the fit with the team, the relationship with the coaches, the proximity from home and the speech pathology program.