2022 Women's Cross Country Roster
Roster
Weems, Ava

Ava Weems
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Hoover HS
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, AL
Bio
Weems' Performance History & Personal Bests
Background: Competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track for Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi from 2018-22 ... Collegiate personal bests include 4:42.50 (1,500 meters), 5:02.28 (indoor mile), 9:55.62 (indoor 3,000 meters), 17:24.04 (outdoor 5,000 meters), 18:16.7 (5K cross country) and 21:38.4 (6K cross country) ... Set all five of her track personal bests as a senior during the 2022 indoor and outdoor track seasons ... Ran the 3,000 meters and a leg on Mississippi State's distance medley relay team at thee 2022 SEC Indoor Championships ... In cross country, competed at the SEC Championships three times, with her best place being 77th in 2020 ... Was Mississippi State's third runner at the NCAA South Region Cross Country Championships as a sophomore in 2019 ... In the classroom, was a three-time SEC Honor Roll awardwinner ... Was a five-time President's Scholar and a six-time Bulldog Honor Roll honoree.
High School: Graduated from Hoover High School in Birmingham, Alabama in 2018 ... Left Hoover High School with program records in the 4x800 meter relay and the 3,200 meters ... Helped the Buccaneers win 7A state indoor and outdoor track titles in all four years of high school ... Competed in the 4x800 at the 2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals and helped her team run a 9:19.57 ... Won 4x800 relay state titles in both indoor and outdoor track from 2016-18 ... . Also lettered in basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Ami and Lance Weems ... Has one sister, Presley, who ran cross country and track at Auburn from 2016-22 ... Her father, Lance, competed on Auburn's men's basketball team from 1992-96 ... Graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi State with a B.S. in Food Science, Health and Nutrition in 2022 ... Is earning her masters in Innovation & Management at Montana State University.
Background: Competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track for Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi from 2018-22 ... Collegiate personal bests include 4:42.50 (1,500 meters), 5:02.28 (indoor mile), 9:55.62 (indoor 3,000 meters), 17:24.04 (outdoor 5,000 meters), 18:16.7 (5K cross country) and 21:38.4 (6K cross country) ... Set all five of her track personal bests as a senior during the 2022 indoor and outdoor track seasons ... Ran the 3,000 meters and a leg on Mississippi State's distance medley relay team at thee 2022 SEC Indoor Championships ... In cross country, competed at the SEC Championships three times, with her best place being 77th in 2020 ... Was Mississippi State's third runner at the NCAA South Region Cross Country Championships as a sophomore in 2019 ... In the classroom, was a three-time SEC Honor Roll awardwinner ... Was a five-time President's Scholar and a six-time Bulldog Honor Roll honoree.
High School: Graduated from Hoover High School in Birmingham, Alabama in 2018 ... Left Hoover High School with program records in the 4x800 meter relay and the 3,200 meters ... Helped the Buccaneers win 7A state indoor and outdoor track titles in all four years of high school ... Competed in the 4x800 at the 2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals and helped her team run a 9:19.57 ... Won 4x800 relay state titles in both indoor and outdoor track from 2016-18 ... . Also lettered in basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Ami and Lance Weems ... Has one sister, Presley, who ran cross country and track at Auburn from 2016-22 ... Her father, Lance, competed on Auburn's men's basketball team from 1992-96 ... Graduated summa cum laude from Mississippi State with a B.S. in Food Science, Health and Nutrition in 2022 ... Is earning her masters in Innovation & Management at Montana State University.
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