CROSS COUNTRY
2011: Ran in all six meets... Recorded best overall finish at Evansville Invitation with 16th place finish... Ran Charlotte Invitational (5K) in 18:0.03 for best time on the season... Competed in NCAA South Regional meet, crossing the finish line in 109th place with a time of 23:08.80... Earned Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference Honors
2010: Ran in all six meets … Recorded best 5K time of 18:46.56, placing 31st at Atlantic Sun Conference Championships … Best overall finish was 11th, crossing the line in 19:06.08 at the Fast Cats Classic (5K) … Also placed 51st with a time of 15:45.31 in the season-opener hosted by Belmont and Vanderbilt (4K) … Was the third Bruin to finish at the NCAA South Regional, taking 96th with a time of 22:31.60 (6K) … Earned Atlantic Sun All-Academic honors.
2009: Academic All-Conference ... Ran in all six meets ... Three Top 40 and four Top 50 finishes ... 13th out of 113 at Evansville Invitational (5K) ... 35th out of 116 and team high finisher at Crimson Classic (5K) ... 40th at Atlantic Sun Championships (5K) ... 43rd at Belmont Opener (4K) ... 98th out of 291 at Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic (5K) in season-best time of 19:09.96 ... Ran at NCAA South Regional Qualifier at Univ. of Alabama (6K).
TRACK AND FIELD
2011-12: Competed in three indoor meets ... Opened season at Blue Raider Invitational taking ninth in Mile with season-best 5:28.62 ... At Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships finished 15th in 5000m with a time of 18:47.11 ... Competed in three outdoor meets ... Top BU finisher in 2000m Steeplechase at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... Took seventh in 3000m Steeplechase at Tiger Track Classic ... At Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships finished sixth in 3000m Steeplechase ... Also took 10th in 5000m at same meet... Earned Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference Honors
2010-11: Competed in four indoor meets ... Took 12th in Mile at Blue Raider Invitational ... At Indiana Relays ran season-best Mile (5:31.21) ... Third best Brun finisher in 3000m at MTSU Valentine Invitational ... Placed 23rd at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships in 5000m ... Competed in four outdoor meets ... At highly competitive Raleigh Relays took sixth in 5000m Section III ... Finished third in 3000m SC at APSU Invitational ... Notched season-best 11:51.46 in 3000m SC at Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships ... Third-best BU runner in 5000m (18:15.81) at Vanderbilt Invitational.
2009-2010: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in three indoor meets ... Ninth in Mile Run at Blue Raider Invitational ... 14th in 3000m at MT Valentine Invitational ... 31st in Mile Run at Indiana Relays ... Competed in four outdoor meets ... Seventh in 3000m at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational in season-best time of 10:42.54... Eighth in 1500m at APSU Spring Fling ... Eighth in 5000m at Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships ... 12th in 5000m at Vanderbilt Invitational.
Prior to Belmont: Led Brentwood Academy to a second-place team finish in the 2008 Cross Country State Championship ... A four-time All Mid-State selection ... Earned All-State track honors in 2009 ... Cross country team captain junior and senior years ... Qualified for the cross country state meet all four years ... Finished second at the state cross country meet as a senior ... Coached by Cathy Cheesema.
Personal: Courtney Mae Bishop ... Born May 20, 1990 in Pensacola, Fla. ... Parents are Robert and Annette Bishop ... Mother graduated from Belmont in 1982 ... Father is a family practice M.D. ... Uncle, Rob Parrish, also graduated from Belmont ... Has an older sister, Brooke, and a younger sister, Grace ... Major is Spanish.
