Celestial Moon

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Muscle Shoals, Ala.
High School:
Wilson HS

Redshirt Junior
Indoor (2019-20)
Competed in four events with four top 10 finishes… Helped the UAB DMR team to a third place finish at the Conference USA Indoor T&F Championships (2/22) earning All-Conference USA Third Team honors…Placed third in the 600m with a career-best time of 1:39.94 at the UAB Green and Gold Invitational (1/24)…Finnished fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:15.57 at the Conference USA Indoor T&F Championships (2/22)…Set a PR time in the 1000m (3:00.91) at the Boston University Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invite (2/1)

Outdoor (2020)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

XC (2019)
Qualified for the NCAA Division I South Region Cross Country Championships, finishing 89th…Finished 24th in the 5K with a PR time of 18:22.4 at the Conference USA Cross Country Championships (11/2)…Set a career-best mark of 21:43.9 in the 6K at the Blazer Classic (10/18)

Redshirt Sophomore (2018)
Competed in all six events, leading the Blazers in three… Ran a personal best 18:32.29 5K time at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (Sept. 29)… Ran a personal best 6K time of 22:47.45 at the Blazer Classic (Oct. 12)… Time at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational was second lowest by a Blazer in 2018… Ran two of the four lowest times of the season

Redshirt Freshman (2017)
Competed in two events… Ran a season-best 19:31.01 in her collegiate debut at the Memphis Twilight (9/2)… Helped the team to USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors… Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll

Freshman (2016)
Redshirted … helped the Blazers to earn All-Academic Honors nomination from USTFCCCA ... garnered Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll accolades

Moon's Career Bests
600m- 1:39.94 at the UAB Green and Gold Invitational Jan. 24, 2020
1000m- 3:00.91 Boston University Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invite Feb. 1, 2020
5K- 18:22.4 at the Conference USA Cross Country Championships Nov. 2, 2019
6K- 21:43.9 at the Blazer Classic Oct. 18, 2019
Mile - 5:08.40 at the Samford Alabama Track Challenge on March 24, 2017
1500m - 4:37.35 at the Georgia Tech Invitational on April 22, 2017
800m - 2:13.31 at the C-USA Outdoor Championship October 18, 2019

High School
Holds the state record in the 4x800-meter race … also holds Alabama’s state record in the 800-meter … holds two state titles in cross country … also has three state titles in the 4x800m …. Times Daily Athlete of the Year in 2013 … has earned two team state cross country golds and one individual state cross country gold … Tennessee Valley Girls Runner of the Year back-to-back years … Led Wilson to the 4A girls title following a second place finish in the state meet with a personal-best 18:23.08 mark in 2014

Personal
Born June 5, 1998 … daughter of Rebecca and Daryl … has one brother, Tah, and one sister, Phoebe … plans to major in biomedical engineering