Accomplishments

2010

After a rough start of the season bounced back to run a European Championship A-standard of 4:06.29 at the Mondo Keien Meeting, only staying .43 off her personal best despite running solo the last 600m
Only followed the next week by another A-qualifier of 4:07.09 to finish 9th at her first ever Diamond League in Lausanne
Silver medalist in the 800m at the Dutch outdoor championships in a second best time of 2:02.81, only .57 slower than her personal best as a result of pushing the pace from the start

Competed in her first World championship 1500m in Berlin after qualifying at the Mondo Keien Meeting in Uden, the Netherlands by running a phenomenal last 500m solo in front of a home crowd and finishing in an A-qualifier and third fastest time ever by a Dutch woman of 4:05.86min
NCAA champion 1500m outdoor
Placed second at the NCAA indoor championships 3000m
Placed third at the NCAA cross country championships and took second with the team
Took over 4 seconds off her 800m personal best in Atlanta, Georgia and led the last 300m to finish in 2:02.24min
Silver medalist in the 800m at the Dutch outdoor championships
Named ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year and a CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American

Gold medalist at the European cross country championships -23 in Brussels
NCAA champion 3000m indoor in a personal best time of 8:58.12
Placed second at the NCAA cross country championships and took third with the team
Named ACC performer of the year in cross country
Despite having to battle plantar faciitis, managed to place eight at the NCAA outdoor championships and earn All America honors

Silver medalist in the 1500m at the NCAA track and field championships; in the process taking over 6 seconds off her personal best and breaking the school record by running 4:11.34min
Placed third individually and with the team at the NCAA cross country championships
Placed fourth at the European championships -23 in the 1500m
Named NCAA South region athlete of the year & ACC performer of the year in cross country

Placed 16th at the European -23 cross country championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy and missed the team bronze by only 1 point
First All-America honor by placing 27th at the NCAA cross country championships
Named NCAA South region athlete of the year in cross country
First National senior medal by placing second in the 1500m at the Dutch championships
Didn’t qualify for NCAA Outdoors due to food poisoning at the Regional meet, but bounced back by running a 1500m personal best of 4:17.74min two weeks later
Also ran personal bests in the 3000m&5000m

Silver medalist at the European junior championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Bronze medalist at the European junior cross country championships in front of a home crowd in Tilburg, the Netherlands
Was awarded the “Fanny Blankers-Koen Plaquette”, a sport prize for the best Dutch junior athlete of the year
Made her first Dutch senior team and placed 7th at the European Cup
Four time national junior champion: cross country, 1500m indoor and 1500m&3000m outdoor
Took over 7 seconds off her 800m personal best to claim a surprising win at the Golden Spike meet in Leiden, the Netherlands
Ran 6:07.35 for 2000m to break the National junior record by 7 seconds
Junior athlete of the year of hometown Nijmegen

Three time national junior champion: cross country and 1500m indoor&outdoor
Qualified for the World junior championships in Grosseto, Italy, but didn’t finish the race due to illness