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Avery Smith
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bellingham, Wash.
- High School:
- Squalicum HS
PEPPERDINE OUTDOOR TRACK 2025 (SO): Competed in six outdoor track meets, specializing in the 800-meter dash ... Ran her fastest 400-meter dash time of the season at the Leopard Invitational (4/17-18) ... Recorded her fastest 800-meter dash time at the Jim Bush Legends Meet (3/21-22).
PEPPERDINE INDOOR TRACK 2025 (SO): Competed in two indoor track meets ... Ran her season-best time in the 400-meter dash at the Wolf Pack Classic (2/7-8) ... Also ran the 600-meter dash at the UW Preview/Mile City Meet (1/17-18).
PEPPERDINE OUTDOOR TRACK 2024 (FR): Competed in five outdoor track meets ... Ran the 800-meter dash twice and the 4x400-meter relay three times ... Recorded her collegiate-best time in the 800 meters at Occidental (3/9).
PEPPERDINE INDOOR TRACK 2024 (FR): Competed in three indoor track meets, including the MPSF Championships ... Helped Pepperdine break the school record in the distance medley relay at the MPSF Championships (2/21-22) ... Also ran her season-best time in the 400-meter dash at MPSFs ... Ran the 4x400-meter relay twice ... Made her collegiate debut at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Invite (1/19-20).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Squalicum High School, located in Bellingham, Wash., in 2023 … A four-year varsity athlete … Holds the 400 meter record time at the Chuck Randal Invitational in a time of 1:04.03 … Also lettered in lacrosse and soccer.
PERSONAL: Born in Bellingham, Wash. … Daughter of Eric and Jill Smith … Has four siblings: Gae, Elleigh, Finn and Caleb … Dad was a pole-vaulter at Wheaton College … Mom was a high-jumper for Wheaton College … Chose Pepperdine because “it’s academic rigor as well as its religious aspect, I also just knew it was the right fit for me socially/athletically as well as in the classroom.
FAVORITES: Hobbies include playing lacrosse, soccer, going to the gym, traveling, live music, cooking/baking, hiking, skiing and paddle boarding … Favorites include Sydney McLaughlin and Stephan Frei (pro athletes), Jamaican National Team and Haudenosaunee Men's Lacrosse team (pro teams), Pride & Prejudice (book), The Sound of Music (movie), New Girl (TV show), Bon Iver (musical artist), eggs or waffles (food) and lacrosse (sport other than running).
PEPPERDINE INDOOR TRACK 2025 (SO): Competed in two indoor track meets ... Ran her season-best time in the 400-meter dash at the Wolf Pack Classic (2/7-8) ... Also ran the 600-meter dash at the UW Preview/Mile City Meet (1/17-18).
PEPPERDINE OUTDOOR TRACK 2024 (FR): Competed in five outdoor track meets ... Ran the 800-meter dash twice and the 4x400-meter relay three times ... Recorded her collegiate-best time in the 800 meters at Occidental (3/9).
PEPPERDINE INDOOR TRACK 2024 (FR): Competed in three indoor track meets, including the MPSF Championships ... Helped Pepperdine break the school record in the distance medley relay at the MPSF Championships (2/21-22) ... Also ran her season-best time in the 400-meter dash at MPSFs ... Ran the 4x400-meter relay twice ... Made her collegiate debut at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Invite (1/19-20).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Squalicum High School, located in Bellingham, Wash., in 2023 … A four-year varsity athlete … Holds the 400 meter record time at the Chuck Randal Invitational in a time of 1:04.03 … Also lettered in lacrosse and soccer.
PERSONAL: Born in Bellingham, Wash. … Daughter of Eric and Jill Smith … Has four siblings: Gae, Elleigh, Finn and Caleb … Dad was a pole-vaulter at Wheaton College … Mom was a high-jumper for Wheaton College … Chose Pepperdine because “it’s academic rigor as well as its religious aspect, I also just knew it was the right fit for me socially/athletically as well as in the classroom.
FAVORITES: Hobbies include playing lacrosse, soccer, going to the gym, traveling, live music, cooking/baking, hiking, skiing and paddle boarding … Favorites include Sydney McLaughlin and Stephan Frei (pro athletes), Jamaican National Team and Haudenosaunee Men's Lacrosse team (pro teams), Pride & Prejudice (book), The Sound of Music (movie), New Girl (TV show), Bon Iver (musical artist), eggs or waffles (food) and lacrosse (sport other than running).
