Distance
Class: Junior
Hometown: Camden, Mich.
High School: Camden-Frontier

Personal: Born February 13, 1990...Parents are Russel and Belinda...Is a Spanish major...Has been named to the Dean's List all four semesters...Named Academic All-GLIAC two times, named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team in Fall 2010...Member of Athletes in Action...Volunteers in the Hospital ER, and a Physical Therapy center...Mother Belinda Richards-Shaffer was inducted into the Hillsdale College Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2006.

2010-2011
Indoor Track: Won the 800 meter run at the GVSU Tune-Up Meet in February, with a time of 2:14.85, cutting 10 seconds off her time from the same event a month earlier in the season...Posted back-to-back sixth-place finishes in the 800 at the SVSU Cardinal Meet, and the D-II Challenge...Took 12th overall in the 800 at the GLIAC championships.
Cross Country: One of the top runners for the Chargers at the GLIAC championships, finishing 57th overall with a time of 23:48.1...Finished the D-II national meet in 25:54...Took ninth overall at the Charger Invitational with a time of 23:33.7, her best of the season.

2009-2010
Outdoor Track: Holds the second-fastest time in school history in the 800 meter run, completing the race in 2:11.12 at the North Central College Invitational...Won the 800 meter run at the Winthrop Invitational with a time of 2:17.82...Took third in the same race at the 2010 Gina Relays...Named Academic All-GLIAC in both indoor and outdoor seasons.
Indoor Track: Finished 11th at the 2010 GLIAC Indoor Track and Field championships in the 800, and had a season-best and provisionally qualifying time of 2:12.07 at the Grand Valley State Big Meet...Fnished second in the 800 at the Kent State University Invitational.
Cross Country: Had a season-best time of 19:22 at the Notre Dame cross country invitational.

2008-2009
Outdoor Track: Had three top-three finishes in the 800, led by a provisional qualifying time of 2:11.79 at the 2009 GLIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held at Hillsdale College.
Indoor Track: Helped lead the distance medley relay team to a third-place finish at the 2009 GLIAC Indoor Track Championships.
Cross Country: Competed in the 2008 GLIAC Cross Country championships and registered a time of 24:39.7.

High School: State qualifier in track and cross country all four years while competing for the Redskins at Camden-Frontier High School...Was the four-time SCAA champion in the 400 meter dash...Named an MHSAA/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete...Class Valedictorian.