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2021 Women's Cross Country Roster

Milledge Austin/The Citadel
Milledge Austin/The Citadel
Jody Huddleston

Amber Opp

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Morganton, N.C.
  • High School Draughn

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
Southern Conference Honor Roll (2019-20)

TRACK AND FIELD BIO

CAREER MARKS (TFRRS)


 
4K   15:55.6 Charleston Southern Buccaneer Invitational (9/1/2018)
5K   18:21.5 13th-Annual Sand Shark Invitational (10/19/2019)
6K   22:44.4 2018 NCAA Southeast Region Championships (11/9/2018)





GRADUATE (2021): Ran in five meets... Posted season best 5K time of 19:56.90 at USC Beaufort on Oct. 16... Completed SoCon Championships at VMI with a time of 21:21.50 on Oct. 30... Finished season at NCAA Southeast Region Championships in Lexington, Kentucky with a time of 25:31.10.

SENIOR (2020): Ran in five meets, including four 5Ks and one 6K... Posted her best season 5K time of 20:54.51 at Newberry Oct. 30... Clocked in at 24:41.90 in lone 6K race at Columbia Oct. 3... Finished season at 5K SoCon Championships at Mercer Nov. 21, finishing in time of 22:42.38.

JUNIOR (2019): Ran in seven meets … Started her season off with a time of 20:22.5 in the 5K of the Carolina Challenge (Aug. 31) … Shaved over a minute off her 5K time with a 19:07.9 at the adidas XC Challenge (Sept. 20) … Set a then-personal-best time of 18:47.0 in the 5K at the Queen City Invite (Sept. 27) … Turned in a time of 19:12.5 at the Disney Cross Country Classic (Oct. 12) … Set her personal-record 5K time of 18:21.5 with an eighth-place finish at the 13th-Annual Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 19) … Posted a time of 19:26.0 in the 5K at the Southern Conference Cross Country Championships (Nov. 2) … Rounded out her junior season with a time of 23:10.5 in the 6K at the NCAA Southeast Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 15).

SOPHOMORE (2018): Raced in six events … Started her sophomore season off with an eighth-place showing at the Charleston Southern Buccaneer Invitational (Sept. 1), finishing the 4K event in a time of 15:55.6 … Set a season-best 5K time of 19:10.5 at the Upstate Invitational (Sept. 29) … Came home ninth in a time of 19:12.1 in the 5K of the Charleston Classic (Oct. 6) … At the 2018 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships, finished the 5K in a time of 19:21.7 … Set a 6K personal record at the 2018 NCAA Division I Southeast Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 9) with a time of 22:44.4.

FRESHMAN (2017): Competed in six races as a freshman … Kicked off her collegiate career with a 19th-place showing in the 5K of the Carolina Challenge (Sept. 2), finishing in a time of 19:20.1 … Finished sixth at the Winthrop/Adidas Cross Country Invitational with a 5K time of 19:25.8 … Set her personal record for the 5K with a first-place showing of 18:53.0 at the Will Wilson Citadel Invitational (Sept. 30) … In her first collegiate 6K, raced to a 22:48.8 and finished 19th at he ECU Pirates XC Invitational (Oct. 13) … Posted a 5K time of 19:04.5 at the 2017 Southern Conference Cross Country Championships (Oct. 28) … Wrapped up her freshman campaign with a 6K time of 23:41.8 at the 2017 NCAA Division I Southeast Region Cross Country Championships (Nov/ 10).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned eight total letters in track (four) and cross country (four) at Draughn High School … Helped track & field team claim the 2017 conference championship during her senior campaign … Earned All-State recognition in cross country as a senior …  Was an all-county, all-region, all-conference and state qualifier as a freshman, sophomore and junior.

PERSONAL: Full name is Amber Nicole Opp … Daughter of Stacy and Casey Opp … Major is political science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

    5'11"
  • 2020Senior

    5'11"
  • 2021Graduate Student

    5'11"

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