High School/Other: Earned one varsity letter in cross country ... also lettered three years in track and field ... as a senior, was 12th in the state in the 4x800-meter relay, third in the 800 meters in the sectional and conference runner-up in the 800 meters ... Thornwood finished third in the state and won conference and sectional championships that season ... conference champion and state qualifier in the 800 meters her junior season, when the team placed fifth in the state and captured the sectional crown ... as a sophomore, was conference champion in the 800 meters, 4x400-meter relay and 4x800-meter relay ... Thornwood was 19th in the state and second in the conference that year ... competed for the Angelic Flyers in summer track and field ... honor roll student.

Personal: Daughter of Torrence and Tracy Surles ... radio-television broadcasting major.