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Career Highlights
2020-21
Cross Country: Finished 5^th at the GLVC Championships with a 6-k time of 21:41.8…earned All-GLVC honors for the third time in her career.
Indoor Track & Field: Had three first-place finishes…won the 3000 meter run at the Hershel Neil Inv. (9:50.34), won the 3000 meters at Northwest Missouri St. (9:40.60), and the won the 5000 meters at Ichabod Inv. (16:51.90).

2019-20
Became the first NCAA-II Cross Country All-American in program history after finishing 35th at the national championship meet in Sacramento, Calif....set a team 6-k record as she completed national meet with a time of 20:56.0...earned an individual at-large bid to the national championship...was a cross country/track & field CoSIDA Academic All-American...finished 8th at the GLVC championship with a time of 22:25.0....finished fourth at the season-opening race at Southwest Baptist (18:27.5, 5-k)...did not compete during the indoor track season...also named a CoSIDA Academic All-District performer...named Academic All-GLVC for the third time her career. 

2018-19
Won the GLVC individual championship for the second straight season...posted a winning time and set a school record for a 6-k with a 21:14.92 winning the race by eight seconds...was the top NCAA-II finisher in every race of the regular season including the GLVC championship meet...ran her top 5K time of the season at the Chili Pepper Festival with a time of 17:28.6 and had a top 6K mark of 21:15.00 at the GLVC Championship meet...Placed 13th overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional...Earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

2017-18
CC- Won the GLVC individual championship as a freshman...named GLVC Women's Runner of the Year and was the GLVC Women's Freshman Runner of the Year...set Drury's 5-k record with a time of 17:46.7 at Missouri Southern...was in the top 10 in five of her six races...won the GLVC Championship with a time of 21:55.5 and was Drury's first women's runner to win the league championship....named GLVC Runner of the Week on Sept. 26 and again on Oct. 10

Track- Participated in four events...won four events during indoor and outdoor season (indoor- 3000 meter run at Mule Relays, 10:32.72, distance medley relay at Missouri Southern St., mile at UCM Classic, 5:11.81; outdoor- 1500 at Central Methodist, 4:56.83...set a team record in the indoor mile and finished fourth at the GLVC indoor championship with a time of 5:09.74...came in third at the GLVC outdoor championship in the 5000 meter run with a time of 18:03.82...named Drury University's Women's Freshman/Newcomer of the Year...named GLVC All-Academic.  

Claire McCune's career results

HIGH SCHOOL
Was a three-time cross country state qualifier...finished 4th, 3rd, and 2nd at the state cross country championships and finished with a personal best time of 18:48....Helped New Covenant Academy to state finishes of 3^rd and 2^nd place and a state title in her senior year....In track & field, McCune qualified for the state track meet all four years running in a combined 15 events and earned top eight honors at the state championship 14 times...Capped her high school career with a stellar performance at the 2017 Class 2 Missouri Track & Field Championships where she claimed the individual state titles in the 800 meters (2:19), 1600 meters (5:05), and the 3200 meters (11:15)....Teamed with her sister Katie and one other New Covenant Academy athlete to claim the girls' Class 2 team state title with 57 total points. 

PERSONAL
Grant and Laura McCune...Major is Management/Finance.

CLAIRE'S FAVORITES
Favorite Class: Economics
Hobbies: Spending time with family, going to concerts and being outdoors!
Favorite website or app: Spotify
Athlete you most admire: Emma Coburn
Person that most inspires you: My parents!
Best moment you've had as an athlete: Winning a team state championship my senior year of high school track