2025-2026
Cross country – coming off a medical redshirt outdoor season, Audrey ran in 6 XC meets. During the championship portion of the season, she finished 47 th at the WAC Championship in Arlington and 158 th at the South Central Region Championship in Fayetteville, in both cases the 5 th finisher for ACU.

2024-2025
Cross Country – Audrey kicked off her ACU career extremely well – she was the top ACU finisher in the Naimadu Classic in Abilene, and followed that up with two races where she was the #2 finisher for ACU in both the Gerald Richey UTA XC Invitational (9th place finisher overall) and the Gans Creek Invitational in Columbia, MO. Audrey had her best race of the year at the WAC Championships, running her all-time best time at the 6K distance (22:09), finishing the race as the top ACU finisher, and finishing 31st overall (the 10th best freshman in the race.) She finished 159th in the South Central Region Championship to conclude her XC season.
Indoor track – ran in 4 meets for the Wildcats, finishing the season by running the anchor 1600-meter leg on the 8th place distance medley relay at the WAC Indoor Championship in Spokane, WA.
Outdoor track – medical redshirt. 
 
Before ACU
Audrey had a outstanding career at Mountain View HS outside Boise, ID. As a senior at the Idaho 5A (the largest division in Idaho), she placed 4th in the 1600 and 11th in the 800. Her best times of the year (which are also personal best for her in each of these events) put her in the top-10 in the state in each event– 2:16.00 in the 800 for the 9th best time in the state, 4:59.52 in the 1600 for the 6th best time in the state, and in placing 15th at the Oregon Relays in the 1500 in 4:44.58 - the 4th best time in Idaho. She was named the Female Athlete of the Year for Mountain View HS as a senior as well. As a junior at the Idaho 5A state meet, she placed 9th in the 1600 and 14th in the 800. As a sophomore, she went to state as well, getting 10th in the Idaho 5A 3200. Audrey qualified for the state XC meet all 4 years of HS, finishing as high as 19th as a sophomore. She left Mountain View as the school record holder in the 4x800 relay. 

Personal
Audrey graduated from Mountain View HS in the spring of 2024, after receiving the Presidential Award and appearing on the Honor Roll every year of HS. She also appeared on the school’s Homecoming Court in 2021. At ACU, she plans on majoring in Business-Marketing. Audrey’s parents are Hilary and Lane Chitwood and she has a sister, Natalie, and a brother, Grady.  

Why did you choose ACU? The welcoming people and feeling at home, the amazing T&F/XC team, a great Business program, and exciting opportunities.