2023-2024: Cross Country – ran in 5 of the 6 XC meets on the season, including finishing 8^th in the ACU Naimadu Classic (#4 finisher for ACU); 67^th in the WAC Championship run at ACU’s Zoe Park course; and 123^rd at the South Central Region meet in Fayetteville (#3 finisher for ACU).
2022-2023: Cross Country – ran in all 6 XC meets for the Wildcats in 2022, including a strong 4^th place finish in the Lumberjack Invitational. Bella ran in the top-5 for ACU in all 6 of these meets. Completed her first season of XC for ACU by finishing 53^rd in the WAC Conference meet and 133^rd in the South Central Region Championship. Indoors – ran a PR in the mile (5:13.20) in getting 18^th in the Pittsburg State Inv and placed 17^th in the Gorilla Classic 3K in a PR of 10:23.46. At the WAC Championship in Spokane, she placed 19^th in both the mile and 3K, plus she scored points at the conference meet by running the 1200 meter leg on the 8^th place Distance Medley Relay. Outdoors – in 6 outdoors meets for the ‘Cats, placing 2^nd in the North Texas Classic 1500 in Denton and 7^th in the Oliver Jackson Invitational in Abilene. At the WAC Championship meet run in Nacogdoches, she had PR’s in both the 800 (2:16.10 for 14^th place) and 1500 (4:43.44 for 20^th place).

Before ACU: As a HS senior in 2021, Bella finished 10^th in the District 5-6A cross country meet, as well as running her PR of 19:07 in getting 4^th at the Lake Highlands Invitational. In the spring of 2022, she finished 3rd in the 800 (with a PR time of 2:17.12) and 7^th in the 1600 at the District 6-6A meet.

Personal: Graduated from McKinney Boyd HS in 2022. Her parents are Julia and Matthew Evans.