2024-2025
Indoors – competed in 4 indoor meets. During the regular season finished 10 th in the TTU Stan Scott Invitational shot put and 5 th in the weight throw at the Howie Ryan Invitational held at the University of Houston, with an all-time best throw of 50 2/15.29m. At the WAC Championship, she finished 2 nd in the SP with a new personal best of 44- 9/13.64m, as well as placing 11 th in the WT.
Outdoors – competed in 8 meets. Started the year by throwing all 4 throwing implements at the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational, getting 2 nd in the SP, 5 th in the javelin throw with a personal best of 120-11/36.85m; 6 th in the discus throw with a personal best of 133-8/40.74m; and 9 th in the hammer throw. This was followed by several other outstanding meets for Sterling: 5 th in the DT at the Bobcat Invitational in San Marcos; 4 th in the HT and 6 th in the DT at the TTU Masked Rider Invitational; won the SP at the War Hawk Invitational at McMurry; 11 th in the Michael Johnson Invitational at Baylor with a personal best toss of 46 6.75/14.19m; 4 th in the HT at the Joe Gillespie Invitational at Tarleton State; and 7 th in the SP and 8 th in the HT at the TCU Horned Frog Invitational. She topped off a strong redshirt freshman year at the WAC Championship by getting 3 rd in the SP and 6 th in the HT with a personal best throw of 162-3/49.46m. She also just missed scoring in the DT as she placed 9 th .

2023-2024
Indoors – redshirted.
Outdoors – redshirted, but stayed active during the season by throwing unattached at 5 area meets. Some highlights for the year were winning the SP at the Joe Gillespie Invitational in Stephenville and placing 3rd in the SP at the Corky Crofoot Shootout in Lubbock.

Before ACU 
Has been one of the dominant throwers in New Mexico for 5 years for Rio Rancho HS and Albuquerque Academy (her 8th grade year). Because middle schoolers are allowed to compete at the HS level in New Mexico, Sterling first made her mark competing for Albuquerque Academy as an 8th -grader by placing 2nd in the NM 4A SP and DT and 5th place in the javelin. Her freshman season (2020) was wiped out by the pandemic. But she returned to competition as a sophomore in 2021 for Rio Rancho HS, placing 2nd  at the NM 5A meet in the shot put, discus and javelin. In 2022, her junior year, she won the SP, DT, and placed 4th in the javelin. That year, she was ranked #66 in the U.S. in the SP for high schoolers. As a HS senior, she won both the SP and DT and her best SP throw ranked her #85 in the U.S. among high school throwers. As a senior, she also won the Great Southwest Indoor Classic (a HS all-star track meet) shot put, putting her #91 indoors for U.S. high schoolers. She also competed in the Great Southwest Outdoor Championships in 2022 and threw all four outdoor implements in one meet – getting 2nd in the SP, 3rd in the hammer throw, 9th in the JT, and 10th in the DT. HS personal bests are: 43-8/ in the SP, 131-4/ in the DT, and 119 9 in/ the javelin. Sterling was also placed 2nd at the NM State Powerlifting championship as a junior and senior. She was named to NM Milesplit All-Decade team in the SP and DT. Her senior year, Sterling was named the Rio Rancho HS Athlete of the Year.
 
Personal 
Sterling was a 2023 graduate of Rio Rancho HS in New Mexico, where she appeared on the Honor Roll. Sterling is a Criminal Justice major at ACU. Her Mother is Cheryl Glenn. Her brother, Teagun, graduated from the Air Force Academy and was 4th in the Mountain West Conference javelin in 2022 and finished 5th in the javelin at the MWC meet in 2024. Sterling has been active as a volunteer teaching young children’s classes at her home church – Life.Church Rio Rancho, aswell as local non-profits Watermelon Mountain Ranch (a non-profit that rescues dogs and cats) and the Roadrunner Food Bank. Her nickname is Dempsy.

Why did you choose ACU? Because of the strong track and field community and the Christian values the university upholds. No other team offered the same family-like bond between teammates and coaches. I also love being at an institution that helps me grow closer to God.

What is your favorite thing about ACU? The community of like-minded individuals I have found here.