Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

2023: Helped lead AUM to its second consecutive Top-5 team finish at the GSC Championships…part of a squad that made two appearances in USTFCCCA’s weekly South Region rankings…ran in five races for the Warhawks…clocked the fastest 4K time (16:45 - JSU Foothills Invite) and fastest 5K time (20:12.4 - GSC Championships) of her career.

2022: Ran in five races for the Warhawks and helped the team to a fourth-place finish at the GSC Championships, the highest-ever finish for the squad since becoming an NCAA Division II member...raced an AUM-best 5K time of 20:57.3 at the Queens University of Charlotte Royals Challenge on Oct. 7...collected her highest finish of the season at the University of West Florida Invitational, where she placed 29th overall with a time of 22:10.8 in tough racing conditions...named to the GSC Fall Academic Honor Roll.

PREP: Attended Wakulla High School for three years before attending Sante Fe High School in Alachua, Fla....lettered all four years in cross country and track and field, including three seasons for coach Michael Martin at Wakulla nd one season for head coach Basil Wetherington at Sante Fe...progressed from earning the team's Most Improved award in 2018 to team MVP honors in 2020...was a state meet qualifier in 2021, and also qualified for regionals in 2018, 2020, and 2021...recorded a 5K personal record of 20:44...was a dual enrollment student at Sante Fe College and Tallahassee Community College...also did volunteer work with the Special Olympics and did a three-week volunteer program at the North Florida Regional Medical Center.

PERSONAL: Goes by Lizzie...daughter of Stephen and Clara Blitch...has one brother, Wyatt...majoring in nursing.