Tiaree Towler

Photo by: Ginnie Coleman

Class:
Senior
Events:
Distance
Hometown:
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Height:
5-2
High School:
Chaparral
Squadron:
10 Tiger Ten

JUNIOR YEAR | 2023-24: Scored for the Falcons at both Mountain West Championship meets…clocked the seventh-fastest 10,000-meter time in Air Force history (34:20.69) to finish fourth at MW Outdoors…also earned a top-five finish in the 10K at the Bryan Clay Invitational (34:44.84, fifth)…added the 15th-fastest 5000-meter time in program history (16:45.53) during only outdoor appearance in that distance at the conference meet…raced one 1500-meter event, winning the Air Force Twilight Open in 4:38.87 (adjusted for altitude)…competed in two meets during the indoor season…scored for the Falcons in the 5000-meter run at the MW Indoor Championships, after finishing sixth in 16:32.81a.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2022-23: Competed in the 5000-meter run during three outdoor meets…clocked a season-best time of 17:08.36 at the Bryan Clay Invitational…collected a top-10 finish at the Drake Relays (seventh, 17:19.19)…raced twice during the indoor season…clocked a mile time of 5:09.60 (adjusted for altitude) to earn runner-up honors at the Invitational at the Peak.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2021-22: Debuted on the program’s Top 10 in two different events during the indoor season…set the Freshman Class Record in the 3000-meter run after recording the sixth-fastest time in Academy history (9:34.52, adjusted for altitude) at the Colorado Invitational…named Mountain West Freshman of the Week following that meet…debuted at No. 10 on the program’s 5000-meter standings following a 16:49.37 run at the Iowa State Classic…made collegiate debut at the Air Force Invitational, running the mile in 5:05.61a…impacted the program’s Top 25 twice during the outdoor season…debuted at No. 13 on the 5000-meter standings after clocking an outdoor-best 16:54.21 to finish second at the Bryan Clay Invitational…accounted for the 15th-fastest 10,000-meter time in program history (37:35.82) during event debut at the MW Outdoor Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: Chaparral High School…claimed back-to-back cross country titles at the Scottsdale Unified School District Championships (2018, 2019)…sectional champion as a senior…also won the O’Connor Invitational and Fountain Hills Invitational that year…set a course record at Fountain Hills…placed fourth at the Arizona DI State Cross Country Championships in 2018…earned the team’s Most Improved Runner award as a junior…named to the all-city cross country team as a sophomore…four-year varsity team member…Arizona state high school triathlon champion in 2017.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tiaree Skye Towler…nickname is Tito…daughter of Doug Towler and Stacie Brennise…mother ran cross country at Western Colorado University…has two siblings (one older, one younger)…majoring in management…earning a minor in global logistics…plans to commission into the Space Force…received Jump Wings in the summer of 202…attended the Academy’s Prep School…named to the Dean’s List in the first trimester at the prep school…favorite food is tacos…spent part of the summer at the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) in Chicago, reviewing the medical waiver review process as part of a cadet summer research project…also served as the Athletics Officer for the Flying Tigers during Basic Cadet Training…member of Cadet Squadron 10.