Missouri State

Collegiate XC PR | 5k: 17:56.2 (9/29/23); 6k: 21:43.2 (10/27/23)

Honors

• 2023 MVC Cross Country Scholar Athlete Team
• MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2023, Spring 2024
• CSC Academic All-District: 2024

2023
Competed in all six meets for the Bears ... Won the Billiken XC Invitational (5k, 9/16) with a time of 18:04.1 ... Set a personal record in the 5k with a time of 17:56.2 at the Arkansas Chile Pepper Festival (9/29) ... Led the Bears across the finish line in four meets this season ... Set a new personal best in the 6k at the MVC Championship (10/27) with a 21:43.2 finish ... Was a 2023 MVC Scholar Athlete Honoree.

North Florida
Was a three-time ASUN All-Academic Team selection for coach Jeff Pigg at North Florida from 2020-23 ... 
2022: Was one of UNF's top-three finishers in 4-of-5 races, including a season-best 7th-place showing at the UNF Invitational (18:32.9) that pushed the Ospreys to the team title ... Season-best effort of 17:56.2 at the ASUN Championship was the team's fourth-best 5k effort of the season and was good for 38th place ... Finished 51st overall with personal-best 6k time at the Crimson Classic (21:45.2) ... Earned CSC Academic All-District honors.
2021:  Was UNF's top runner and finished 46th with a 6k time at the Missouri Gans Creek Classic (22:24.6) ... Was also the top Osprey runner (25th) at the ASUN Championship with a personal-best 5k time (18:12.2) ... Ran 22:19.23 at the NCAA Regional to pace all UNF runners and place 101st.
2020: Placed 15th in her UNF XC debut at the CSU Invitational (18:54.3) ... Finished 25th in the FSU Winter Classic 6k meet (22:47.8) ... Finished 19th at the ASUN Championship (19:22.2).

High School
Was named Southern Illinois Female Runner of the Year four straight years from 2016-19 as a standout distance specialist at Benton (Ill.) Consolidated High ... As a senior in 2019-20, she finished 3rd at state cross country but lost her senior track season due to COVID ... Was also 3rd at the state cross country meet as a junior and finished 2nd in the 800m and 6th in the 1600m in the spring of 2019 ... As a sophomore, she was again a state qualifier in cross country (9th) and in the 3200m (12th) in track ... Finished 10th at state cross country her freshman year for coach Brent McLain.

Personal
Amelia Grace McLain was born 2/2/02 in Carbondale, Ill. ... Daughter of Brent and Deedra McLain of Benton, Ill. ... Has a brother, Gabe, and two sisters, Madi and Analisse ... Mia and Madi are twins ... Madi runs track at Loyola Chicago ... Father was a cross country and track standout at Alabama ... Undergraduate degree in Psychology ... Majoring in Graduate Studies in preparation for Speech-Language Pathology graduate certificate.