University of Missouri Athletics

Patten was one of Missouri’s top middle-distance competitors. She was a three-time all-American at 800 meters, placing sixth as a senior in the indoor 800 race at the 2006 NCAA Championships, eighth as both a sophomore and a junior. She was a 13-time all-Big 12 Conference runner in both track and cross country and won four Big 12 titles – indoor 800 meters (2004), outdoor 800 meters (2005), indoor 1,000 meters (2005, 2006). She also won the NCAA Mideast Regional championship in the 800 meters as a senior in 2006. Patten ended her career ranked second on the school 800-meter performance lists, both indoors and outdoors. She won the 2003 USATF Junior National Championship in the 800 meters representing Mizzou and was a multi-time academic award winner at both the national and conference level.