Natalie Barnard
- Class Sophomore
- Hometown Wildwood, Missouri
- High School Lafayette High School
- Event Cross Country-Middle Distance-Distance
HONORS
2024-25 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2026 CROSS COUNTRY
Placed 5th in the Mizzou XC Opener (5k, 20:33.7) helping the Tigers to a first-place finish … ran 20:59.6 for the 8th-place Tigers at the Gans Creek Invitational (6k) …took 126th in the Pre-National Invitational, bringing the Tigers to a third-place result (6k, 21:16.7)...crossed the 6k finish line in 21:32.3 to take 61st at the SEC Championship...notched 49th to propel the team to nationals at the NCAA Midwest Regional (6k, 21:41.1)...ended the season by placing 224th in the nation at the NCAA National Championship (6k, 20:53.4)
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
Placed 3rd at the Cougar Classic in the 1500m (4:45.96).
Indoor
Ran the mile unattached at the Bob Teel Invitational and placed 19th.
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
Gans Creek Classic (6k), 157th place, 22:05.7 ... Alabama Crimson Classic (6k), 22nd place, 20:33.7 (career best) ... SEC Championship (8k), 76th place, 20:40.9 ... NCAA Midwest Regional Championship (6k), 126th place, 21:54.81.
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Missouri Gatorade XC player of the year 2023 ... Big River all-metro XC girl of the year 2023 ...1600m state champion, 2024 ... 3200m state champion, 2023 & 2024 ... cross country state champion, 2023 … born April 21, 2006 in Overland Park, Kansas … daughter of Sara and Jeffrey – both MU graduates ... sister to Kate, Elissa (Mizzou teammate), Holly, Lily and Andrew … majoring in finance, with a minor in economics.