Personal
- Born 2/21/81 in Trenton, New Jersey
- Parents are Thomas and Karen Rust
Before BYU
- Started running cross country her senior year at Hopewell Valley Central HS
- Set Mercer County cross country record on her way to winning the county title
- Finished fourth in sectionals and third in state for cross country
- State runner-up in the indoor two-mile
- Placed seventh in the 2000 Brown Invitational for cross country
- Transferred to BYU from University of Connecticut