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TFRRS Performance Profile

Career Accolades

  • Two-time All-American
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2022)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2019)
  • MPSF All-Academic (2019)

Personal Bests (thru 2022)

  • 200: 23.21
  • 400: 52.64i
  • 100: 11.64
  • 60: 7.68i

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2022)
Outdoors

  • Did not compete

Indoors

  • Raced in the 200 and 400 at the Razorback Invitational
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic

As a Senior (2021)
Outdoors

  • Competed in two meets, the West Coast Classic in Eugene and Hornet Invitational in Sacramento

Indoors

  • Competed in one meet, placing fourth in the 400 (53.38) and winning the mile relay at Air Force's Championships at the Peak

As a Junior (2020)
Outdoors

  • Season canceled.

Indoors

  • All-American (DMR)
  • Twice broke school indoor 400 record
  • Took third in the MPSF 400 in school record 52.64
  • Ran second leg on winning distance medley relay team at Razorback Invitational
  • The Razorback DMR time of 10:55.89 qualified Card for NCAA Championships
  • No. 3 Stanford all-time indoors (200)
  • No. 5 Stanford all-time indoors (DMR)

As a Sophomore (2019)
Outdoors

  • Placed second in the 200 at the Canadian national championships, in 23.32
  • Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims in the 200, 400, and 4x400 relay
  • Moved to No. 4 on Stanford all-time 200 list
  • Ran PB of 23.21 at the NCAA West Prelims
  • Moved to No. 4 on Stanford all-time 400 list
  • Ran PB of 52.86 at NCAA West Prelims
  • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

Indoors

  • Moved to No. 7 on Stanford all-time 60 list
  • Clocked PB of 7.55 at UW Indoor Preview
  • Ran on distance medley relay team for first time, at Alex Wilson Invitational and MPSF Championships
  • MPSF All-Academic

As a freshman (2018)
Outdoors

  • Earned second-team All-America honors by running second leg on Stanford's 13th-place 4x400 relay team at the NCAA Championships
  • Fourth at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in the 4x400, running the third leg
  • Reached the World U20 final in the 400, finishing eighth (53.59)
  • Broke Stanford freshman 400 record with lifetime best 53.24 in the World U20 semifinals
  • Ran second leg of school-record sprint medley relay
  • The sprint medley relay team won the National Relay Championships and ran the No. 3 collegiate time in history (3:41.59)
  • Won the Big Meet 200 and in the 4x100 relay
  • Ran second leg of Stanford's third-place 4x400 relay team at the Pac-12 Championships
  • Ran No. 4 all-time Stanford freshman times in the 200 and 400
  • Ran a 52.7 split as the second leg on Stanford's 4x400 team at the NCAA West Prelims
  • The Card placed second in its heat while clocking 3:31.39, the No. 3 time in school history
  • Second-team All-America (4x400)
  • Broke school sprint medley relay record
  • SMR time was No. 3 in collegiate history
  • Moved to No. 3 on Stanford's all-time list in the 4x400
  • Moved to No. 4 on Stanford's all-time freshmen list in the 200
  • Moved to No. 7 on Stanford's all-time list in the 400
  • Moved to No. 10 on Stanford's all-time list in the 200

Indoors

  • Ran the second leg of Stanford's MPSF champion 4x400 team
  • Ran third leg of 4x400 team that was second at the Don Kirby Invite in the No. 3 indoor time in school history (3:34.73)
  • Moved to No. 10 on Stanford's all-time list in the 200
  • Moved to No. 3 and No. 5 on all-time list in the 4x400

International/National Competition

  • Fourth at the 2018 IAAF World Under-20 Championships in the 4x400, running the third leg in Tampere, Finland
  • Reached the World U20 final in the 400, finishing eighth (53.59), and also ran the 200, reaching the semifinals
  • Won the 200 at the 2017 Pan Am Junior Championships in Trujillo, Peru
  • Ran a then-lifetime best 23.27 to earn her first international victory
  • Collected a gold, silver, and bronze, in the meet
  • Earned silver in the 4x400, running the third leg (3:33.19)
  • Earned bronze in the 4x100 (45.14)
  • Has totaled five medals in three international meets while representing Canada
  • Won 4x400 bronze medals at the 2016 World U20 Championships and 2015 World Youth Championships
  • Was sixth in the 200 (23.68) at the World U20 Championships in Poland
  • Ran a 400 personal best of 53.27 in the World U20 semifinals
  • Placed second in the 200 at the 2019 Canadian national championships, in 23.32
  • Won three Canadian U20 championships, two in the 200 and once in the 400

Personal

  • Parents are Edwin and Rebecca Best.
  • Has a younger brother, Landon.
  • A talented artist.

Career Results:

YearSeason (Meets)EventSeason BestConf.RegionNCAA
2022Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (2)20024.16------
40054.34------
2021Outdoors (2)40054.09------
20023.82------
4x4003:50.84------
Indoors (1)40053.38------
4x440y3:49.34------
2020Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (4)40052.643 (52.64)----
20023.62------
DMR10:55.89------
4x4003:45.878 (3:45.87)----
2019Outdoors (7)40052.869 (53.50)16 (52.86)--
20023.2110 (23.79)19 (23.37)--
10011.64------
4x4003:37.195 (3:40.04)14 (3:37.19)--
Indoors (5)20024.25------
607.55------
DMR11:02.502 (11:02.50)----
4x4003:40.714 (3:40.78)----
2018Outdoors (9)20023.6212 (23.81)27 (23.78)--
40053.2411 (54.36)32 (54.61)--
10011.80------
4x4003:31.393 (3:33.64)4 (3:31.39)13 (3:34.26)
4x10045.51------
SMR3:41.59------
Indoors (4)20024.1613 (24.29)----
607.6831 (7.72)----
4x4003:34.731 (3:35.34)----
Ashlan_Best_DB_10042017_740
2018-19
Sprints
Ashlan_Best_JT_100318_132
2019-20
Sprints
Ashlan_Best_Track_Field_KAH_101019_286
2020-21
Sprints
Ashlan_Best_MG_022132021_255
2021-22
Sprints