Best was a six-time All-American, earning the honor three times indoors (indoor mile in 1989, 1990 and 1991), twice outdoors (1500m in 1990 and 1991) and once in cross country (1990). She missed winning the mile run at the 1991 indoor NCAAs by one-one hundredth of a second. She earned All-Ivy honors 12 times--11 first team (including a first-place finish at the 1990 Heps cross country championships) and one second team. She was voted the Outstanding Female Performer at the 1990 outdoor Heptagonal championships when she won three events--the 1500 meters, the 3,000 in Heps and school record time and she ran the second leg of the first-place 3200m relay. She also won All-East honors six times, including two indoor ECAC titles -- the mile in '89 and the 800 in '91. Over her career she set five Cornell track records and was named the Cornell Sun Athlete of the Year in 1990-91.
