2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Maya Dorer

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.
  • Highschool St. Jean Baptiste
  • INFLCR maya-dorer

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Member of the Villanova distance group who specializes in the middle distance events on the track ... Three-time All-BIG EAST scorer, including a pair of all-conference honors in the 800 meters as well as running a leg of the third place 4x800 meter relay at the 2023 indoor BIG EAST Championships ... Seven-time BIG EAST scorer overall counting the 800 meters and the relays ... Was the runner-up in the 800 meters at the outdoor BIG EAST meet as a first year collegian in 2022 ... Has recorded personal best times at each distance from the 500 meters through the 1500 meters while competing for the Wildcats ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet in 2022 … Named to the 2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team … Three-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and seven-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. 
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
200 Meters 29.33 High School
400 Meters (relay) 57.74 Penn State National Open (1.28.2023)
400 Meters (open) 58.86 High School
500 Meters 1:16.36 Villanova Invitational (1.20.2024)
600 Meters 1:32.42 High School
800 Meters 2:06.01 BIG EAST Championships (5.14.2022)
1000 Meters 2:45.75 Villanova Invitational (1.21.2023)
1500 Meters 4:32.51 Penn Challenge (3.19.2022)
Mile 5:00.04 High School
3000 Meters 10:29.92 High School
3 Miles (XC) 17:50.5 Main Line Invitational (9.17.2021)
5000 Meters (XC) 19:40.38 High School
6000 Meters (XC) 21:35.2 Paul Short Run (10.1.2021)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 800 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
2022 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 800 Meters
ACADEMIC HONORS
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track) 2021-22
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:16.81 20th
May 11 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor) 8:57.03 4th
2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:15.47 16th
February 24 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 9:02.12 4th
2023 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 12 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:08.90 9th
2023 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 24 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:13.24 3rd
February 25 800 Meters (Final) 2:08.92 3rd
February 25 4x800 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 8:45.22 3rd
2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 13 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:06.62 1st
May 14 800 Meters (Final) 2:06.01 2nd
2022 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK)
Date Event Time Place
February 25 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:12.23 8th
February 26 800 Meters (Final) 2:10.48 7th
February 26 4x400 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 3:55.05 6th
2021 CROSS COUNTRY (CARMEL, IND. | NORTHVIEW CHURCH)
Date Distance Time Place
October 29 6000 Meters 23:46.1 60th
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Club Track & Field: Competed for the Harlem Children’s Zone Track Club and tallied a fourth place finish at the AAU Cross Country Championships in 2019.
 
St. Joseph High School: Competed on the basketball, cross country and track & field teams during her scholastic career … Was the CHSAA runner-up in cross country as a junior … Won the Brooklyn/Queens individual titles in the 600 meters and the 1000 meters her junior year … Competed in the 800 meters and the 1000 meters at the adidas Indoor Nationals in Virginia Beach in February 2021 and ran the 600 meters at the Millrose Games one year earlier.
 
Personal: Born 2/20/03 in New York, N.Y. … Older of two children of John Dorer and Melissa McGovern … Has a younger brother, Nicholas (18) … Chose to attend Villanova for the amazing coaching staff, the championship culture of the track & field program and the academic rigor of the school … Criminology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior