Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Elite talent in the longer distance events on the track and in cross country ... During her Villanova career was an 11-time All-BIG EAST performer spanning the cross country, indoor and outdoor seasons ... At the time of her graduation ranks fifth in school history in the 10000 meters and also owns the ninth-fastest time (33:50.44) in the Wildcats record book ... Was the BIG EAST champion in the 5000 meters outdoors in 2017 and the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional champion in cross country later that year ... Named the 2017 USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Athlete of the Year for the 2017 cross country season ... Two-time Penn Relays champion in the 4x1500 meter relay, including being a part of a team that tallied the seventh-fastest time in school history in 2017 ... Also ranked fourth in the Villanova record book on the 6000 meter cross country performance list ... Outstanding student-athlete who was the NCAA Elite 90 Award winner for the 2016 cross country season ... Four-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and six time honoree on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
 

2018: Second team All-BIG EAST performer ... Competed at each of the first four meets of the season and was one of the team's scoring runners at the Princeton Invitational; Main Line Invitational (9/14): Opened the season with a seventh place finish and a time of 16:55.2 over three miles; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (9/28): Came in third in the "B" race at the Wisconsin meet with a time of 21:04.6; Princeton Invitational (10/12): Was the Wildcats fifth scoring runner and came in eighth overall with a time of 21:14.9 on the 6000 meter course ... Part of a dominant team performance as Villanova won the meet with five finishers in the top eight spots and a score of 21 points in the field of 22 competing teams; BIG EAST Championships (10/27): Recorded a 16th place individual finish at the conference meet to earn second team All-BIG EAST accolades ... Posted a time of 21:31.3 on the 6000 meter course at Northview Church ... One of a record nine Wildcats who earned All-BIG EAST honors ... Villanova tied a team record with nine finishers in the top 20 overall and won its record 16th conference title in dominant fashion.

2017: Named the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Women's Athlete of the Year ... Also garnered Mid-Atlantic All-Region and first team All-BIG EAST honors for the third straight season ... Emerged as the top performer in a deep Wildcats lineup over the second half of the season and helped lead Villanova to a top-15 national ranking and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships ... Top scorer on the team four times during the season, including at each of the three postseason meets; Main Line Invitational (9/15): Came in fourth overall and second on the team in the first meet of the season ... Registered a time of 16:47.9 over three miles; Paul Short Run (10/1): Second finisher in the Villanova lineup for the second straight meet ... Covered the 6000 meter course at Lehigh in 20:08.9 and came in ninth overall in the meet's gold race; Penn State National Open (10/13): Tallied an impressive individual victory with a winning time of 20:20.6 in a field of 178 runners ... The first place finish was her first collegiate cross country win ... Earned BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week honors for her performance; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Led the Wildcats with a third place overall finish and crossed the finish line in 20:19.4 to help Villanova win its record 15th team title; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/10): Raced to a first place finish to become the Mid-Atlantic Region individual champion for the first time in her career ... Recorded a time of 20:01.5 and helped the Wildcats finish second as a team to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships; NCAA Championships (11/18): Finished a team-best 65th at the national meet with a time of 20:26.5 ... Villanova placed 12th as a team.

2016: Won the prestigious NCAA Elite 90 academic award at the NCAA Championships ... Was only the second Villanova student-athlete to win the award, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average who is competing at the site of a national championship ... Was a first team All-BIG EAST and Mid-Atlantic All-Region performer during the season for the second straight year; One of the Wildcats scoring runners in all six of her starts during the year; Main Line Invitational (9/16): Runner-up in the first meet of the season with a time of 16:46.9 over three miles; Paul Short Run (10/1): Finished 26th overall with a time of 20:39 in the 6000 meter gold race at the annual Lehigh meet; Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/14): Recorded a time of 21:27.1 to finish fourth on the team and 102nd overall; BIG EAST Championships (10/28): Finished ninth at the conference meet with a time of 21:29.0 to earn first team All-BIG EAST recognition; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/11): Finished 17th overall with a time of 21:05.9 and earned all-region honors; NCAA Championships (11/19): Was the third finisher for the Wildcats and recorded a time of 20:58.6 at the national meet ... Was presented with the NCAA Elite 90 academic award at the awards ceremony following the meet ... The award recognized her as having the highest cumulative GPA among the meet's female participants.

2015: Competed in six meets during the season and was an All-BIG EAST and all-region performer ... Posted the highest finish on the team at the BIG EAST Championships and was the top placing Villanova freshman in 25 years; Main Line Invitational (9/18): Made her collegiate debut with a sixth place finish at the season's opening meet ... Recorded a time of 16:54 over three miles on the Haverford College course; Princeton Interregional Meet (10/3): Came in 22nd with a time of 21:39.0 over 6000 meters; Pre-NCAA Meet (10/17): Recorded a 64th place finish in the red race with a time of 20:54.8; BIG EAST Championships (10/31): Had her biggest race of the season and led the team with a fourth place individual finish at the conference meet ... Tallied the best finish by a Villanova freshman since Carole Zajac finished second in 1990 ... Her time of 19:52.9 was the sixth-fastest in school history on a 6K course at the time of the race, and also elevated her to third on the Wildcats all-time performance list at that distance ... Earned first team All-BIG EAST honors; NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11/13): Crossed the finish line in 22nd place overall and was third in the Villanova lineup with a time of 21:34.3 ... Named a Mid-Atlantic All-Region performer; NCAA Championships (11/21): Came in third on the team and 175th overall at the national championships with a time of 21:21.7.

2019: Ran the 3000 meters twice and the 5000 meters once during the season ... Scored in the 5K at the BIG EAST Championships; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Tallied a third place finish in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:55.77 in the team's indoor season opener; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Finished fifth in the 3000 meters and recorded a time of 9:35.21; BIG EAST Championships (2/22): Placed sixth in the 5000 meters with a time of 17:32.79 ... Scored team points towards the Wildcats winning their record 16th team title while posting a meet-record score of 194 points.

2018: Scored at the BIG EAST Championships in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters to help Villanova win the team title at the conference meet ... Competed at four meets during the season; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/2): Runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:28.24 in the first meet of the indoor season; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Came in 13th in the Mile with a time of 4:59.17; Columbia Challenge (1/27): Competed in the seeded section of the 3000 meters and registered a time of 9:59.49; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Earned All-BIG EAST honors with a third place finish in the 5000 meters on the first day of the meet ... Recorded a time of 16:27.83 ... Finished fourth in the 3000 meters a day later and was clocked in 9:31.92.

2017: Competed at four meets and established personal best times in the Mile, the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in both the 3K and the 5K; Gotham Cup (1/20): Opened the season by winning the Mile with a personal best time of 4:50.01; Villanova Invitational (2/4): Posted a personal best time of 9:20.15 in the 3000 meters and tallied a third place finish in the Wildcats home meet ... FastTrack National Invitational (2/10): Runner-up in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:22.73; BIG EAST Championships (2/24-2/25): Established a personal best time of 16:19.40 and was the runner-up in the 5000 meters ... Came in third in the 3000 meters in 9:29.93.
 

2019: Competed in three races during the season and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 10000 meters; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Posted a time of 4:43.41 in the elite section of the 1500 meters in her first race of the outdoor campaign; Penn Relays (4/25): Ran in the 5000 meters on distance night at the Relays and finished with a time of 17:26.54; BIG EAST Championships (5/10): Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 10000 meters for the second straight year ... Tallied a third place finish with a time of 36:44.35 in the race and contributed to the Wildcats winning the conference title and completing their second straight BIG EAST "triple crown" with championships in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. 

2018: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters ... Was the BIG EAST runner-up in the 5000 meters and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the event for the third straight year; Penn Challenge (3/24): Opened the outdoor season with a seventh place finish and a time of 4:30.12 in the 1500 meters; Raleigh Relays (3/30): Finished seventh in the 10000 meters with a time of 34:19.67; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Competed in the elite section of the 1500 meters and registered a time of 4:29.28; Penn Relays (4/26): Ran on 'distance night' at the relays and finished fifth in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:29.34; BIG EAST Championships (5/11): Runner-up in the 10000 meters with a time of 34:11.19 ... The mark was a season-best and also the 10th-fastest in school history; NCAA East Preliminary (5/24, 5/26): Ran in the national semifinal heats of both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters ... Placed 14th in the 10K with a time of 34:27.96 on the first night of the meet ... Came back two nights later and finished 34th overall in the semifinal round of the 5000 meters with a time of 16:56.74.

2017: Recorded personal best times in the 800 meters, the 1500 meters and the 10000 meters during the season ... Was the BIG EAST champion in the 5000 meters and ran a leg of the 4x1500 meter relay which captured a Championship of America title at the Penn Relays ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet for the second straight year; Penn Challenge (3/25): Established new personal bests in both the 800 meters and the 1500 meters while finishing fifth in both events ... Ran the 800 meters in 2:16.26 and was clocked in 4:28.46 in the 1500 meters; Stanford Invitational (3/31): Made her debut in the 10000 meters and recorded a time of 33:50.44 to finish sixth in her section ... Notched the eighth fastest overall time in school history and surged into fourth place on the all-time Villanova performance list in the 10K ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet with the time she posted; Penn Relays (4/28): Led off the 4x1500 meter relay and had a split of 4:33.8 while helping the Wildcats win a Penn Relays title in the relay for the second straight year ... Villanova's winning time is the seventh-fastest in school history in the 4x1500 relay; BIG EAST Championships (5/13): Conference champion in the 5000 meters ... Finished with a winning time of 17:51.92 in a cold and heavy rainstorm; NCAA East Preliminary (5/25): Competed in the national semifinal round of the 10000 meters and came in 15th with a time of 34:19.44.

2016: Competed at six meets during the season ... Was the BIG EAST runner-up in the 5000 meters and went on to compete at the NCAA East Preliminary meet ... Helped the Wildcats win a Championship of America title in the 4x1500 meter relay at the Penn Relays; Penn Challenge (3/26): Finished sixth in both the 800 meters (2:17.64) and the 1500 meters (4:32.64); Colonial Relays (4/1): Competed in the championship section of the 5000 meters and finished third with a time of 16:27.77; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22): Runner-up in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:26.32; Penn Relays (4/29): Recorded a split of 4:29.7 on the leadoff leg of the 4x1500 meter relay and Villanova won the Championship of America title in the race with a winning time of 17:44.29; BIG EAST Championships (5/14): Came in second in the 5000 meters with a season-best time of 16:25.67 ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors for her performance; NCAA East Preliminary (5/28): Placed 22nd overall in the national semifinal heats of the 5000 meters with a time of 16:43.42.

Arlington High School: Two-time All-American in the 5000 meters ... Earned those honors for the 2013 outdoor season and the 2015 indoor season ... Won state titles in the 3000 meters both indoors and outdoors as a senior, as well as indoors during her sophomore season ... Also a two-time state cross country champion as a sophomore and a senior ... Those titles garnered her New York State Gatorade Cross Country Runner of the Year honors in 2012 and 2014 ... Earned a total of 12 varsity letters during her scholastic career, including four each in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... Inducted into the National Honor Society as a senior.