2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Lindsay Clive-Smith

  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • Highschool Francis Parker School
  • INFLCR lindsay-clive-smith

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Made her official collegiate debut during the 2025 outdoor season, during which she recorded PRs in both the 1500 meters and the 5000 meters ... Ran one unattached race during the 2024 cross country campaign ... Young member of the Villanova distance group who was a gymnast for nearly 10 years while also playing soccer and competing on the track & field and cross country teams during her scholastic career ... State champion in the floor and beam as a high school athlete … Top events on the track were the 800 meters and 1600 meters ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the Fall 2024 semester.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
100 Meters 14.14 High School
200 Meters 29.39 High School
800 Meters 2:24.87 High School
1500 Meters 4:50.43 Sam Howell Invitational (4.4.2025)
Mile 5:16.64 High School
5000 Meters 19:11.90 Virginia Challenge (4.18.2025)
5000 Meters (XC) 19:05.60 High School
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACADEMIC HONORS
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2024
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Francis Parker School: Competed in track & field and cross country, gymnastics and soccer during her scholastic career … Achieved honor roll status academically all four years of high school … Two-year inductee to the National Honor Society … Winner of an academic pin in geometry as a freshman and biology as a junior.
 
Club Gymnastics: Was a competitive gymnast for almost 10 years and was a two-time state champion in California … Level 6 floor state champion in 2021 and Xcel Platinum state beam champion in 2022 … Xcel Platinum top 100 (#12) national beam scores in 2022 … Member of the Xcel Platinum state team at regionals as an alternate and competitor in 2022.
 
Personal: Born 7/24/06 … Only child of Elizabeth Skane and Ryan Clive-Smith … Both parents were collegiate track & field and cross country athletes … Mother ran at Georgetown and father at Kansas State … Grandfather attended graduate school at Villanova and she loved the campus and its location as factors for choosing to enroll … Noted that she was inspired by a coach and a close family friend who ran for the Wildcats, as well as by the Villanova coaching staff who she saw as a good fit for her … Exploratory Arts major.