2025 Women's Cross Country Roster

Lizzie Martell (she/her)

  • Class Sixth Year
  • Hometown Essex Junction, Vt.
  • Highschool Essex
  • INFLCR lizzie-martell

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Made her Villanova debut in 2025 and qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary outdoors in the 800 meters ... Earned BIG EAST silver medals outdoors in both the 800 meters and the 4x400 meter relay ... Recorded a PR of 2:03.93 at Princeton during the 2025 outdoor campaign ...
Anchored Villanova's 4x800 meter relay team at the Penn Relays and led off the team's distance medley relay ... Came to the Wildcats after competing at the University of New Hampshire during her undergraduate career ... Four-time conference champion and two-time NCAA East Preliminary qualifier at UNH … Won an individual America East title in the 800 meters and anchored three conference champion 4x800 meter relay squads … Advanced to the national quarterfinal round of the 800 meters in 2021 … Earned all-conference honors in cross country … Ran two unattached races during the 2024 cross country season and was the individual champion of the Haverford Invitational ... Member of the National College Athlete Honor Society ... At Villanova was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2024-25 ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters.

 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
200 Meters 26.32 Vermont Quad Meet (4.8.2023)
400 Meters 56.58 Vermont Quad Meet (4.8.2023)
500 Meters 1:14.03 America East Championships (2.26.2022)
800 Meters 2:03.93 Larry Ellis Invitational (5.2.2025)
1000 Meters 2:47.25 Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12.3.2022)
1200 Meters (relay) 3:23.57 Penn Relays (4.25.2025)
1500 Meters 4:25.07 Colonial Relays (3.31.2023)
Mile 4:48.60 Eagle Elite Invitational (1.20.2023)
5000 Meters (XC) 17:48.4 Haverford Invitational (10.25.2024)
6000 Meters (XC) 22:01.4 Paul Short Run (9.30.2022)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 800 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x400 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
2023 OUTDOOR
America East Champion 800 Meters
America East Champion 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor)
2022 INDOOR
America East Champion 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor)
2021 OUTDOOR
America East Champion 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor)
America East Bronze Medalist 800 Meters
2020 CROSS COUNTRY
All-America East Second Team
ACADEMIC HONORS
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track) 2024-25
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2024-25
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2024, Spring 2025
America East All-Academic Team 2023 Outdoor
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 16 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:10.75 3rd
May 17 800 Meters (Final) 2:04.14 2nd
May 17 4x800 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 3:39.75 2nd
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

University of New Hampshire: Four-time America East champion and five-time conference medalist on the track during her undergraduate career … Won the America East title in the 800 meters outdoors in 2023 … Anchored three champion 4x800 meter relay teams at the conference championships, including once indoors in 2022 and twice outdoors in 2021 and 2023 … Bronze medalist in the 800 meters outdoors in 2021 … Two-time qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary outdoors in the 800 meters and advanced to the national quarterfinal round as a first year collegian in 2021 … Second team all-conference performer in cross country in her first collegiate race and was a two-time top-15 finisher at the America East cross country meet … Won gold medals in the 1500 meters and the 4x800 meter relay at the New England Championships in 2023 … Member of the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the National College Athlete Honor Society.
 
Personal: Daughter of Patrick and Dorrie Martell … Has two siblings, Annemarie and Charles, who were each collegiate athletes … Overlapped with both siblings at New Hampshire and was a teammate of her sister on the 2021-22 cross country and track & field rosters … Sister was a distance runner at Vermont and New Hampshire … Brother competed on the Nordic skiing teams at St. Michael’s College and UNH … Graduated from New Hampshire as a Justice Studies and Psychology major … Enrolled in graduate school at Villanova and is pursuing a Master's degree in Political Science … Chose to continue her studies and career at Villanova for the campus and its proximity to Philadelphia, as well as for the energy and work ethic of the women on the team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Fifth Year

  • 2025Sixth Year