2025 Women's Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS
One of the top performers in school history in cross country and the longer distance events on the track ... Her 15th place individual finish in cross country at the 2024 NCAA Championships was the best by a Villanova runner in 11 years and garnered Sigfstead her second collegiate All-America honor ... Ranks second in school history in the 10000 meters and fourth in the 5000 meters ... Owns four of the 12 fastest 10K times in school history, including her PR of 32:39.54 to win her first career Penn Relays title in 2025 ... That surpassed her previous No. 2 time in school history (now No. 3) of 32:45.56 from 2024 ... Her 2025 time is the fourth-fastest in Penn Relays history and Sigfstead is the fourth Villanova woman to be an individual champion at the Relays, joining school record holder Carole Zajac as 10K champions ... Owns the No. 3 (15:44.11) and No. 8 (15:52.27) fastest indoor times in school history in the 5000 meters, as well as the No. 8 outdoor time (15:55.00) ... At the 2024 indoor BIG EAST Championships she became the first Villanova athlete in 12 years to win the women's 5K ... Also won the bronze medal in the 3000 meters at the meet ... As a sophomore in 2023 she was the BIG EAST outdoor champion in the 10000 meters ... Two-time qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary ... Competed in the national semifinal round of both the 5K and the 10K in 2024 and was one spot away in her heat of the 5K from qualifying for the NCAA Championships in both events ... Three-time Mid-Atlantic All-Region and first team All-BIG EAST performer in cross country who has competed at three NCAA Championships ... Has run the fastest cross country races in school history at distances of three miles (16:00.5) and 6000 meters (19:30.8) ... The latter time came at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in 2024 during a season in which Sigfstead was the individual champion at the prestigious Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational ... She was named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week by the USTFCCCA after the Wisconsin race and became the first Villanova women's athlete to earn a national weekly honor in cross country or track & field ... Mid-Atlantic Region individual champion in cross country in 2023 ... Six-time career All-BIG EAST performer counting cross country and track ... Achieved national success in her native Canada prior to and during her time at Villanova … Won the U18 cross country gold medal in Canada when she was just 14 years old … Following her freshman year with the Wildcats was the gold medalist in the U20 race at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in Ottawa in 2021 … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in 2021-22 and is a two-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
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SCHOOL RECORD |
Cross Country (3 Miles) |
16:00.5 |
September 15, 2023 |
Haverford, Pa. (Main Line Invitational) |
Cross Country (6000 Meters) |
19:30.8 |
November 15, 2024 |
University Park, Pa. (NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional) |
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PERSONAL BESTS |
600 Meters |
1:39.24 |
High School |
800 Meters |
2:16.53 |
High School |
1000 Meters |
2:57.50 |
High School |
1500 Meters |
4:22.94 |
Virginia Challenge (4.18.2025) |
Mile |
4:50.85 |
Villanova Invitational (1.20.2024) |
3000 Meters |
9:17.10 |
BIG EAST Championships (2.24.2024) |
5000 Meters |
15:44.11 |
Husky Classic (2.9.2024) |
10000 Meters |
32:39.54 |
Penn Relays (4.24.2025) |
3 Miles (XC) |
16:00.5 |
Main Line Invitational (9.15.2023) |
5000 Meters (XC) |
17:04.9 |
Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9.29.2023) |
6000 Meters (XC) |
19:30.8 |
NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (11.15.2024) |
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CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
2025 OUTDOOR |
All-American (Second Team) |
10000 Meters |
All-BIG EAST |
5000 Meters |
Penn Relays Champion |
10000 Meters |
2024 CROSS COUNTRY |
All-American |
Mid-Atlantic All-Region |
All-BIG EAST (First Team) |
USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (September 30) |
BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week (September 30) |
2024 OUTDOOR |
All-American (Second Team) |
10000 Meters |
2024 INDOOR |
BIG EAST Champion |
5000 Meters |
All-BIG EAST |
3000 Meters |
All-BIG EAST |
5000 Meters |
2023 CROSS COUNTRY |
Mid-Atlantic Region Individual Champion |
Mid-Atlantic All-Region |
All-BIG EAST (First Team) |
BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week (September 18, October 2) |
2023 OUTDOOR |
BIG EAST Champion |
10000 Meters |
All-BIG EAST |
10000 Meters |
2021 CROSS COUNTRY |
Mid-Atlantic All-Region |
All-BIG EAST (First Team) |
ACADEMIC HONORS |
BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
2021-22 |
Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Spring 2022, Fall 2022 |
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CAREER NCAA RESULTS |
2025 OUTDOOR (EUGENE, ORE. | HAYWARD FIELD) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
June 12 |
10000 Meters |
32:40.13 |
13th |
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (MADISON, WIS. | THOMAS ZIMMER CHAMPIONSHIP CROSS COUNTRY COURSE) |
Date |
Distance |
Time |
Place |
November 23 |
6000 Meters |
19:49.0 |
15th |
2024 OUTDOOR (EUGENE, ORE. | HAYWARD FIELD) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
June 6 |
10000 Meters |
33:18.63 |
12th |
2023 CROSS COUNTRY (EARLYSVILLE, VA. | PANORAMA FARMS) |
Date |
Distance |
Time |
Place |
November 18 |
6000 Meters |
20:28.7 |
71st |
2021 CROSS COUNTRY (TALLAHASSEE, FLA. | APALACHEE REGIONAL PARK) |
Date |
Distance |
Time |
Place |
November 20 |
6000 Meters |
20:27.5 |
93rd |
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CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS |
2024 CROSS COUNTRY (LEESBURG, VA. | MORVEN PARK) |
Date |
Distance |
Time |
Place |
November 1 |
6000 Meters |
19:56.25 |
4th |
2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
May 10 |
5000 Meters |
16:02.93 |
4th |
2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
February 23 |
5000 Meters |
15:59.18 |
1st |
February 24 |
3000 Meters |
9:17.10 |
3rd |
2023Â CROSS COUNTRY (KENOSHA, WIS. | WAYNE DANNEHL NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COURSE) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
October 28 |
6000 Meters |
20:25.67 |
4th |
2023 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
May 11 |
10000 Meters |
34:42.83 |
1st |
May 12 |
5000 Meters |
16:26.26 |
5th |
2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
May 14 |
5000 Meters |
16:51.36 |
11th |
2022 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
Date |
Event |
Time |
Place |
February 25 |
5000 Meters |
16:21.25 |
5th |
February 26 |
3000 Meters |
9:27.42 |
7th |
2021 CROSS COUNTRY (CARMEL, IND. | NORTHVIEW CHURCH) |
Date |
Distance |
Time |
Place |
October 29 |
6000 Meters |
21:00.0 |
5th |
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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION |
Gold medalist in the U20 race at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in Ottawa in 2021 ... Led the 6K race from start to finish and cruised across the finish line with a margin of victory of well over a minute ...The race took place just after her freshman collegiate season and one week following the NCAA Championships ... Earlier in her career was the U18 cross country champion in Canada when she was 14 years old.
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Personal: Statistics major.
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