Bio

Link to TFFRS.org Career Statistics

Collegiate Career Honors: 

• New England D3 Championship - 3k & 5k winner
• New England D3 "Runner of the Meet"
• School records in both the 3k & 5k
• USTFCCCA National "Runner of the Week"
• USTFCCCA East Region Track Athlete of the Year
• NCAA All-American and National Runner up - 5,000m
• NCAA All-American and National Runner up - 3,000m
• 2021 NCAA Cross Country Individual National Runner-up - All American
• USTFCCCA East Region Women's Athlete of the Year
• 2021 NEWMAC Cross Country Runner of the Year
• 2021 USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic
• 2019-20 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual (IN)
• 2020 NE D3 All-Region 5th - 3000m (IN)
• 2x NEWMAC Cross Country Academic All-Conference (2020, 2021)
• NEWMAC Cross Country Runner of the Week (9/20/21)
• 2022 USTFCCCA New England Indoor East Region Athlete of the Year
• 2022 Indoor Track & Field All-Region

Collegiate Personal Records:

• 5K (XC) - 17:38.9 : 2021 UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Invitational
• 6K (XC) - 20:28.6 : 2021 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships

2021-22

Track & Field:

• Began the indoor season with a career best 5:12.89 mile and took first place at the Wheaton Invitational on Jan. 15
• Earned a first place finish in the 3000 (9:57.18) at the Tufts Cupid Challenge
• Set a new personal best and broke the indoor school record in the 3000 with a time of 9:36.80 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational
• Won both the 3000 (9:41.73) and 5000 (16:41.29) at the New England DIII Women’s Indoor Championships and was named the Performer of the Meet
• Finished as the national runner-up in both the 3000 (9:44.87) and 5000 (16:19.20) at the 2022 Indoor T&F DIII National Championships
• Began the outdoor season with a first place finish in the 5000 (17:58.92) at the first ever Wellesley Invitational
• Set a new school record in the outdoor 5000 (16:26.08) at the Friar Invitational in Providence, R.I.
• Ran a personal best 4:37.74 in the 1500 at the Silfen Invitational

Cross Country:

• Took first place in five out of six individual events for the Blue as a Senior
• Set a personal record of 17:38.9 in the 5K at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational
• Won the NEWMAC Cross Country Individual Championship with a time of 21:48.9 in the 6K
• Went on to win the NCAA DIII East Region Championship in Boston and ran a 21:16.5
• Ran a personal best 20:28.6 and finished as the NCAA DIII Runner-Up at the National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky

2020-21

Cross Country: 

• Did not participate due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Track & Field: 

• Did not participate due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2019-20

Cross Country:

• Did not compete as a sophomore.

Indoor Track & Field: 

• Made four appearances for the indoor season.
• Had two personal bests and 3 top 10 finishes.
• Finished the mile with a time of 5:13.10 to finish 1st at the Bowdoin Invitational #4
• Represented the team in the 3000m at the New England D3 Indoor Women's Championship to finish 5th with a personal best of 10:04.70.

2018-19

Indoor Track & Field: 

• Made two appearances in the indoor season.
• Made one top 10 finish and a personal best.
• Finished the mile with a time of 5:31.41 at the Wheaton College Invitational.

Cross Country: 

• Particpated in five events as a first year for the Blue, making collegiate debut on Aug. 31 at the Wellesley College XC Invite.
• Finished with a 5K PR at the UMASS Dartmouth Invite (19:34.0).
• Finished with a 6K PR at the NCAA DIII New England Region XC Championship (23:57.5).

Before Wellesley: 

• Attended Crater’s School of Business, Innovation and Science, graduated in 2018.
• Competed in cross country and outdoor track for four years.
• Captain of the varsity cross country team senior year.

Personal: 

• Child of Joyce and Terry Marks.
• Born in San Diego, California.
• Has one younger brother named Andrew.