2019-20 Women's Cross Country Roster
Nicholson, Sarah
Sarah Nicholson
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Lafayette
- Hometown:
- Wildwood, Mo.
Bio
2019-2020 (Cross Country): Recorded 6k time of 22:52.6 at Buckeye Preview (9/28) … Recorded a 6k time of 21:53 with a 30th place overall finish at NCAA Pre-Nationals (10/19) … Finished second for the Wildcats and 64th overall at the Big Ten Championships with a fall season best time of 21:38.5 in the 6K (11/3) ... Finished 56th overall with a time of 22:01.3 at NCAA Regionals (11/15). (Indoor): Competed in one event, the 2020 UW Invitational and placed in the top-25 in the 5K.
2018-2019 (Track): Finished in second place in the 3000m with a season-best time of 9:53.61 at the GVSU Big Meets (2/9) in Allendale, Michigan … Led all collegiate runners in the 5000m at the BU Last Chance Invite (2/24) in Boston, Massachusetts, with a time of 16:51.32 … Ran the third-fastest 10,000m time in program history at the Mt. Sac Relays (4/21) … Finished in 10th place in the 5K at the Oxy Invite (5/11) with a time of 16:44.07.
2018 (Cross Country): Ran a personal best of 21:20.9 in the 6K at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (10/13) … Finished second for the Wildcats and 36th overall at the Big Ten Championships (10/28), setting a new personal best of 21:05.8 in the 6K … Earned All-Region honors with a 21st-place-finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/9) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018 (Outdoor Track): Finished first on team in 5K at San Francisco Distance Carnival with a time of 17:48.10 and in 5K at Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 16:53.01 … Ran personal best and placed second within team in 5K at Oxy Invitational with time of 16:44.31.
2017 (Cross Country): Posted second best time on team in 4K at UIC Flames Opener (finished 10th overall) ... Second best time on team in the 6K at Cowboy Jamboree (8th overall), NCAA Pre-Nationals (70th overall) and Big Ten Championships (31st overall) … Qualified for NCAA Championships with a 6K time of 21:04.0 at Big Ten Championships.
2017 (Outdoor Track): Paced the Wildcats in the 5,000M with a time of 16:29.37, the No. 2 time on Northwestern's all-time list, at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 13-14).
2017 (Track): Finishing 42nd overall at Husky Classic with a time of 9:40.63, earned her another spot on the program's all-time Top 10 list for the event, just ahead of her previous-best (Feb. 10-11)… Finished 18th at Mayo Invitational with 3K time of 9:46.78 (Feb. 4)…Finished 2nd overall at Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 18).
2016 (Cross Country): Competed in 5 events, finished 2nd for Northwestern in all of them … Has the team’s second-fastest 5K time of 17:39.3, placed 2nd in Illini Challenge (Sept. 2) ... Placed 26th in the Griak Invitational (Sept. 24) ... Claimed the team’s second-fastest 6K time of 20:43.8 (Nov. 11).
High School: Personal bests of: 4:55 – 1600m / 10:52 – 3200m … Part of the 2015 Lafayette Lady Lancers that won the Class 4A Cross Country Championships … St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro First Team for three years … All-State four times for cross country and five times for track … St. Louis Track Club First Team three years.
Personal: Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Michael and Teresa Nicholson … Member of National Honor Society in 11th and 12th grade … Pianist for 12 years, and plays cello in Lafayette's Symphonic Orchestra … Majoring in economics, minoring in business institutions and certificate in integrated marketing.
2018-2019 (Track): Finished in second place in the 3000m with a season-best time of 9:53.61 at the GVSU Big Meets (2/9) in Allendale, Michigan … Led all collegiate runners in the 5000m at the BU Last Chance Invite (2/24) in Boston, Massachusetts, with a time of 16:51.32 … Ran the third-fastest 10,000m time in program history at the Mt. Sac Relays (4/21) … Finished in 10th place in the 5K at the Oxy Invite (5/11) with a time of 16:44.07.
2018 (Cross Country): Ran a personal best of 21:20.9 in the 6K at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (10/13) … Finished second for the Wildcats and 36th overall at the Big Ten Championships (10/28), setting a new personal best of 21:05.8 in the 6K … Earned All-Region honors with a 21st-place-finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/9) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018 (Outdoor Track): Finished first on team in 5K at San Francisco Distance Carnival with a time of 17:48.10 and in 5K at Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 16:53.01 … Ran personal best and placed second within team in 5K at Oxy Invitational with time of 16:44.31.
2017 (Cross Country): Posted second best time on team in 4K at UIC Flames Opener (finished 10th overall) ... Second best time on team in the 6K at Cowboy Jamboree (8th overall), NCAA Pre-Nationals (70th overall) and Big Ten Championships (31st overall) … Qualified for NCAA Championships with a 6K time of 21:04.0 at Big Ten Championships.
2017 (Outdoor Track): Paced the Wildcats in the 5,000M with a time of 16:29.37, the No. 2 time on Northwestern's all-time list, at the Bryan Clay Invitational (Apr. 13-14).
2017 (Track): Finishing 42nd overall at Husky Classic with a time of 9:40.63, earned her another spot on the program's all-time Top 10 list for the event, just ahead of her previous-best (Feb. 10-11)… Finished 18th at Mayo Invitational with 3K time of 9:46.78 (Feb. 4)…Finished 2nd overall at Alex Wilson Invitational (Feb. 18).
2016 (Cross Country): Competed in 5 events, finished 2nd for Northwestern in all of them … Has the team’s second-fastest 5K time of 17:39.3, placed 2nd in Illini Challenge (Sept. 2) ... Placed 26th in the Griak Invitational (Sept. 24) ... Claimed the team’s second-fastest 6K time of 20:43.8 (Nov. 11).
High School: Personal bests of: 4:55 – 1600m / 10:52 – 3200m … Part of the 2015 Lafayette Lady Lancers that won the Class 4A Cross Country Championships … St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro First Team for three years … All-State four times for cross country and five times for track … St. Louis Track Club First Team three years.
Personal: Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Michael and Teresa Nicholson … Member of National Honor Society in 11th and 12th grade … Pianist for 12 years, and plays cello in Lafayette's Symphonic Orchestra … Majoring in economics, minoring in business institutions and certificate in integrated marketing.
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