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* Two-Time All-America *

Personal bests (thru 2018):

  • 10,000: 32:08.32
  • 5,000: 15:46.44
  • 3,000: 9:17.10

As a senior (2017-18):
Outdoors

  • Did not compete.

Indoors

  • Did not compete.

Cross country

  • Did not compete.

As a junior at Harvard (2016-17):
Outdoors

  • Did not compete

Indoors

  • Did not compete

Cross country

  • Earned All-America honors by placing 35th at NCAA Championships, running 20:21.1.
  • Won the Ivy League Hexagonal title.
  • Second at the Northeast Regional.

As a sophomore at Harvard (2015-16):
Outdoors

  • Ran a lifetime best 32:08.32 in the 10,000 at the Stanford Invitational.
  • The time crushed Ivy League and Harvard records by 35 and 42 seconds, respectively.
  • Going into 2017, Smith was ranked No. 10 on the all-time Division I performers’ list for a time earned during the collegiate season.
  • Advanced to the Olympic Trials, running 35:45.82 to place 22nd.
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.
  • Ivy League All-Academic team.

Indoors

  • Earned first-team All-America honors by placing eighth in the 5,000 at 16:04.86.
  • Established a 5,000 PB of 15:46.44 at the Husky Classic.
  • Won an Ivy League title as part of Harvard’s distance medley relay team.
  • Ran a PB of 9:17.10 to place third in the Ivy League 3,000.

Cross country

  • Placed 60th at the NCAA Championships, running 20:36.6 for 6K.
  • Third in the Ivy League, running 20:55.9.
  • Placed 16th at the Wisconsin Invitational, clocking 20:04.2 over 6K.

As a freshman at Harvard (2014-15):
Outdoors

  • Third in the Ivy League 10,000 (34:53.67).
  • Advanced to the NCAA East Prelims, clocking 25:52.28 for 35th overall.

Indoors

  • Placed 12th in the Ivy League 5,000 (17:04.36).

Cross country

  • Did not compete.

National/International:

  • Raced in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000, placing 22nd.

High school:

  • 2013 Gatorade Pennsylvania Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.
  • Led Unionville to two AAA cross country team titles.
  • 11-time state medalist.
  • Valedictorian

Personal:

  • Career goal of becoming a chemical engineer.

Career results:

YearSeason (meets)EventSeason bestConf.RegionNCAA
2017-18Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross country (0)----------
2016-17Outdoors (0)----------
Indoors (0)----------
Cross country (6)6K19:47.61 (20:19.6)2 (20:13.9)35 (20:21.1)
5K19:07.8------
2015-16Outdoors (2)10,00032:08.32------
Indoors (4)5,00015:46.44----8 (16:04.86)
3,0009:17.103 (9:17.10)----
DMR11:30.851 (11:30.85)----
Cross country (6)6K20:04.23 (20:55.9)--60 (20:36.6)
5K17:20.1------
3.11M16:58.1------
2014-15Outdoors (5)10,00034:53.673 (34:53.67)35 (35:52.28)--
5,00016:46.74------
Indoors (4)5,00016:51.4912 (17:04.36)----
Mile5:00.70------
4x880y9:47.90------
Cross country (0)----------