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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2021 Women's Cross Country

Hunter Martin
Bill Shearn
Hunter Martin

Ariana Gardizy

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool North Penn
  • Hometown Lansdale, Pa.

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

PERSONAL RECORDS

1,500: 4:29.33
Mile: 4:53.39
3,000: 9:37.94
5,000: 16:29.53
10,000: 34:45.57

CAREER ACCOLADES
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 USTFCCCA XC All-Mid-Atlantic Region
2019 Ivy League XC Heps Second-Team All-Ivy
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
Silver medalist at the USATF U23 Championships

PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
Indoor 3,000m: 8th ... 2019 ... 9:40.22
Indoor 5,000m: 3rd ... 2020 ... 16:29.53
Outdoor 3,000m: 10th ... 2021 ... 9:37.94
Outdoor 10,000m: 3rd ... 2021 ... 34:45.57

OUTDOOR 2021

  • Competed in the 3000m at the Penn Challenge, taking first place with a personal-best time of 9:37.94 to move her into 10th in program history
  • Took first place with a personal-best time of 4:29.33 in the 1,500m at the Quaker Invitational on April 17
  • Capped off the year with the 10,000m at the Penn Twilight, crossing the finish line at 34:45.57 for a career time, first place in the event, and the third-best mark in program history
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
CROSS COUNTRY 2020
  • All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

OUTDOOR 2020

  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Competed at five meets during the indoor season, including scoring a point at the Ivy League Championships (March 1).
  • Finished sixth in the 5,000m at Ivy Heps, finishing in 16:58.65.
  • Set the third-fastest time in program history in the 5,000m at the BU David Hemery Valentines Invitational (Feb. 15), crossing the line in 16:29.53 and finishing in 10th.
  • Placed third at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge (Feb. 8), running a 4:56.30 mile.
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
  • Garnered second-team All-Ivy and USTFCCCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors.
  • Raced five times during cross country season as one of Penn's most consistent runners, scoring in all five appearances.
  • Led Penn with a 17th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (Nov. 15) to earn All-Region honors and help the Quakers to a sixth-place finish.
  • Earned All-Ivy honors after finishing 13th at Heps (Nov. 1), crossing the line in 21:33.0.
  • Guided Penn to a third-place finish of 38 teams after a 33rd-place result at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 5).
  • Also scored at the Battle in Beantown (Sept. 20) and PSU National Open (Oct. 18).
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Ran five times in outdoor competition, including at the Ivy League Indoor Heps (May 5), IC4A/ECAC Championship (May 12) and the USATF U20 Championships (June 21).
  • Finished second at the USATF U20 Championships with a 3,000m time of 9:41.15.
  • Earned a seventh-place finish at the IC4A/ECAC Championship in the 5,000m with a PR, clocking in at 17:07.00.
  • Competed at Heps in the 5,000m with a 20th-place finish.
INDOOR 2019
  • Appeared in six meets during her freshman indoor season, competing in the mile and 3,000m.
  • Competed at Ivy League Indoor Heps, finishing eighth in the 3,000m, in 9:45.95.
  • Laid down a PR in the 3,000m with a time of 9:40.22 at the Boston U Scarlet and White Invitational, for a fifth-place finish.
  • Finished third at the Fastrack National Invite with a PR mile time of 4:53.39.
CROSS COUNTRY 2018
  • Raced three times, scoring once.
  • Placed 12th at the Main Line Invitational, helping Penn finish second of six teams.
  • Posted another top-15 in the season-opening Bison Open, finishing 13th, running the 4K in 14:21.2.
High School: All-American ... Placed second at the 2017 Indoor New Balance National Championships (4x800) ... Placed third at the Pennsylvania Indoor State Championships in the 3,000m… Placed ninth in the 5,000m at the New Balance Indoor National Championships ... Placed ninth at the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals Northeast Regional.

Personal: Enrolled in the School of Nursing.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior