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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018 Women's Cross Country

Tom Weishaar

Carole Harsch

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Randolph
  • Hometown Randolph, N.J.

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
1,500m: 4:37.04
Mile: 5:07.88
3,000m: 10:01.60
3,000m Steeplechase: 10:54.76
5,000m: 17:27.82

CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion

OUTDOOR 2019
  • Competed five times during the outdoor season, exclusively in the 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m.
  • Placed fifth in the 3,000m at the Penn Challenge (March 23), finishing in 10:12.39.
  • Also finished fifth, in 4:45.02, at the Rider Invitational (April 13) in the 1,500m.
  • Totaled three top-10 finishes in five races.
INDOOR 2019
  • Ran five times in the indoor season in the distance events and relays.
  • Registered a PR in the 3,000m, finishing in 10:01.60, at the Penn State National (Jan. 26) for a fourth-place finish.
  • Joined the DMR team at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 12) for a fifth-place finish.
  • Scored top-20 finishes at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 19) and Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 8).
CROSS COUNTRY 2018
  • Did not compete.
OUTDOOR 2018
  • Appeared in four meets throughout the 2018 outdoor season, running the 1,500m, 3,000m and 5,000m.
  • Season-best placement of 11th in the 3,000m at the Penn Challenge (March 24).
INDOOR 2018
  • Competed in three meets during the 2018 indoor season, running exclusively in the mile.
  • Posted a season-best time of 5:10.48 at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 20).
CROSS COUNTRY 2017
  • Ran in five races during the 2017 cross country season.
  • Scored at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 14), finishing 56th overall and fourth among Penn runners.
  • Opened the year with a ninth-place finish at the Blue/Gold Classic (Sept. 2).
  • Finished 67th at the 2017 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Oct. 27).
OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in six meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances the 1,500m, 5,000m, and 2,000m and 3,000m steeplechase. 
  • Ran a personal-best time of 10:54.76 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Penn Relays (April 27-29), ranking seventh in program history.
  • Placed third in the 2,000m steeplechase at the Penn Challenge (March 25).
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in five meets during the 2017 indoor season, focusing on the 800m, 3,000m and mile race.
  • Ran a career-best time of 10:09.57 in the 3,000m at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 21), finishing sixth.
  • Finished sixth at the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 19) in the mile with a time of 5:08.65.
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
  • Ran in five cross country meets.
  • Opened the season with an 18th-place finish at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 9).
  • Placed 35th at the Paul Short Run (Open Race, Oct. 1).
  • Placed 46th overall and sixth among attached runners at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 15).
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Competed in five outdoor meets in both the 1,500m and 5,000m.
  • Had a season-best third-place finish in the 5,000m at the Penn Challenge (March 26).
INDOOR 2016
  • Competed in four indoor meets in both the 3,000m and mile.
  • Earned two top-10 finishes in the 3,000m at the Lehigh Angry Birds (Jan. 16) and the Wesley Brown Invite (Jan. 30).
CROSS COUNTRY 2015
  • Competed in five cross country races.
  • Began season with a 19th-place finish at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 11).
  • Posted a 31st-place showing at the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 18).
  • Scored and finished 16th at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 2).
  • Placed 62nd at Ivy Heps (Oct. 30).
Personal: Daughter of Kathy and Mark Harsch ... Enrolled in the Annenberg School of Communications as a communications major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

  • 2016Sophomore

  • 2017Junior

  • 2018Senior