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2017 Women's Cross Country

Tom Weishaar

Lily Huntsman

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Highland
  • Hometown Salt Lake City, Utah

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
800m: 2:13.28
1,000m: 2:55.18
1,500m: 4:24.99
Mile: 4:59.71
3,000m: 9:43.54

CAREER ACCOLADES
2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2018 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
Fifth all-time at Penn in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:44.20)
Sixth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 1,500m (4:24.99)

OUTDOOR 2018
  • Ran in six meets throughout the 2018 outdoor season, competing in both the 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase.
  • Posted a career-best race at the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 6), moving up to sixth in program history in the 1,500m with a time of 4:24.99.
  • Competed in the steeplechase at the Penn Relays (April 26-28).
  • Finished fifth in the steeplechase at the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6).
INDOOR 2018
  • Competed in five meets during the 2018 indoor season, making appearances in both the mile and 3,000m.
  • Finished new personal bests in both the mile at the Columbia Challenge (Jan. 27) and the 3,000m at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 9). 
  • Ran the mile at the 2018 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 25).
  • Totaled three top-five placements on the year. 
CROSS COUNTRY 2017
  • Key member of the Quaker lineup, running in all six possible races on the year and scoring three times.
  • Opened the year with two-straight 12th-place finishes at the Blue/Gold Classic (Sept. 2) and the Main Line Invitational (Sept. 15).
  • Served as the fourth Penn scorer at the Paul Short Run (Sept. 29), placing 86th overall.
  • Finished as the fifth Penn scorer at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (Oct. 13).
  • Placed 77th overall at the 2017 Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Oct. 27).
  • Finished 73rd at the 2017 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (Nov. 10).
OUTDOOR 2017
  • Competed in seven meets during the 2017 outdoor season, making appearances in the 800m, 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m and 4x800m relay.
  • Finished fifth as part of the 4x800m relay team at the 2017 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 7).
  • Placed third, a season-best finish, in the 800m at the Danny Curran Invitational (April 1).
  • Boasted career-best times in the 800m, 1,500m and 3,000m during the year. 
INDOOR 2017
  • Competed in six meets during the 2017 indoor season, focusing on the 800m, mile, 1,000m and 3,000m.
  • Placed 12th in the 1,000m at the 2017 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 26) with a personal-best time of 2:55.18.
  • Recorded four top-10 placements on the year, including a third-place finish in the mile at the Villanova Invitational (Feb. 4) with a career-best time of 5:03.30.
CROSS COUNTRY 2016
  • Competed in five cross country meets.
  • Placed 17th in the season-opener at the Big 5 Invitational (Sept. 9).
  • Scored and placed 37th overall, fifth among attached runners, at the Princeton Invitational (Oct. 15).
  • Rounded out her season with a 72nd-place finish at the Ivy League Championships (Oct. 29).
OUTDOOR 2016
  • Competed in five meets during the 2016 outdoor, all in the 1,500m
  • Had a season-best fifth place finish at the Philadelphia College Classic (March 19).
INDOOR 2016
  • Competed in seven meets during the 2016 indoor season.
  • Part of the sixth-place 4x800m relay team at the 2016 Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championships.
  • Recorded six top-10 finishes during the course of the season, ranging from the 800m, 1,000m and mile.

2014-15: Won the 800m at the Haverford Invitational (Feb. 21) ... Also competed in two cross country meets.

Personal: Daughter of Dorothy and Scott Huntsman ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as an international relations major. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior