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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2021 Women's Cross Country

Tom Weishaar

Niamh Hayes

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Howell
  • Hometown Farmingdale, N.J.

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS
1,500: 4:38.07
Mile: 5:12.77
3,000: 10:26.86
3,200: 10:31.98
5,000: 17:18.58
5K (XC): 17:53.00

CAREER ACCOLADES
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
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 2021

  • Competed in five meets
  • Set a personal-best time at the Quaker Invitational in the 1,500m, taking second place with a time of 4:38.07
  • Hit a career mark in the 5,000m at the Philly Mets, taking fourth with a time of 17:18.58
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
  • Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY 2019
  • Raced in five events during cross country season, scoring in two of them.
  • Opened the season with a 25th-place finish at the Fordham Fiasco (Sept. 7) to score for Penn en route to a fourth-place team finish.
  • Also scored at the PSU National Open (Oct. 18) with a 52nd-place result, crossing the line in 21:57.8.
  • Finished 49th at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (Nov. 1). 
  • Placed 163rd at the Paul Short Run (Oct. 5). 
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Competed four times during the outdoor season, exclusively running the 1,500m.
  • Set a PR at the Rider Invitational (April 13), crossing the line in fourth place in 4:44.87.
INDOOR 2019
  • Ran three times in the indoor season, producing a pair of PR's.
  • Crossed the line in 18:27.89 in the 5,000m for an eighth-place finish at the Penn State National (Jan. 26).
  • Also finished eighth at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 8) with a mile time of 5:12.77, a PR.
CROSS COUNTRY 2018
  • Raced four times, scoring once.
  • Finished sixth at the Bison Open to start the season, helping Penn win the event.
  • Also competed at the Paul Short Run, PSU National Open and Heps.
OUTDOOR 2018
  • Did not compete.
INDOOR 2018
  • Competed in two meets during the 2018 indoor season, running the 3,000m and 4x400m relay.
  • Placed fourth in the 4x400m relay at the Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 20).
CROSS COUNTRY 2017
  • Ran in four races during the 2017 cross country season.
  • Made collegiate debut with a fifth-place showing at the Blue/Gold Classic (Sept. 2)
  • Competed in the open race at the Paul Short Run (Sept. 29).
High School: New Jersey No. 2 in the indoor 3,200m ... 2017 Indoor NJ Meet of Champions title in the 3,200m ... 12th at the Nike Cross Country Regionals.

Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior

  • 2021Senior