Hartwick College Athletics

2024: Clocked in at 27:21.7 at Fredonia Invitational 8k (10/5/24)... Clocked in at 25:13.2 at Oneonta Airfield Invitational 4k (9/14/24)... Set a 6k personal record at Empire 8 Championships with a time of 25:50.9... Received Philip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction... 2025 Empire 8 Spring President's List

2023: Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma Class of 2023-24... selected as Hartwick Cross Country's Torchbearer recipient... recieved Philip S. Wilder, Jr. Award for academic distinction... 2024 Spring Empire 8 President's List

Prior to Hartwick: Attended Edmeston Central School … competed in cross country and track and field for the Panthers … First Team All-MAC in cross country in 2021 … First Team Tri-Valley in track in 2021 … Second Team All-MAC in cross country in 2017 … NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete from 2018-2021 … received the Cross Country Finish on Empty Award, the Leaving it all on the Track Award, and the Bonnie Perkins Award in 2021 … received the Cross Country Award in 2019 … earned Most Improved in cross country in 2018.

Personal: Daughter of Gloria and James Smith … History and Spanish major … mother, Gloria, competed in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field at Ithaca College … hobbies are drumming, running, sewing, hanging out with her cats, hanging out with her friends, and listening to music … favorite athletes are Shalene Flanagan and Steve Prefontaine … favorite sports team is the Carolina Hurricanes … favorite musical group is BTS.

Why Hartwick? “I chose to attend Hartwick because I like the close-knit community it has. After attending an incredibly small high school, I knew I did not want to go to a big college. Also, I can continue with my musical interest that I developed in high school.”