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2023-24 Catamount Track & Field Roster

Sydney Runyan

  • Position Distance
  • Hometown Woodstock, Ga.
  • High School Etowah HS
  • Class Senior

Biography

Sydney's Career PerformancesTFRRS | Sydney Runyan – Track and Field Results & Statistics

2024 Outdoor:
Appeared  in four meets, competing in the 3000m steeplechase and the 5000m
Set a PR in the 5000m during the Tennessee Invite after an 18:15.70 finish

2023-24 Indoor:
Appeared in four meets, competing in the 1000m, the mile, the 3000m, the DMR, and the 5000m
Set a PR in the 3000m during the Clemson Invitational with a time of 10:26.69
Set a PR in the 1000m during the Brant Tolsma Invitational with a time of 3:10.72

2023 Cross Country: Appeared in all four events during the fall season… began the season with a 16:08.7 in the Young Harris Invitational 4k which WCU won as a team to open the year… added a 19:22.2 in the Live in the Lou Classic… earned a personal-best 19:14.9 in the Upstate Invitational… finished the fall season with a 19:34.3 at the SoCon Championship…

2023 Outdoor: Appeared in four meets... finished third in the 3000S at Weems Baskin Relays... finished ninth in 1500m at Catamount Classic with 4:54.33 finishing time... 

2023 Indoor: Competed in One Meet... and finished seventh in the DMR at the South Carolina Invitational... 

2022 Outdoor Track
  • Competed in four meets
  • Finished in seventh place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the SoCon Championship in her event debut
  • Recorded an outdoor personal best time of 18:24.94 in the 5,000-meter run to finish in fourth place at the Catamount Classic
  • Posted a personal best time of 4:53.64 in the 1,500-meter run at the Aggie Invitational
2022 Indoor Track
  • Competed in four meets
  • Ran a leg of the sixth-place finishing distance medley relay at the SoCon Championship
  • Opened the season with a personal best time of 10:36.78 in the 3,000-meter run at the Mondo Invitational
  • Logged a new indoor personal best in the mile after finishing with a time of 5:18.78
2021 Cross Country
  • Competed in five meets, finishing as WCU’s #2 runner in each meet
  • Recorded a 6K personal best time of 23:15.70 at the NCAA Southeast Regional meet
  • Finished with a 5K personal best time of 19:28.50 at the Alexander Invitational

2021 Outdoor
  • Competed in three meets
  • Ran an outdoor personal best 19:37.24 in the 5,000-meter run at the Catamount Classic
  • Recorded a personal best 5:04.98 in the 1,500-meter run at the High Point Vertklasse Meeting
2021 Indoor
  • Competed in three meets
  • Ran a leg on the winning distance medley relay team at the Buccaneer Invitational
  • Earned a fourth-place finish at the Southern Conference Championships as a member of the distance medley relay team
  • Finished seventh in the 1,000-meter run at the Darius Dixon Invitational with a personal best time of 3:18.58
2020 Cross Country
  • Made her collegiate debut at the Mercer Invitational with a time of 21:21 to finish in 23rd
  • Recorded her season and personal best at the SoCon Championship with a time of 19:57

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2023-24Senior

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