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Sarah Simonetti

Sarah Simonetti

Height: 5-4
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Perkasie, Pa.
High School: Pennridge H.S.
Major: Health Sciences

Senior • 2011
Named CACC 'Runner of the Year' after winning the conference championship for a second-straight year...Seven-Time 'Runner of the Week'...Set the record in the CACC Championship 5K race with a time of 18:43.21...Finished ninth overall (out of 133) at the Del. Val. Invitational (25:32.63), a 6K race...Fifth overall (out of 148) in the Fordham Fiasco (19:32.81), a 5K run...First place (out of 102) in the Philadelphia Metro Meet (19:23.68)...45th place in the Paul Short Run (23:11), a 6K event...Second place finish in the Jack St. Clair Invitational...Third overall (out of 138) in the CTC Championships (18:46.28), a 5K race...Secured her place in the NCAA National Championship with a third place finish in the NCAA Regionals (22:03.8)... 

Simonetti Tougher Than a Stale Philly Pretzel

Junior • 2011
Named USTFCCCA All-Academic team...Placed ninth at NCAA East Regionals in Boston, garnering NCAA East All-Region team honors...Named CACC 'Runner of the Year' after winning the conference championship...Named CACC 'Runner of the Week' five times (9/13, 9/27, 10/4, 10/18, 10/25)...Time at Paul Short Invitational of 22:13 sets a new school record for 6,000 XC, breaking her time from the 2009 NCAA Nationals (22:17)...Set a new school record for 5,000 (18:50.8).

Sophomore • 2009
Ran school records for 5,000 (19:26) and 6,000 meters (22:17) in 2009...Had a 54th place finish (22:18, 6K) at the NCAA DII National Championships in Evansville, IN. Was the first PhilaU or CACC XC runner to ever advance to the NCAA National Championships...NCAA East All-Region and CACC All-Conference...Grabbed second-place overall (20:18) at the CACC Championships... Led the Lady Rams to their second-straight CACC Team Championship...U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic...Four-time CACC 'Runner of the Week', along with two-time CACC 'Honorable Mention'...2009 CACC All-Academic Team.

Freshman • 2008
Named to the CACC All-Conference Team...Placed fifth overall at CACC Championships with a time of 20:26:63...Was Named to USTFCCCA All- Region team with a 12th place finish at a time of 23:43:06...Was named CACC 'Rookie of the Week' five times (9/2, 9/15, 9/22, 9/30, 10/27) and named CACC 'Runner of the Week' one time (9/15)...Named CACC 'Rookie of the Year'...Broke PhilaU records in the 5K and 6K events.

Before Philadelphia
Four year varsity letterwinner in XC, indoor and outdoor track at Pennridge...Medaled at NE Footlocker Freshman race...Conference champion and All-League honors as a sophomore while placing ninth in states in the 3000 meter and 10th in states in the 3200 meter...All- League and All-State honors as a junior...Conference champion, All-League honors and Mid-Atlantic Young women's champion as a senior.

Personal
Born July 19, 1990 in Philadelphia, Pa... Daughter of Nick and Susan Simonetti...Has two older sisters, Leanna and Christina, and an older brother, John.