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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- La Crescenta, CA
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- High School:
- Crescenta Valley
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- Major:
- Psychology
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
At CMS
2021-22 (Sophomore)
All-American ... First-Team All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 4) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Finished in the top 20 of every race she ran in her debut season, including 16th at the NCAA Division III Championships to earn All-America honors and help CMS to its highest-ever team finish (second) ... Earned third place at the West Region Championships to earn All-Region distinction in a time of 22:01.4 ... Came in fourth at the SCIAC Championships in 21:47.6 ... Earned third place at the Division III Pre-Nationals in Louisville, earning SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors after leading the Athenas to a first-place finish ... Came in sixth in her debut race at the Mark Covert Classic, finishing the 5K in 18:20.0 ... Earned a PR for a 6K at the UC Riverside Invitational in 20:42.5.
2020-21 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19.
Prior to CMS
Attended Crescenta Valley High School, where she was a member of the cross country team ... Came in third at the Pacific League Championships as a senior with a PR of 18:06.2, helping Crescenta Valley to the conference title ... Finished 39th of 181 runners at the CIF Southern Section finals as a senior.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in human biology ... Also plays for the CMS track and field team in the spring.
News Mentions

CMS Women's Cross Country Has Highest-Ever NCAA Finish, Earns Runner-Up By Just Two Points
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s cross country team earned the highest finish in program history, coming in second...
November 20, 2021

CMS Women's Cross Country Wins NCAA West Regional Championship
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Meredith Bloss, Natalie Bitetti and Emily Clarke finished 2-3-4 and Riley Harmon finished sixth as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...
November 13, 2021

Bloss, Bitetti Earn Major SCIAC Honors for CMS Women's Cross Country
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Meredith Bloss was named the SCIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year and Natalie Bitetti earned the Newcomer of the...
November 5, 2021

CMS Women's Cross Country Dominates SCIACs with Five of Top Six; Bloss Wins Individual Title
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Led by a 1-2 finish from Meredith Bloss and Riley Harmon, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team dominated the...
October 30, 2021

CMS Women's Cross Country Moves Up to No. 2 in Latest National Poll
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team, which is 10 days away from going from its 11th straight SCIAC title,...
October 20, 2021

Riley Harmon Earns National Athlete of the Week Honors from USTFCCCA
CLAREMONT, Calif. - After winning the individual title at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, Riley Harmon captured the United States Track and Field...
October 11, 2021

CMS Women's Cross Country Has 1-2-3 Finish to Dominate Pomona-Pitzer Invitational
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Riley Harmon, Meredith Bloss and Natalie Bitetti finished 1-2-3, while Sophie Gitlin (fifth), Emily Clarke (seventh) and...
October 9, 2021

Natalie Bitetti Becomes Third Athena to Win SCIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore Natalie Bitetti earned the SCIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor for events through Sunday, Oct. 3,...
October 4, 2021

CMS Women's Cross Country Dominates the Field at NCAA Pre-Nationals
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team had four of the top ten finishers as it earned a dominant win at the NCAA...
October 2, 2021

Bloss Named SCIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week
CLAREMONT, Calif. - After setting a new program record for the fastest time over a 6K race, Meredith Bloss earned the SCIAC Women's Cross Country...
September 20, 2021

Bloss Sets Program Record to Lead Athenas to Second Runner-Up Finish in 2021 Season
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Meredith Bloss set a new program record for a 6K race with a time of 20:31.0 as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross...
September 18, 2021

Emily Clarke Earns SCIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week
CLAREMONT, Calif. - After leading the CMS women's cross country team to a strong opening-day performance at the Mark Covert Classic on Saturday,...
September 7, 2021

Athena Cross Country Earns Runner-Up Finish at Mark Covert Classic
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country program served notice that the long layoff won't produce a drop in success,...
September 5, 2021