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- Year:
- Jr.
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- Hometown:
- Guilford, CT
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- High School:
- Guilford
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- Major:
- Engineering
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- College:
- Harvey Mudd
Bio
At CMS
2021-22 Season (Junior)
All-American ... SCIAC Champion ... First-Team All-West Region ... SCIAC Athlete of the Week (Sept. 20) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Finished 13th at the NCAA Division III Championships to earn All-America honors with a time of 21:17.4 to help CMS to its highest team finish in program history (second) ... Set the CMS record for a 6K race by running a 20:31.0 at the UC Riverside Invitational to place fourth, earning SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors ... Won the SCIAC individual title with a time of 21:25.4 ... Followed that up with a second-place finish at the NCAA Division III West Regionals in 21:54.4 ... Came in second place at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational with a 21:30.4 ... Earned seventh place at the DIII Pre-Nationals in Louisville with a 22:21.0.
2020-21 Season (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19.
2019-20 Season (First-Year)
Competed in three events while attending Cornell.
Prior to CMS
Attended Guilford High School in Connecticut, where she was a member of the cross country and track and field teams, serving as cross country captain for two years ... Two-time First-Team All-SCC in cross country (2016-17) ... Graduated with Guilford's 5K cross country record ... Two-time New England regional cross country qualifier (2017, 18), earning All-New England honors in 2017, when she also won the SCC Championship ... Named SCC Cross Country Runner of the Year twice and earned all-state honors three times ... Earned Footlocker Second-Team All-Northeast honors in 2017 ... Two-time NHR all-area pick, all-area MVP (2017, 18) ... Indoor track school record holder in four events (3000, 1600, 3200 and 2 mile) ...Earned All-SCC honors in track and field six times (First-Team: 3200 - 2018, 1600 - 2018, 19; Second-Team: 3200 - 2016, 17, 1600 - 2017) and was a four-time SCC Champion, sweeping the 3200 and 1600 in both 2018 and 2019 ... Named the SCC Indoor Track Runner of the Year and MVP (2018) ...Earned All-State honors for both the 1600 & 3200 for indoor track ... State Open runner-up in 3200 in 2018 ... Outdoor track school record holder in two mile & 3200 ... Three-time First-Team All-SCC in outdoor track in the 3200 (2017, 18, 19), earning All-New England honors in 2018 ... NHR All-Area Selection in 2018 and 2019 ... Three-time SCC Champion, winning the two mile in 2018 and 19 and the 1600 in 2019 ... Had PRs of 36:23 road 10k, 10:52 in the 3200, 4:44 in the 1500, and 17:45 in the 5k ... Earned United States Presidential Scholar honors and the Dartmouth Book Award in the classroom.
Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd, where she majors in engineering.
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

CMS Women's Cross Country Moves Up to Fourth in Division III National Rankings
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team surged up the national rankings this week from No. 9 to No. 4, after a...
September 22, 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

CMS Women's Cross Country Starts 2021 Campaign at Mark Covert Classic
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team looks to continue its long run of success into a new decade, when it...
August 30, 2021