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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Albany, CA
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- High School:
- Albany
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- Major:
- Politics
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- College:
- Scripps
Bio
At CMS
2021-22 (Senior)
All-American ... USTFCCCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 12) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Earned All-America honors with a 19th place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships (up from 36th in her previous trip) to help CMS to its highest team finish in program history (second) ... Ran a 21:32.9 to earn 19th, over 30 seconds faster than her time at the DIII Pre-Nationals on the same course, when she finished fourth ... Earned the individual championship of the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational to earn SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors, finishing in 21:27.4 ... Came in second place at the SCIAC Championships (behind only teammate Meredith Bloss) in 21:28.8 ... Earned sixth place at the USTFCCCA West Regionals in 22:16.4 to earn All-Region honors for the third time in three seasons of competition ... Ran a PR in the 6K of 20:37.6 at the UC Riverside Invitational.
2020-21 (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (Sophomore)
All-American ... USTFCCCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Earned All-America honors with a 36th place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships, coming in under the top-40 cutoff to earn the honor with a time of 22:09.8 ... Finished fourth at the NCAA West Regionals in a time of 22:17.0 to earn All-Region distinction ... Was third at the SCIAC Championships in 21:56.1 ... Had three top-10 finishes in the regular season, including second at the CSU San Bernardino Coyote Challenge and the the UC San Diego Triton Classic, as well as seventh a the Masters Invitational.
2018-19 (First-Year)
USTFCCCA All-West Region ... Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... USTFCCCA All-Academic selection ... Part of the seven-runner contingent for CMS that competed at the NCAA Regionals and Nationals as a first-year ... Was 14th at the NCAA West Regionals to earn all-region honors, finishing in 22:50.0 ... Added a 12th place finish at the SCIAC Championships in 24:29.0 to take second-team all-league honors ... Was 192nd at the NCAA Championships in 23:12.7 ... Came in fifth place at the Cougar Challenge, hosted by CSU San Marcos, in 22:39.9 ... In the spring, competed in both the steeplechase and the 5000 at SCIAC Track and Field Championships ... Finished third in the steeple and added a sixth-place finish in the 5000 to provide a total of nine points for the Athenas in a meet they won by only three.
Prior to CMS
Attended Albany High School, where she was a member of the cross country and track teams.
Personal
Attends Scripps College, where she majors in politics ... Also a member of the CMS track and field team in the spring, ranking seventh in CMS history in the steeplechase (11:15.01).
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

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
CMS Women's Cross Country Tied for 10th in USTFCCCA Preseason Poll
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The 10-time defending SCIAC champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team was picked tied for tenth in the...
August 26, 2021