Meredith Bloss
Meredith Bloss
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Guilford, CT
  • High School:
    Guilford
  • Major:
    Engineering
  • College:
    Harvey Mudd

Bio

TFRRS Results

At CMS
2022-23 (Senior)
First-Team All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Came in second place at the SCIAC Championships with a time of 21:57.4 ... Finished in almost the exact same time at the NCAA West Regionals (21:57.7) to take fourth place ... Was seventh at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in 22:06.2 ... Came in 11th place out of 395 runners at the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Pennsylania ... Finished 52nd at the NCAA Division III Championships ... Was second at the Redlands Invitational in 16:52.0 (4.5K race) to open the season. 


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. 

Meredith Bloss posed shot

News Mentions

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Athenas Place Four on USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Academic Team

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team had four members earn All-Academic Athlete honors from the United States...

January 27, 2023

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Marina Muncan Inducted into Villanova Athletics Hall of Fame

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Marina Muncan, the head coach of the CMS women's and men's cross country teams, and an assistant with the track and field...

December 8, 2022

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Women's Cross Country Earns 10th at Nationals, Bitetti Captures All-America Honors

LANSING, Mich. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team earned a top-10 finish (10th) by passing Pomona-Pitzer over the final 1000...

November 19, 2022

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CMS Women's Cross Country Heads to Nationals Saturday, After Runner-Up Finish in 2021

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team heads to Lansing, Michigan on Saturday for the NCAA Division III...

November 18, 2022

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Natalie Bitetti Earns West Region Athlete of the Year Honor

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Junior Natalie Bitetti captured the Division III Women's Cross Country West Region Athlete of the Year honor from the United...

November 15, 2022

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CMS Women's Cross Country Heads to Nationals for 14th Straight Time

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team officially earned its invitation to nationals when bids were announced...

November 14, 2022

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Bitetti, CMS Women's Cross Country, Earn West Region Championships

SPOKANE, Wash. - Natalie Bitetti ran a 21:41.3 to finish in first place by 11 seconds, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team...

November 13, 2022

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Bitetti Earns SCIAC Athlete of the Year, Marsyla Top Newcomer

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Junior Natalie Bitetti of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Year Award,...

November 2, 2022

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Bitetti-Bloss-Kimme Finish 1-2-3 to Lead Athenas to 12th Straight SCIAC Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti led wire-to-wire to win the SCIAC women's cross country individual title by 37.7 seconds in 21:19.7, and was...

October 29, 2022

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Natalie Bitetti Takes Individual Title at Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, Athenas Finish Second to Biola

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti continued her dominant junior season by taking first place at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on Saturday...

October 8, 2022

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CMS Women's Cross Country Takes First Place at Paul Short Run

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team had a dominant performance at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh, taking...

September 30, 2022

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Shorthanded CMS Women's Cross Country Takes 12th at Cougar Challenge

SAN MARCOS, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team, which competed without the runners who will be attending the Paul...

September 24, 2022

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Bitetti Helps Women's Cross Country Finish 12th at UC Riverside Invitational

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Junior Natalie Bitetti came in 12th place out of 265 runners, many of whom were from Division I, to help the CMS women's cross...

September 17, 2022

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Natalie Bitetti Earns First SCIAC Athlete of the Week Honor of New Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti earned the SCIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor for events through Sunday, Sept. 4, the...

September 6, 2022

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CMS Women's Cross Country Records Best Possible Score (15 Points) at Redlands Invitational

Redlands, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team, which finished second in the nation last year, began the 2022 season by...

September 3, 2022

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CMS Women's Cross Country Picked Fourth in Preseason USTFCCCA Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team was picked to finish fourth in the country in a preseason vote of the...

August 24, 2022

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CMS Women's Cross Country Unanimous Pick to Continue Streak of SCIAC Titles

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The CMS women's cross country team was picked to finish first in the SCIAC in a preseason poll of the league's coaches, the...

August 18, 2022

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