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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Champaign, IL
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- High School:
- Urbana
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- Major:
- Public Policy
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
TFRRS Results
At CMS
2022-23 (Senior)
First-Team All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Came in third place at the SCIAC Championships with a time of 22:04.3 ... Earned All-Region honors with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA West Regionals in Spokane with a time of 21:58.8 ... Finished 42nd at the NCAA Championships, the second-best finish for the Athenas, to help CMS to tenth place ... Began the year with a fourth-place finish at the Redlands Invitational in 17:02.7 (over a 4.5K race) ... Earned 10th at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.
2021-22 (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Made her debut race of cross country season in the SCIAC Championships and finished in an impressive 25th place with a time of 23:34.3 ... Scored in both the 5000 and the 10000 at the SCIAC Track and Field Championships to help CMS to the team title ... Finished fourth in the 10000 with a PR of 38:54.17 ... Added a sixth-place finish in the 5000 with an 18:27.94.
2020-21 (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19.
2019-20 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Competed in four events in her rookie season, including a 17th place finish in the Coyote Challenge (18:24.5 over 5K).
Prior to CMS
Attended Urbana High School in Illinois, where she was a member of the cross country and track and field teams ... Qualified for the state championships in the 3200 meters by winning the sectional with a 12:14.24 ... Had a PR in the 3200 of 11:48.89 ... Clocked a 5:30.99 to set a new personal best in the 1600 and finish third at the Lady Spartan Classic.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in public policy ... Also a member of the CMS track and field team in the winter ... Parents are Duane Kimme and Eva Pomerantz and she has a younger brother Ross ... Hobbies include spending time outdoors, swimming, and eating chocolate and peanut butter.
News Mentions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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