Laura Zimmer
Laura Zimmer
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Billings, MT
  • High School:
    Billings
  • Major:
    Economics and Psychology
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio



TFRRS Results

At CMS
2023-24 (Senior)
USTFCCCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC's Celia Peterson Leadership Award Winner ...
Earned a sixth-place finish at the SCIAC Championships, earning first-team all-league honors with a 22:48.9 ... Added all-region distinction by coming in 19th place at the NCAA West Regionals ... Part of a seven-runner contingent that earned fourth place at the NCAA Division III Championships ... Ran a 22:52.4 at nationals ... Earned 18th place at the Division III Pre-Nationals with a 22:30.1 ... Had a PR for a 6K race with a 21:26.1 at the UC Riverside Invitational ... Had an 18:41.7 in a 5K race at the Mark Covert Classic. 

2022-23 (Junior)

Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Part of the seven-runner contingent for CMS that competed at NCAA Regionals and Nationals ... Finished 17th at the SCIAC Championships to earn second-team all-league honors for the second year in a row ... Began the year with a third-place finish at the Redlands Invitational with a 17:01.0 (over a 4.5K race) ... Came in 28th at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. 

2021-22 (Sophomore)
USTFCCCA All-West Region ... Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Part of the seven-runner contingent that represented CMS at regionals and nationals, earning the highest-ever team finish in program history as the national runner-up ... Earned 12th place at the SCIAC Championships in 22:35.0 to earn second-team all-league honors ... Followed up with a 17th-place finish at the NCAA West Regionals in 22:50.6, earning all-region distinction ... Ran a 22:40.3 at nationals to earn a 137th place finish ... Captured 12th place at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational in 22:40.7 ... Had a PR for a 6K at the UC Riverside Invitational, finishing in 21:30.7 ... Ran a 19:18.0 in a 5K to come in 33rd place at the Mark Covert Classic ... Qualified for the NCAA Divsiion III Track and Field Championships in the 1500, earning a PR at the Redlands Final Qualifier in 4:34.53.    

2020-21 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ...
Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Billings High School in Montana, where she was a member of the track and field team ... Finished sixth in the 2019 State Championships in the 800 meters as a junior, as well as ninth in the 400 meters and 14th in the 1600  meters ... Finished third in the Eastern AA Divisional Championships in the 800. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she has a dual major in economics and psychology.  

Laura Zimmer posed shot

News Mentions

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Natalie Bitetti Earns Second-Team Academic All-America Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country and track and field teams earned second-team Academic...

July 9, 2024

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Seven Athena Runners Earn All-Academic Distinction from USTFCCCA

CLAREMONT, Calif. - All seven eligible runners from the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team earned All-Academic honors from the...

February 2, 2024

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Natalie Bitetti's NCAA Runner-Up Finish Leads CMS Women's Cross Country to Fourth Place

NEWVILLE, Pa. - Natalie Bitetti tied the highest finish ever for a Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country runner by ending in second place,...

November 18, 2023

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CMS Women's Cross Country Repeats as West Region Champion, Earns Nationals Bid for 15th Straight Season

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti earned the NCAA West Region championship for a second straight season, leading a 1-2-3 finish with Elle...

November 11, 2023

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Bitetti Named SCIAC Athlete of the Year as Athenas Cross Country Sweeps Major Awards

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti earned the SCIAC Athlete of the Year Award for the second year in a row, Revere Schmidt captured the Newcomer...

October 30, 2023

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CMS Women's Cross Country Dominates for 13th Straight SCIAC Title

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti repeated as the individual champion, and the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team had the top...

October 28, 2023

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Athenas Cross Country Wins Pre-Nationals with Dominant Performance

NEWVILLE, Pa. - Natalie Bitetti finished second, Elle Marsyla finished fifth, and all five scorers were in the top 20, as the eighth-ranked...

October 7, 2023

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Athenas Cross Country Finishes a Strong Second at The Master's Invitational

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Natalie Bitetti (second), Elle Marsyla (fifth) and Riley Capuano (sixth) each earned top-10 finishes as the Claremont-Mudd...

September 23, 2023

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CMS Women's Cross Country Has Impressive Third-Place Showing at UC Riverside

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team finished third out of 19 teams, including 12 from the Division I level,...

September 16, 2023

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CMS Women's Cross Country Finishes Second at Mark Covert Classic

BREA, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team opened up the 2023 season by coming in second place, behind only Division I...

September 2, 2023

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CMS Women's Cross Country Picked to Repeat in SCIAC, Ranked No. 12 Nationally

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's cross country team was a unanimous choice to repeat as SCIAC champions in a vote of the...

August 25, 2023