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Sophie Connor - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Sophie Connor

Class

Jr.

Hometown

Hertfordshire, England

Previous School

University of Warwick

2016-17
2016 XC
: Saw action at five meets for the Lobos, scoring at all five … opened her season with a 37th-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing third for the Lobos in 16:59.8 … placed 40th overall and third on the team at the Wisconsin Invitational, running a time of 20:53.6 … earned Second-Team All-Mountain West honors by placing 10th overall and third on at the team at the MW Championships (20:52.10) … finished 34th overall and fourth on the team at the NCAA Mountain Regionals, clocking in at 21:13.50 … nabbed 75th overall and third on the team at the NCAA Championships (20:42.1)

2015-16
2015 XC
: Competed three times for New Mexico … took 22nd overall at the Texas Tech Double Duals, running 19:57 … claimed 67th at the Notre Dame Invitational, running 17:33.5 … ran to 26th at the Mountain West Championships, finishing in 24:26.77.
2016 Indoors: Ran at five meets, including the NCAA Championships … opened the season at the New Mexico Team Invitational, posting strong runs in the 800 (first place, time of 2:12.31*) and the mile (second, 4:46.04*) … punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, running 4:36.37* to win the mile run … also helped the Lobos’ distance medley relay team to an NCAA berth, running 3:24.35 in the 1200-meter leg to power the relay to a track-converted time of 11:01.86 … registered a tremendous performance at the Mountain West Championships, winning the mile (4:39.54*) and taking fifth in the 800 (2:08.27*) after breaking the UNM record in the 800 (2:07.71*) in the prelims … at the NCAA Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, zoomed through the mile prelims via a heat-winning time of 4:37.66 before placing fifth in the final with a time of 4:38.82
2016 Outdoors: Backed up her strong indoor campaign with a splendid outdoor season, running at five meets, including the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon … kicked off the season with a second-place time of 4:16.40 in the 1,500-meter run at the Bryan Clay Invitational … lowered her season best with a 4:14.03 run at the Payton Jordan Invitational … won the 800 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships in a dominant 2:05.95 … advanced through the NCAA West Preliminary Round via an 11th-place time of 4:21.27 in the 1500 … at the NCAA Championships, set the New Mexico record in the metric mile with a prelim-round time of 4:13.74 before taking 11th in the finals (4:17.27) after having her shoe partially fall off in the opening stages of the race … capped her season earning CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.

2014-15
2014 XC
: Ran three time for the Lobos … scored for UNM at the Lobo Invitational, running to eighth overall (fifth on the team) over the 5-kilometer course … took fourth in the JV race at the Notre Dame Invitational … placed 30th at the Mountain West Championships, finishing ninth on the team.
2015 Indoors: Competed at five meets … took second in the 800 at the New Mexico Team Invitational behind teammate Sammy Silva, finishing in 2:08.20* to eclipse the former program record … placed fifth in the mile at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, running 4:51.46* … helped New Mexico’s distance medley relay team to the school record in the event as the group clocked a time of 11:01.44 at the Alex Wilson Invitational … scored in the mile (third, 4:46.27*) and the 800 (fourth, 2:11.73*) at the Mountain West Indoor Championships … ran with the Lobos’ 10th-place DMR team at the NCAA Championships.
2015 Outdoors: Saw action at five meets … opened with a win in the 800 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational (2:08.60*) … ran to a personal-record time of 4:21.14 in the 1500 at the Payton Jordan Invitational just weeks after clocking a time of 4:22.40 at the Bryan Clay Invite … scored in the 800 (fifth, 2:10.39) and the 1500 (sixth, 4:34.57) at the MW Outdoor Championships … advanced to the opening round of the NCAA Championships, placing 23rd in the 1500 at the NCAA West Preliminaries (4:27.01).

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Transfer from the University of Warwick in England … placed fifth in the 1,500-meter run at the 2014 England Athletics U23 Championships with a time of 4:23.81 … tallied the same finish at the 2013 edition of the England Athletics U23 meet … claimed fourth in the metric mile at the 2013 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championships … ran a then-personal record time of 4:21.06 in the 1500 at the 2013 Sainsbury’s British Championships … posted a ninth-place finish  in the 1500 at the 2012 BUCS Championships … placed second in the 2013 Hertfordshire County Championships after winning the race in 2011.

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

  • USTFCCCA First Team All-American: 2016 (Mile)
  • USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American: 2015 (DMR), 2016 (1500)
  • All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2015 (Mile), 2016 (Mile)
  • All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2016 (800)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-America: 2016
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District: 2016