Open Announce
University of New Mexico Lobos athletics
Molly Renfer - Cross Country - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Molly Renfer

Hometown

Esher, England

Previous School

Harvard University

2015-16
2015 XC: Placed 12th at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, finishing in 16:52.7 … finished 10th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational with a time of 19:55.5 … earned first team all-conference after finishing sixth at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships at 22:54.01 … finished 11th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, crossing the line at 21:15.42 … placed 24th at the NCAA Championship at 20:17.5 to earn All-American.

PREVIOUS UNIVERSITY (HARVARD)
2014-15
2014 Cross Country:
 Earned the Kate Wiley Most Outstanding Performer Award … Second Harvard finisher at H-Y-P, taking 12th with a time of 18:08 … Posted a time of 18:36 at the Battle of Beantown … Top Harvard finisher at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, posting a time of 21:30 … Third Harvard finisher across the line at Heps, recording a time of 21:27.2 to take 23rd place … Top Harvard finisher at NCAA Regionals, claiming 18th with a time of 20:54.81.
2015 Track: Placed third overall in the mile with a time of 4:42.98 at indoor Heps … Finished first in the 4x880y relay with a time of 8:54.18 at indoor Heps … Broke school distance medley relay record with a time of 11:18.73 at the Alex Wilson Invite … Program record holder in the 1500m run, clocking a time of 4:18.25 at the New Balance Twilight 3 … Placed fifth in the 1500m run at outdoor Heps in a time of 4:25.09 … Finished fourth in 4x800m relay in a time of 8:43.74 at outdoor Heps … Recpient of the Francis J. Haggerty Award for Excellence in Women’s Track and Field and the Watters Mile Award.

2013-14 
2013 Cross Country: 
Presented the Jerry Kanter Improvement Award as the most improved at the end of the year banquet … Found her stride towards the end of the season, finishing 30th at the NCAA Northeast Regionals with a time of 21:08.4 … Saw action in four meets on the season, pacing the team once … Ranked 16th against Yale with a time of 18:51 … Led all Crimson runners at the Princeton Invitational with a time of 21:41 to rank fifth of 206 runners … Slotted 17th at Heps with a time of 21:25.8.
2014 Track: Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 1,500m run, posting a school-record time of 4:18.78 to advance to the semifinals … Broke the school distance medley record at the Penn Relays with a time of 11:18.59 … Broke the school sprint medley with a time of 3:56.36 at the Florida Relays … Helped to pass the school record in the 4x800m (8:43.30) at the Penn Relays … Placed third in the 1 mile run at 4:45.89 at the Ivy  League Indoor Track & Field Championships.

2012-13
2012 Cross Country: 
Finished the race with a time of 22:42 and was the third Harvard scorer at the Princeton Invitational Oct. 13 … Finished the race with a time of 22:42 and was the third Harvard scorer at the Princeton Invitational.
2013 Track: Was victorious in the 1,000 at the Harvard Challenge & Multi Meet in a time of 2:49.06 … Took second in the 800 at the BU Terrier Classic in 2:09.53 … Helped 4×880 yard relay team to runner-up finish at Indoor Heps, earning All-Ivy accolades … Won the 800 at the LSU Alumni Gold meet, posting a time of 2:09.11 … Posted season-best time of 2:08.96 in the 800 at the ECAC Outdoor Championships.

2011-12 
2011 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
2012 Track: Helped Harvard win the 4×400 meter relay with a time of 3:52.11 and finished second in the 500 meter (1:15.18) at the Harvard Challenge … Member of the second-place 4×440 yard relay team at the Saturday Night at the Armory II meet that finished with a time of 3:47.41 … Part of the winning 4×440 yard relay team (3:52.00) and placed second in the 800 meters (2:14.36) at the Battle of Beantown … Contributed to a second-place finish in the 4×880 meters (9:07.18) at the HYP meet … Ran in the distance medley relay that finished first (11:27.55) at the ECAC meet … Won the 800 meters (2:13.39) at Texas Southern Relays … Placed sixth in the 800 meters (2:11.44) at North Florida Invitational … Finished second in the 800 meters (2:10.34) at Harvard-Yale dual meet … Earned third place as a member of the 4×400 relay team (3:45.41) at Larry Ellis Invitational … Placed 10th in the 800 meters (2:10.13) and third as a member of the 4×400 relay team (3:44.49) at Ivy League Championships … Placed 22nd in the 800 meters (2:10.73) at ECAC/IC4A Championships.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Represented Switzerland at the European Junior Championships in 2011 …. Personal-best of 2:08.94 for 800m and 56.85 for 400m … Competed in track, cross country, biathlon, triathlon and field hockey at Tiffin Girls’ School … Served as captain of the cross country team five times between 2004 and 2011 … Cross country borough champion 2004-2011 … Borough champion in the 800-meter run from 2004-2011 … Won the 800 at Surrey Schools Championships in 2009 and 2010 … Placed third in the 800 at English Schools competition in 2010 … Placed in the top six in the national biathlon championships five times between 2003 and 2011 … Also finished in the top 10 at national biathlon championships in 2008 and ’09 … Recipient of the 2009 Junior Sports Leadership Award.

PERSONAL
Hobbies include snowboarding, skiing, horseback riding, art and photography … Father, Thomas Renfer, skied for Switzerland and brother competed for Ireland in the triathlon.

XC HONORS

  • All-American: 2015
  • NCAA Champion: 2015 (team)