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Sophie Connor Season 2014-15

PositionMid. Distance
ClassSr.
HometownHertfordshire, England
Previous SchoolUniversity of Warwick
Sophie Connor

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

 

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