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Natalie Bitetti

Position

Distance

Class

Sr. (XC) / Jr. (I) / Jr. (O)

Hometown

La Crescenta, Calif.

Previous School

Crescenta Valley HS / Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

 


 Natalie Bitetti TFRRS Results
Natalie Bitetti World Athletics Profile

2024-25

Cross Country (Senior): In her first season at New Mexico after transferring from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Bitetti opened with a fourth-place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree 6K in 20:48.3 … ran 20:06.8 for 37th at Wisconsin Pre-Nationals … placed 10th at the Mountain West Championships in 21:00.1 to earn All-MW honors … At the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, finished 39th in 20:43.9, then ran 20:29.3 for 91st at the NCAA Championships as the Lobos’ fourth point scorer … UNM finished seventh in the national team score.

Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Began the indoor season with a 16:06.21 5,000m at the Boston University Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener … ran a season-best mile of 4:42.41 at the UW Invite and a season-best 3,000m of 9:18.99 at the Husky Classic … At Mountain West Championships, she placed fifth in the mile (4:49.18) and eighth in the 5,000m (16:57.85) … Additional performances included a 4:49.21 mile (4:42.91 converted) at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational and a 9:24.12 3,000m at the UW Invite.

Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Opened with a 4:31.70 1,500m at the New Mexico Spring Invitational (4:25.49 converted) … She lowered her 1,500m time to 4:24.09 at the Bryan Clay Invitational before posting a season best of 4:22.89 in the prelims of the Mountain West Championships, where she placed sixth in the final (4:26.79) … ran 16:36.39 for 5,000m at Bryan Clay and 16:46.25 at the Stanford Invitational, finishing the season with a 16:45.18 in the 5,000m at the Mountain West Championships.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2020-24)

Ranks second all-time in CMS outdoor track and field history in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:26.59, second in the 5000 meters in 16:37.65, and eighth in the 800 meters with a 2:14.02 … Has indoor times of 9:29.76 in the 3000 and 16:33.50 in the 5000 of 16:33.50, which are the fastest in CMS history (indoors or outdoors).

2023-24 (Senior)
Indoor All-America First Team (3000, DMR) … Outdoor All-America Second Team (5000) … SCIAC Champion (1500, 5000) … Second-Team CSC Academic All-America … All-American and SCIAC Athlete of the Year in Cross Country … USTFCCCA All-Region … SCIAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 8) … SCIAC All-Academic Team …  Earned a runner-up finish at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:31.74, following up on a runner-up finish in the NCAA Cross Country Championships in the fall … Also part of a distance medley relay team that came in third during indoors … Came in ninth at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships to earn second-team All-America honors … Swept the 1500 and the 5000 at the SCIAC Championships, winning the 1500 in 4:28.22 and the 5000 in 17:29.40 … Had PRs in both the 800 and the 1500 at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, running a 2:14.02 in the 800 and a 4:26.59 in the 1500 to set a CMS record at the time, earning SCIAC Track Athlete of the Week honors … Had a 9:29.76 in the 3000 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University.

2022-23 (Junior)
SCIAC Cross Country Athlete of the Year … Cross Country All-American … SCIAC Cross Country Champion … Did not compete in track and field season while studying abroad.

2021-22 (Sophomore)
All-SCIAC (1500, 800) … USTFCCCA All-West Region (1500) … (National Qualifier (1500) 
… SCIAC All-Academic Team … USTFCCCA All-Academic Team … Earned second place at the SCIAC Championships in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:37.23 … Also came in third in the 800 with a 2:17.74 … Had PRs of 2:16.60 in the 800 and 4;33.69 in the 1500 … Qualified for the 1500 meters at the NCAA Divisiion III Championships and came in 18th … Won the 800 at a five-team SCIAC Multi-Dual in 2:16.60 … Also took first in the 1500 at the first SCIAC Multi-Dual at La Verne in 4:43.20 … Won the mile at the Whitworth Indoor Invitational (5:08.28).

2021-22 (Cross Country)
USTFCCCA All-American … First-Team All-West Region … First-Team All-SCIAC … SCIAC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 4) … Finished in the top 20 of every race she ran in her debut season, including 16th at the NCAA Division III Championships to earn All-America honors and help CMS to its highest-ever team finish (second) … Earned third place at the West Region Championships to earn All-Region distinction in a time of 22:01.4 … Came in fourth at the SCIAC Championships in 21:47.6 … Earned third place at the Division III Pre-Nationals in Louisville, earning SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors after leading the Athenas to a first-place finish … Came in sixth in her debut race at the Mark Covert Classic, finishing the 5K in 18:20.0 … Earned a PR for a 6K at the UC Riverside Invitational in 20:42.5.

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

Crescenta Valley HS

Attended Crescenta Valley High School, where she was a member of the cross country team … Came in third at the Pacific League Championships as a senior with a PR of 18:06.2, helping Crescenta Valley to the conference title … Finished 39th of 181 runners at the CIF Southern Section finals as a senior … Played competitive travel softball in high school and was originally recruited for softball at CMS.