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2025 Cross Country

Penny Nowell-Shortt

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Woodbridge Senior
  • Hometown Woodbridge, Va.

Biography

Freshman (2025): Improved her 6k personal best by 80 seconds at the 2025 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championships to earn 46th place with a 25:35.2 showing … Opened the season with an 18:34.9 performance at the Liberty XC Challenge

Prep/Personal: Class president and cross country team captain … AP Scholar student … Competed in distance events for Woodbridge Senior High … Enjoys hiking, swimming, and photography … Daughter of Sally Nowell and Henry Shortt … Has one sibling, Oliver Nowell-Shortt.