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2024 Cross Country

Sarah James

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Bristow, Va.
  • High School Brentsville District
  • Major Special Education

Biography

2023 All-South Region
2023 First-Team All-ODAC
2022 NCAA Division III National Qualifier
2022 USTFCCCA All-South Region
2022 First-Team All-ODAC
2021 NCAA Division III National Qualifier
2021 USTFCCCA All-South Region
2021 First-Team All-ODAC

Sophomore (2022): Continued to make strides as one of the top harriers in the South Region as a sophomore, repeating her all-conference and all-region accolades and helping the Hornets win their first-ever regional championship ... Lynchburg's top finisher in four of the season's six races ... Logged three top-five finishes in six races ... Placed fifth at the CNU South Region Preview (22:34.0) Sept. 16 ... Established a new PR of 21:53.3 Sept. 30 at Lehigh's Paul Short Run, becoming the fourth runner in program history to break the 22-minute mark ... Finished runner-up at the ODAC championship ... Took third at the NCAA South Region championships, leading Lynchburg to its first-ever regional title ... The Hornets' top finisher at NCAA championships, coming in 71st in 23:07.9.

Freshman (2021): Emerged as one of the top runners in the region in her freshman campaign, earning All-ODAC and all-region accolades ... Raced to sixth at the ODAC championships, making up three spots in the final kilometer to help the Hornets to the team title ... Finished 14th at NCAA South Region championships Nov. 13 in a personal-best 6k time of 23:32.5 ... Took 249th at NCAA championships Nov. 20.


Personal

Parents: Elaine and Bryan

Siblings: Rachel, Julia, Sam

Career Aspirations: Special education teacher or speech pathologist

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2022Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2023Junior

    5'5"
  • 2024Senior