University of Massachusets Athletics
2021 Women's Cross Country Roster
Sarah Conant
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Westwood
- Hometown:
- Westwood, Mass.
2022-23: Outdoor: Competed in a pair of events at the NEICAAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/12-5/13)... Ran the 1500 meter in 4:52.34… Helped the 4x800 team place fourth with a time of 9:28.77… Competed in the 1500 meter at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/6-5/7)... Ran a personal best 2:23.56 800 meter at the UMass Flagship Opener (4/8)... Had a season best time of 4:42.23 in the 1500 meter at the Colonial Relays (3/30-4-1). Indoor: Claimed fifth place in the 1 mile run in 5:14.53 at URI Coaches Invitational (2/11). Cross Country: Competed in four meets, scoring in three … Raced at the ECAC Championships (10/14) (116th, 23:11.8) … Claimed second for the Minutewomen and 250th overall (21:48.2) at the Paul Short Run (9/30) … Was fourth for the Minutewomen and overall in 19:05.30 season at the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/10) … Placed 12th as UMass' No. 4 scorer (19:03.60) at the UVM Invitational (9/3).
2021-22: Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000-meter run at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/07-08) … Took second place in the 1,500-meter run in 4:49.11 at the UMass Invitational (4/16) … Placed third in the 1,500-meter run in 4:45.93 at the UMass Invitational (4/03). Indoor: Did not compete. Cross Country: Was UMass’ top finisher in all seven meets on the season … Placed 84th overall and first for UMass at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/12) … Took ninth overall at the Atlantic 10 Championships as the Minutewomen’s lead runner, garnering Atlantic 10 All-Conference recognition in 18:08.8 … Was UMass’ top finisher at the Princeton Invitational (10/17), placing 26th overall with a time of 22:28 … Claimed 15th overall as UMass’ No. 1 finisher at the New England Championships (10/9) … Took the top spot for the Minutewomen in 61st overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/24) in 18:21 … Placed eighth overall and first for UMass at the Ken O’Brien Minuteman Invitational (9/11) in 17:47 … Picked up second Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week nod for that effort (9/15)… Led the Minutewomen to a win at the Vermont Invitational (9/4) with a second-place overall finish in 18:13.10 … Was named Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week (9/8) following that showing.
2019-20: Indoor: Took home a bronze medal with UMass’ distance medley relay at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/29), which combined to run 11:52.00 … Won the mile at the Dartmouth Indoor Invitational (2/8) in 5 minutes, 6.24 seconds … Earned bronze in the 3,000 meter run at 9 minutes, 52.56 seconds at the New England Championships (2/1) … Ran on UMass’ distance medley relay that placed sixth at the New England Championships (1/31) with a time of 12 minutes, 7.53 seconds … Took first in mile at 5 minutes, 7.85 seconds at the Sorlein Invitational (1/18). Cross Country: Scored in all six meets, finishing as UMass’ lead runner twice … Was UMass’ top finisher at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/9), taking 52nd overall with a time of 20:48.9 … Earned Atlantic 10 All-Conference and All-Rookie Team honors after taking 15th overall, second for the Minutewomen, at the Atlantic 10 Championships (10/27) with a time of 18:37.3 … Was second on the team and 16th overall at the CCSU Mini Meet (10/19), finishing in 10:29.4 … Led UMass at the New England Championships (10/12) in ninth overall, clocking in at 18:08.2 … Earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors (10/16) following that performance … Took third on the team and 118th overall at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/21) with a time of 19:17.9 … Made collegiate debut with 16th overall finish as UMass’ No. 3 runner at the Minuteman Invitational (9/8), completing the course in 18:31.8.
Before UMass: Competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field at Westwood High School … Earned 12 total letters … Member of the 2018 Division II MIAA Eastern Massachusetts Championship Runner-up team… Member of the Division II MIAA Eastern Massachusetts Championship team … Member of the 2017 Tri-Valley League Cross Country Championship Team … Member of the 2018 Tri-Valley League Championship Runner-up team … Runner-up at the 2018 All-State Division II Cross Country Championships … Championed the Eastern Massachusetts MIAA Cross Country Championship Meet … Set the Course Record for the Tri-Valley League course with a time of 18:30.8 … Championed the 2018 Tri-Valley League Championship Meet … Named the 2018 Boston Globe Division II Cross Country Athlete of the Year … Named to the 2017 and 2018 Boston Globe All-Scholastic Cross Country teams … Won the 2019 MIAA Division IV Mile Championship … Runner-up in the mile run at the 2019 Yale Track Classic … Set the school record in the indoor 2-mile run with a time of 11:07.69, indoor mile run with a time of 5:01.50, indoor 1000-meter run record with a time of 2:59.97 … Member of the National Honor Society … Named to the honor roll … Earned the APPL Biliteracy Seal in Spanish in 2017
Personal: Born Sarah Jean Conant … From Westwood, Massachusetts … Daughter of Deborah and Jeffrey Conant … Sister of Zachary, Emily, and Hannah … Brother is a member of the UMass Cross Country and Track and Field teams … Intends to double major in Biology and Sustainable Food and Farming
