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2022
- Named to Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2021 Outdoor: USTFCCCA All-America Honorable Mention… NCAA 3,000m Steeplechase National Semifinalist… Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team… Atlantic 10 Steeplechase Silver Medalist… Atlantic 10 5,000m Silver Medalist… NCAA Woman of the Year nominee… Two-time Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week (3/24, 4/20)… Explorer Excellence Award... Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll... Broke three school records… Set 3,000-meter school record in season debut win at Villanova Opener in 9:30.87 (3/19)… Finished 14th/32 in 3000-meter steeplechase at Raleigh Relays (3/27)… Broke school record in 5,000 meters in win at Temple, running in 15:58.40 to qualify for NCAA Prelims (4/9)… Shattered her own school record in the steeplechase, winning with a mark of 9:50.73 to qualify for NCAA Prelims again (4/17)… Earned two silver medals at Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships, taking second in the 5,000m in 16:38.73 and runner-up in the steeplechase in 10:04.88 (5/1-2)… Advanced to Nationals with sixth place finish in steeplechase at NCAA East Preliminaries, running 9:58.80… Also competed in the 5,000 meters at NCAA East Prelims (5/29)… Placed 18th in the nation in the 3,000m steeplechase, running 9:56.46 in the national semifinals (6/10).
2020 Outdoor/2021 Indoor: Seasons canceled due to COVID-19.
2020 Indoor: La Salle Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year… Redshirted the indoor season.
2019 Outdoor: NCAA Preliminary Championship Qualifier in 3,000-Meter Steeplechase… Atlantic 10 Outdoor 5,000-Meter Champion… Atlantic 10 3,000m Steeplechase Silver Medalist… USTFCCCA All-Academic... Atlantic 10 Track Performer of the Week (4/30)… Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Broke her own school record in 3,000m steeplechase… Kicked off the season with third place finish in 3,000m steeplechase at Florida Relays, running in 10:23.71 (3/30)… Took third in 5,000m at Bison Outdoor Classic with mark of 16:28.71 (4/14)… Set new school record in 3,000m steeplechase by finishing third among 29 runners at the Penn Relays in 10:07.47 (4/25)… Won gold in 5,000 meters at A-10 Championships with facility record of 16:25.90 and took silver in 3,000m steeplechase with mark of 10:16.94 (5/4-5)… Finished 17th among 48 in the 3,000m steeplechase at NCAA East Region Preliminary Championships with time of 10:16.33 (5/24).
2019 Indoor: Atlantic 10 Indoor 3,000-Meter Champion… Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference… Began season at Penn State National Open, taking third in 3,000m in 9:34.73 (1/25-26)… Ran the mile in 4:51.77 for fourth at Villanova Invitational (2/2)… Was 34th among 178 finishers in 3,000m in 9:39.01 at David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/8-9)… Won gold in 3,000m at A-10 Championships with time of 9:36.09 and was fourth in DMR at 11:46.47 (2/23-24)… Placed third with season-best 9:24.20 in the 3,000m at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championships (3/3).
2018 Outdoor: NCAA East Preliminary Championship Finalist in 3,000-Meter Steeplechase…
USTFCCCA All-Academic… A-10 3,000m Steeplechase Silver Medalist... A-10 4x800 Relay Bronze Medalist... Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Set two school records (3,000S, DMR)… Opened season at Fred Hardy Invitational, finishing third in 1,500 meters at 4:35.05 and 12th in 800 meters at 2:21.93 while helping 4x800 relay team to runner-up finish of 9:50.81 (3/30-31)… Finished third in 3,000-meter steeplechase debut with time of 10:36.88 at Sam Howell Invitational (4/6)… Came in eighth out of 34 finishers in 3,000-meter steeplechase with mark of 10:34.80 at Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20-21)… Member of DMR team that set school record with time of 11:38.62 for third among 14 teams at Penn Relays (4/26)… Placed second and set school record in 3,000 steeplechase with NCAA-qualifying time of 10:18.08 and helped 4x800 relay team to third place in 9:02.23 at A-10 Championships (5/5-6)… Turned in fourth place showing in 1,500 meters with time of 4:28.93 at Swarthmore Final Qualifier Meet (5/14)… Finished 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:34.81 for 35th out of 48 runners at NCAA East Preliminary Championships (5/25).
2018 Indoor: Began season at Mike Massone Invitational, placing fourth in the mile in 5:10.50 (1/12)… Notched runner-up finish in 3,000 meters with time of 9:52.16 at Penn State National Invitational (1/26-27)… Posted season-best time in the mile at 4:55.83 during Villanova Invitational (2/3)… Finished 13th in the mile with time of 5:09.41 while helping DMR team to fourth place finish in 11:59.01 and 4x800 relay team to ninth place showing in 9:25.83 at A-10 Championships (2/17-18)… Placed eighth among 22 finishers in 3,000 meters with time of 9:43.23 at ECAC/IC4A Championships (3/2).
2017 Outdoor: Ran a 10:41.50 in the 3000m event to place 12th at Stony Brook Season Opener... Placed ninth in the DMR at the Colonial Relays with a time of 12:10.43... Placed seventh in the 1500m with a 4:40.56 time at the Sam Howell... Season best came at the Colonial Relays, when she raced to a 4:39.77 finish in the 1500m... Was a member of the 4x800m relay team that placed eighth at the A-10 Outdoor Championships in 9:05.67.
2017 Indoor: Atlantic 10 DMR Silver Medalist... Opened the season with a 3:03.43 time in the 1000m event at the NYC Gotham Cup to place 11th... Earned a 12th place finish at the Penn State national in 5:06.93... Set a personal best at the Giegengack Invitational, running a 5:06.67 in the mile to register a second place finish... Finished second at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships in the DMR in 11:45.82.
Background: Ran for Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield, Pa… Made First Team All-Delco and First Team All-Catholic all four years… Elected Cardinal O’Hara’s Most Valuable Player all four years… Earned nine state medals over four years… Received the Delaware County Hall of Fame and Delaware County Scholar Athlete award in 2016… Awarded Delco Runner of the Year her sophomore year.
Personal: Parents are Robert & Christine Mancini… Teammates with her three sisters - Liz, El and Christine - at Cardinal O’Hara and La Salle… Competed in a 4 x mile relay with her three sisters at Indoor Nationals… Major is Computer Science and Mathematics.
