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2017 Women's Cross Country

Monica Holden

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Northport
  • Hometown Northport, NY

Biography

Senior Year (2017)

  • Ran in five events, including the Landmark Conference Championships.
  • Had a season-best 52nd-place finish at the Cougar Classic on Sept. 16 at Misericordia in Dallas, Pa.
  • Ran career bests for 4,000 meters (19:54.7, Sept. 1), 5,000 meters (24:22.7, Sept. 9) and 6,000 meters (27:52, Sept. 29).

Junior Year (2016)

  • Competed in three of the team's seven events.
  • Ran a career-best 28:42.44 for 6,000 meters at the Landmark Conference championships on Oct. 29.

Sophomore Year (2015)

  • Competed in three events, including a season-best 69th-place finish at the Landmark Conference Championship on Oct. 31 in Kings Park, N.Y., completing the 6,000-meter course in 29:11.96.

Freshman Year (2014)

  • Competed in one meet, finishing 56th overall in a time of 24:57.64 on a 5000-meter course at the Vassar Invitational in Poughkeepsie, New York, on Sept. 6, 2014.

Landmark Conference Championship Finishes

  • 2015 - 69th, 29:11.96, 6,000 meters, Oct. 31, Sunken Meadow State Park, Kings Park, N.Y.
  • 2016 - 74th, 28:42.44, 6,000 meters, Oct. 29, Bicentennial Park, Northampton, Pa.
  • 2017 - 58th, 29:39.34, 6,000 meters, Oct. 28, Standing Stone Golf Club, Huntingdon, Pa.

High School/Personal

  • Lettered in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field all four years of high school
  • Her high school cross-country team went undefeated in dual-meet competition all four years
  • Coaches' Award recipient
  • New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHAA) Scholar-Athlete recipient & President's Award for Educational Excellence
  • Daughter of Richard & Kathy Holden
  • Has three siblings:  Allison (14), Caroline (11), and Kelly (9)
  • Her father is a graduate of Penn State University and her mother graduated from Molloy College

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior

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