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2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Becca Harkness

  • Position Distance
  • Indoor Elig. Fr.
  • Hometown Kennett Square, Pa.
  • High School Unionville

Biography

2024-25 Season
Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction during the fall semester.
Cross Country:  Appeared in two meets … Competed at the Spider Alumni Open (8/31/24), placing 57th with a time of 15:18.9 … Finished 25th in the Christopher Newport Invitational (9/13/24) at 23:46.37.
Indoor Track & Field: Placed seventh in the 1,000m at the Navy Indoor Invitational (12/7/24) with a time of 3:01.68 … Placed eighth in the 800m at the Brant Tolsma Invitational (1/23-25/25) in 2:18.59.
Outdoor Track & Field: Did not appear in any meets.

2023-24 Season
A W&M Provost Award winner … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll during the fall.
Cross Country: Ran unattached at the Spiders Alumni Open (9/2/23) and finishing 55th at 15:24.8.
Indoor Track & Field: Earned All-CAA honors in the Distance Medley Relay … Scored as a member of two relays (DMR and the 4x800m) at the CAA Championships (2/22-23/24) … Earned a silver medal running a leg on the Distance Medley Relay at the conference meet in a time of 11:44.54 … The time ranked 15th in the Southeast Region and eighth in school history … Posted a top-5 finish in the 4x800m Relay at CAAs … Ran a leg on the winning DMR at the Doc Hale VT Meet (2/2-3/24) … Part of the winning 4x400m relay at the Navy Select (2/16/24) … Finished fourth in the 400m at the event in a time of 1:00.40 … Placed third in the 1000m (2:54.15) at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/9-10/24) … Finished second in the 1000m (2:56.18) at the Navy Indoor Invitational (12/2/23) … Placed fifth in the 800m (2:18.64) at the George Mason Patriot Games (1/26-27/24).
Outdoor Track & Field: Finished 14th in the 800m (2:15.75) at the CAA Championships (5/10-11/24) … Ran a leg on the winning 4x400m relay at the CNU Blue & Silver Challenge (3/30/24) … Finished third in the 1500m in a time of 4:47.41 at the event … Won the 800m (2:15.19) at the Dan Stimson Memorial Invitational (3/16/24) … Ran a leg on the third-place finishing 4x400m relay at the event … Was fifth in the 800m (2:15.09) at the Fred Hardy Invitational (3/22/24) … Placed seventh in the 800m (2:16.97) at Colonial Relays (4/4-6/24).

Prep
Competed and medaled in the 400m, 800m, and 4x800m relay at the VHSL Class 4 State Championships … Competed in the PIAA District 1 … In both cross country and track and field, competed in the PIAA State Championship … Named Individual Student-Athlete Leadership Award for Unionville High School in 2023 … Served as a team captain for cross country and track and field in 2022-23 … Prep career-bests include 59.23 in 400m; 2:16.74 in 800m; 5:11 in 1,600m; 18:56 in cross country 5K.
 
Personal
Daughter of David and Carrie Harkness  … Enjoys biking, swimming, and traveling … Interested in the sports medicine field.