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2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Carolyn Hennessey

  • Position Distance
  • Indoor Elig. R-Sr.
  • Outdoor Elig. R-Sr.
  • Hometown Herndon, Va.
  • High School Herndon

Biography

IndoorMarkDate
3000m10:00.222/15/13
5000m16:41.173/8/14
Mile5:05.951/25/13
OutdoorMarkDate
1500m4:37.553/22/14
3000m10:03.653/22/13
5000m16:32.765/16/14
10000m35:18.284/24/14

2014-15
Cross Country: Southeast Regional runner-up ... Ran 20:14.7 to finish just 1.3 seconds behind the winner ... Led W&M to its first-ever region title ... Ran at the NCAA Championships, finishing seventh for W&M ... Won the CAA individual championship ... First conference title for her, and led W&M to the team championship as well ... Finished 18th overall at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational ... Named CAA Runner of the Week for the third time this season following Wisconsin ... Third-place overall at the Panorama Farms Invitational ... CAA Runner of the Week following that performance ... Won the Tribe Invitational ... Earned her first weekly honor following the win ... Runner-up at the season-opening Spider Alumni Open (3200m), finishing in the same time as the winner.
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2013-14
Cross Country: Ran at the NCAA Championships, finishing 141st in 21:35.5 ... Finished 46th overall at the Southeast Regional to help the Tribe finish second ... Earned her second all-conference nod with a seventh-place showing at the CAA Championships ... Ran in the open race at Pre-Nationals, finishing ninth ... Also took ninth at the season-opening Spider Alumni Open ... Ran 41st at the Panorama Farms Invitational.
Indoor: Had a breakthrough season during the winter, earning a pair of All-East honors ... Ran the lead leg of the Tribe's silver-medal DMR, helping the team place second in 11:43.23 ... Ran a lifetime-best 16:41.17 in the 5,000m on the first night of the meet, finishing fourth overall ... Won the 5,000m at the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games on Valentine's Day.
Outdoor: One of the first athletes out in the 5,000m and the 10,000m for the NCAA Championships ... Ran a big lifetime-best in the 5,000m at the ECAC Championships, crossing the line in 16:32.76 for 10th place ... Also set lifetime-bests in the 10,000m (35:18.28) and in the 1,500m (4:37.55) during the season.

2012-13
Cross Country: Made the CAA Championships squad, finishing 16th in the conference ... Best finish of the year was 13th at the W&M Invitational ... Took 19th overall at the Tribe Open ... Ran with the varsity at Paul Short, finishing 115th ... Opened the year with a 24th-place finish at the Spider Alumni Open.
Indoor: Ran the 3,000m twice and the mile once ... Best performance of the year was 10:00.22 at Virginia Tech.
Outdoor: Earned her first All-CAA honors with a third-place finish at the 5,000m ... Threw down a lifetime-best 16:51.37 in the 5,000m at UVA at the end of the year ... Won the 3,000m at CNU on April 20th.

2011-12
Cross Country: Redshirted ... Ran unattached at the W&M Invitational.
Indoor: Redshirted.
Outdoor: Redshirted.

Prep: Finished third at the Virginia AAA indoor state championships at 3,200m as a senior ... Fourth at the 2010 state cross country championships ... Won the 3,200m regional title in the spring of 2009 ... Named to the All-Met cross country team as a senior by the Washington Post.

Personal: Daughter of Lorraine and Byron Hennessey ... Enjoys reading, playing soccer, and hanging out with friends.
 

Championship Performances
NCAA Championships
DateEventPerformancePlaceAward
11/22/14Cross Country23:58.9253rd
11/23/13Cross Country21:35.5141st
Southeast Region Championships
DateEventPerformancePlaceAward
11/14/14Cross Country20:14.72ndAll-Southeast
ECAC Championships
DateEventPerformancePlaceAward
3/9/14DMR (1200m leg)11:43.232ndAll-East
3/8/145,000m16:41.175thAll-East
CAA Championships
DateEventPerformancePlaceAward
11/1/14Cross Country20:45.351stCAA Champion
11/2/13Cross Country22:15.647thAll-CAA
5/3/135,000m17:04.213rdAll-CAA
Victories
DateEventPerformancePlaceMeet
11/1/14Cross Country20:45.351stCAA Championships
9/12/14Cross Country17:43.61stTribe Invitational
2/14/145,000m17:03.471stLafayette/Rider Winter Games
4/20/133,000m10:08.121stNew Captains Classic

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

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  • 2012-13Sophomore

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  • 2013-14Junior

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  • 2014-15Senior

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  • 2015-16Graduate Student

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