2026 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Ava Malagisi
- Position:
- DIS
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Ridgefield
- Hometown:
- Ridgefield, Conn.
- School:
- Columbia College
2025-26 (First Year): (XC) Set a 5k PR of 17:34.4 at the Louisville Classic… Ran a 6k PR of 21:24.9 at the Princeton Fall Classic … Competed in the Ivy League Cross Country Championship … Competed in NCAA D1 NE Region Cross Country Championship (ITF) Set a 5000m PR of 16:43.91 at the Dr.Sander Columbia Challenge … Ran a 3000m PR of 9:36.95 at the BU Valentine Invitational… Earned a 7th place finish in the 3000m at the Ivy Indoor Heps Championships (OTF) Set a 10000m PR of 34:57.16 at Raleigh Relays … Set a new 5000m PR of 16:37.88 at Penn Relays … Set a new 1500m PR of 4:40.92 at the Larry Ellis Invitational … At the Ivy Heps Outdoor Championship, earned a 9th place finish in the 10000m.
Prior to Columbia: FCIAC Exemplary Scholar Athlete Award … High Honors every quarter 2020-2024 … AP Scholar with Honor Award … All-State (Soccer 2022) … All-New England (Indoor Track 2024) for the 2 mile … 10:38 3200 … 4:57 Mile (2025 gap year) … 4:58 1600 leg of DMR at NBNO 2024 … 17:08 5K (2025 gap year).
Personal: Took a gap year 2024-2025 during which I trained for track/XC and raced unattached, worked as a research assistant at Spire Therapy … Worked as a fit specialist at my local running store (CT Run Co.) … Volunteer assistant coached my high school’s girls’ cross country and track team … Hobbies include yoga, nutrition, hairstyling, cooking, puzzles, painting, upcycling/thrifting, and ASL … Favorite sports memory includes both the girls and boys team winning outdoor FCIAC’s and doing a victory lap around the track with the whole team.
